Khalid Al-Sulaiman

Okaz

 

It is a paradox to see a corrupt official fighting corruption, a person who takes bribes discouraging the taking of bribes, a thief who calls for the hands of thieves to be chopped off and a debauched person calling to virtue.



This situation is similar to a black comedy scene that makes you laugh and cry. I know a person who vehemently fights corruption and calls for cracking down on anyone who is corrupt. However, he himself is involved in corruption.



He gets a financial return for facilitating the transactions and financial entitlements of a group of people who would not have needed to resort to his services if our system was not characterized by so much bureaucracy.



He is actually paid to get things done quickly and easily. I also listened to a person who kept talking about virtue and good things and gave lessons to people about how one should treat others kindly.



However, this person was definitely not virtuous and kind to others. He treated his workers cruelly. Women also contradict themselves.



You see most of them talking about how they take good care of their families and raise their children but the reality is they give the custody of their children to their housemaids. Their children, as a result, feel lost.