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Samsung Caught Bribing Government Officials

Posted by Zonk on from the allegedly-corporations-can-be-corrupting-influences-allegedly dept.

Dekortage writes "Allegedly, electronics giant Samsung Electronics attempted to bribe a South Korean government official with 5 million won (US$5,445). Ironically, the official was Lee Yong-chul, who was a presidential monitor against corruption at the time. This is the latest allegation against Samsung, which was recently accused of running 'a vast network of bribery through the government, the judiciary branch and the news media' that reaches all the way to South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun."

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  1. Re:Consistency is Not Irony by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, not all hypocrisy is irony. Irony is when words convey a different meaning contradicting their literal meaning, not when the literal meaning is meant to be conveyed, but merely subverted by actions. The sense of "surprise" (events contradicting expectations) is very weak, and abused in frequently using "irony" to describe it. Which is, I suppose, ironic.

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  2. Re:Consistency is Not Irony by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    But then you can never demand another bribe, because the briber can switch to mere blackmail. And the blackmailer can demand to keep as much as they want of the bribes they force you to demand from others. A good corrupt official can work that edge, though. I believe that used to be offered as a minor in some Confucian civil service schools.

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  3. Re:Consistency is Not Irony by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    Anonymous stupid Coward can't even read the definition to which I linked. They have no one but themself to blame for staying so stupid.

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