HOW TO CATCH A FELON - PART I (PARDON THE FELONS !!!)

To catch a thief, set a thief goes the old saying. Being Indian we go one better and have found an even better way: listen to the felon on how to pardon them. Post-pardon, there is no felony and hence no felon. Its all squared so neatly, elegantly and without any tears...

The Hindu : Business / Economy : FICCI suggests amnesty scheme to bring back black money

It must be wonderful, being FICCI. Not only do you get to make a lot of black money as a business man, but you also get to tell the government how to tackle the black money menace by forgiving those who made it and stashed it away in Swiss banks. It must be even more wonderful being HSBC, whose Geneva Branch is said to be where much Indian black money is stashed away. As a bonus it's India Chairman gets to share the platform while FICCI makes the radical suggestion for an amnesty. I simply love this arrangement whereby you break the law and then get to tell the government how you must after all be treated with respect and all your transgressions must be forgotten and forgiven.

I suppose FICCI and HSBC must be right. They both have made, transferred handled and stashed away a lot of black money between them. To err is human, to forgive divine. The honorable members and FICCI want nothing other than the best for the Gvernment and the country. What could be a honor higher than being divine ? And that too through the simple expedient of forgiving someone? Especially if that someone is none other than the members of the selfsame FICCI and the bank that is reported to have done a lot of the stashing?

Life must be good, being FICCI. Being HSBC must be even better