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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
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We indulge in character assassination;
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Could you please tell me if I understand the underlined part correctly?
There is also a significant difference between the patterns of corruption in the two countries. In India, the creamy layer of the government, judiciary and the civil services is comparatively clean. It becomes murky in the middle; it is rampant in the lower ranks of the services. In Pakistan, it is the other way round. The top layer is massively corrupt, the middle and lower layers are less corrupt. Also, they have more corruption-related violence than we have. We indulge in character assassination; they dispense with niceties like characters and get down to assassination.
In India, it's the character they kill (rather than the person himself) by indulging in smear campaign, writing him off, etc. In Pakistan, they just kill the person without bothering about his character.
Thanks,
Tom
Could you please tell me if I understand the underlined part correctly?
There is also a significant difference between the patterns of corruption in the two countries. In India, the creamy layer of the government, judiciary and the civil services is comparatively clean. It becomes murky in the middle; it is rampant in the lower ranks of the services. In Pakistan, it is the other way round. The top layer is massively corrupt, the middle and lower layers are less corrupt. Also, they have more corruption-related violence than we have. We indulge in character assassination; they dispense with niceties like characters and get down to assassination.
In India, it's the character they kill (rather than the person himself) by indulging in smear campaign, writing him off, etc. In Pakistan, they just kill the person without bothering about his character.
Thanks,
Tom
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Mr. Tom In India, it's the character they kill (rather than the person himself) by indulging in smear campaign, writing him off, etc. In Pakistan, they just kill the person without bothering about his character.
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- Tom In India, it's the character they kill (rather than the person himself) by indulging in smear campaign, writing him off, etc.
- In Pakistan, they just kill the person without bothering about his character.
- I read it exactly the same way.
- In other words, in India they kill characters with pen, verbal backstabbing while in Pakistan they kill with guns and stab with knives.
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Mr. TomIn India, it's the character they kill (rather than the person himself) by indulging in smear campaign, writing him off, etc. In Pakistan, they just kill the person without bothering about his character.I read it exactly the same way. In other words, in India they kill characters with pen, verbal backstabbing while in Pakistan they kill with guns and s
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Mr. Tomthe creamy layer of the governmentThis is very strange and unnatural. You should rewrite it.
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AnonymousThis is very strange and unnatural. You should rewrite it.He didn't write it. He read it somewhere.
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