I support the child sex laws. As far as anti-bribery, I don’t really support it. Different cultures have different definitions of civilization, and I don’t see the need for us to force our definition on the rest of the world. As I said, low-level corruption is often a good thing. Red tape and overzealous legislation will exist regardless. The ability to cut through that sort of mess is a good thing.
Besides, oftentimes, the really evil people in government are the true believers, not the people who take some money on the side.
FIFA was a private organization. If its officials chose to auction off locations for the World Cup via who could pay the biggest bribe, I don’t actually have a problem with it. We’re not talking about building a hospital here. We’re talking about the location for a child’s game.
Our ire should have been limited to not participating, not throwing our weight around like a drunken elephant and kidnapping (or trying to — we’ll see what the Swiss courts say) people from abroad.
