I realized that it is more important for a writer to say whatever one has to say than to worry about form. It is what one says, not how one says it, that matters, although a writer must know the rules in order to break them effectively. Time is important to the writer. There is so much I want to do, so much I will never have time to do now. I have an enormous amount of drafted stuff I will never be able to finish. Life just is not long enough! Globalization exposes businesspeople to a variety of cultures and business practices. What does it mean for a business to do the right thing in China? In  Japan? In Africa? What may be considered unethical in one country may be an accepted practice in another. Consider bribes, for example. In the United States bribing officials is illegal, but to get something done in Mexico, it is common to pay officials una mordidia (a small bite).  In China, businesses pay huilu, and in Russia, vzyatka. Although the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for U.S. businesses operating abroad to pay bribes, U.S. companies are allowed to make small payments under certain conditions.  To crack down on illegal payoffs, the industrialized nations have now signed a treaty that makes bribes to foreign officials a criminal offense. Still, bribery will not end just because a treaty has been signed or because it is illegal. Currently, Mayor Kevin Johnson, of Sacramento, California, and the owner of the Sacramento Kings, Vivek Ranadive, are in court fighting a legal battle.

A lawsuit against the city of Sacramento and the Sacramento Kings basketball team claims that  $447 million was given to the Sacramento Kings as part of a deal to build a new arena, and $223 million of that was taxpayer money. Not only that, but after financing, the new arena will cost nearly $1 billion. So the Sacramento King’s and the city of Sacramento knocked down the mall in Downtown Sacramento and even destroyed some historical buildings to make space for the new stadium. To add insult to injury, it has been verified that at least $223 million taxpayer dollars were used to fund the arena, without public consent, and that there is no parking for fans when they go the arena. The arena will have no parking lot. The public already believes that they are paying too much in taxes, and Governor Brown wants to increase taxes to pay for roads and health care. Governor Jerry Brown wants at least $1.3 billion annually to help fund Medi-Cal (medical insurance) and homecare services for the elderly and those with limited mobility, and about $5.7 billion to pay for road repairs, when costs are already included in the price of gas and vehicle registration fees. As a result, the public is being double and tripled taxed. Other problems with the Sacramento King’s arena are that the infrastructure, crumbling roads, and highways will not support the substantial traffic congestion and environmental degradation that the sports complex will attract, in addition to the current traffic overcrowding.  Many also fear that a medical emergency may happen or some other debauchery, and that emergency service will not be able to respond. Therefore, many are calling the funding of the arena fraud. Crimes cause their own detection.