"Over and over again I was told by small businesses that they find it hard to distinguish the gangsters from those in authority. They think of them as interlinked."
- Businesses in Russia facing the threat of corruption and violence
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4114598.stm)
All things start small... corruption included.
Stealing an egg from the fridge may be a lesser crime, but don't they have the same root anyway? Whether you're 5 or 50 inches below the surface of the water, you're still drowning...
