The word “corrupt” has been defined Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 8th edition to mean, 1. “(of people) willing to use their power to do dishonest or illegal things in return for money or to get an advantage 2. ( of behaviour ) dishonest or immoral.”.
A critical appraisal of these two definitions shows that corruption whether in formal or informal settings people engaging in dishonest or illegal in return for money or to get an advantage. To be corrupt means to be immoral. The foundation of morality is ‘rightness’ or ‘wrongness’.
Morality is not necessarily legal because what is legal may be moral anyway. After all, gay marriage is legal in Americas but it does not agree with the tennets of morality.
In law, plea bargaining is legal in America but it is not moral. It is simply encouraging the thief to steal more and give back what he feels like giving after much (unnecessary) persuasion. Statute-baring a creditor from collecting money owed him is legal but it does not appeal to good conscience which equity represents and it is at variance with morality. Let whoever owes pay unless the creditor forgives the loan! No wonder, when the technicalities of the law started breeding injustice, equity was born to appeal to people’s sense of morality in justice reflecting fairness, recognising what is good or bad.
As student of Law at the University, I became angry with the Law when I saw the human-invented ‘technicalities’ of the law which tended to provoke injustice instead of justice but when I was introduced to equity, I was at appeased. That’s why to me, justice that does not appeal to the good conscience (equity) or has no toga of moral content is not a true justice.
Colonisation in whatever form is, to me criminal. It is immoral. It is injustice. Two wrongs, they say, cannot make a right. This points me to the review of the utterances (and intentions) of American’s Presidential hopefuls – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Donal Trump is (rightly) angry with corruption but his planned strategy to fight it by singling out Africans, particularly Nigerians for “Re-colonisation”. A concept which in itself is obsolete, absurd, illegal and immoral such that a mere thought of it might portray him as corrupt.
There’s nothing wrong with being angry with ‘wrong doing’ like corruption. But the means by which it is addressed must never be worse than what is being addressed. It will amount to two wrongs that will never produce a ‘right’. No matter how you add them up, immorality or illegality with immorality or illegality cannot amount to morality or legality. No rational human being should ever give a flash of thought to re-colonisation no matter how angry he may be. Re-colonisation is like drawing back the hands of the clock. A negative thought of this nature should not be coming from America, an enlightened American of Donald’s stature.
The America that I know is a country known for justice. It is therefore not from America we should have somebody preaching injustice. America has been regarded as a home to everybody and when I visited there a few times, I confirmed the warmness of Americans.
America is a united world that should have no room for discrimination. If the entire world collapses and America is spared, the world would re-emerge perfectly through her. Men have dominated the Presidency of America. It is morality, equity and justice that influenced the Democrats to want to correct the balance the male-female dichotomy by featuring Hillary Clinton so we can for once have a Woman President. It is an attempt to nail corruption in the bud that made the Democrats to produce Obama (a mixed-blood) as President of America thereby making the black and white to melt together as one which in itself is legal and moral. This same process will one day surely produce full-blooded black men or women as the President of America if only people like Donald will do a rethink. If he or people of like-mind as Donald should rule America, America will surely lose her glory!
Hillary Clinton is known to be even headed, humble,with no iota of discrimination. People like Hillary will not only move America forward but will bring about a new world order that will promote America as a complete world where there is no discrimination. My prayer is that God Almighty will guide America and Americans such that they will not make the mistake that will end up reversing all the advancements America has achieved. If All Africans are evicted from America, some who have forgotten their origins may suffer some setbacks but in the final analysis, they will settle down. The wise majority will have no problems returning home at all because sweet as America may be, they never forgot their origins. I am a Nigerian but I love America as I love Nigeria. Let all Americans (black, white, etc) unite to ensure America remains a home for all by voting for the right candidate. If Donald Trum must lead America, he must reconsider his thoughts on the black race and change his strategy by embracing every human being. As far as am concerned, America has gone beyond his present thinking and postulations. Long live America, Long live Americans, long live Nigerians, long live the black and all races all over the world. Black or white, we are all from Adam and Eve and should remain together till eternity!
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