On page 108-110 of the Persepolis, we recalled that Marjane's and her family were on their way back home when they were stopped by soldiers supposedly doing any "inspection" for any violation. This time, the soldiers suspect that Marjane's father did consume alcohol through the smell of alcohol breath from his mouth. The soldiers believed that Majane's father had something suspicious in his house and thus insist searching it. Upon reaching their home, Marjane's father bribed the soldier's with some cash and the soldiers took it as nothing had happened. This conduct is totally a disgrace. This part of Persepolis has reminded me towards those policemen back in Indonesia who did the exact same thing towards infractions or even big cases like manslaughter or murder.
To be honest, I did bribe policemen back in my home country too when I was caught speeding. The reason behind that is the morale of our country has been destroyed and everyone is doing the same thing. However, I believe that a country that have officials that are able to be bribed, will not thrived. A clear illustration to this will be the lack of good public transportation, lack of highways and medicare that can be considered does not exist. Tax payers will bribe officials for less tax amount and the money that the officials get from bribery will end up in their own pockets leaving nothing for a country infrastructure.
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