To err is human; to forgive, divine

It is time to forgive and to forbear. There is a time in a person's life when the reality of the situation sinks in that there's no turning back of the clock. We propel ourselves fast forward to the future and leave the past behind bearing in mind the tough, and often unjust lessons we've learnt along the way.

I leave with no guilty conscience, with the evidence that I worked hard, being the earliest worker many, many times and never being late nor missing from my work place according to the time schedule.

I also leave knowing that I was always on good terms with my employers and senior staff and fellow colleagues during the time I was employed by The Borneo Post.

Even though I did not agree with many of the things that were done, I have been a good soldier, obeying orders without any hesitation. May those of you in positions of authority have peace of heart in all that you do.

To fellow bloggers reading this -- yes -- The Truth is Out There.

The rest of the story, as they say, will be in the judging hands of God.

On my part, I forgive and forbear and leave with the less than desired small compensation.

The Tragic Comfort Women Issue

Don't get me wrong-I love the Japanese and their country, having been there twice in the past and having such a remarkable time in that expensive tourist wonderland with such warm Asian hospitality... but I have to take the side of the wronged party...The point is-the country must nevertheless correct the wrongs that were committed by it in the past, just as Germany courageously did by admitting and apologizing to the world for WW2 and having exorcised its past ghosts, moved on to be a great nation.

I have to express my heart-felt empathy for the thousands of comfort women, innocent girls who were forced to be sex slaves to Japanese soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War 2 in Asian countries like the Philippines, Malaysia, China, Korea and others. Their brutal sufferings at the hands of the soldiers were obviously an indescribable living hell and the Japanese government should have the balls and the moral courage to always admit the country bore and continues to bear a collective responsibility for what happened in those dark barbaric war years and fully compensate the few living victims and other victims' surviving relatives. Such an act of magnanimous proportions would be a just atonement for the many past sins of the army and the government for all the brutality committed on innocent civilians of the rest of the world.

Here is the excerpt from the Borneo Post dated 12/3/07 about a courageous fair-minded objective professor who is ashamed for what Japan did and wants the truth to be out and justice carried out. Do click to enlarge the pic and extract for reading.