Dear Editor,
We are in 2018. Seven years later we are reading that a crime alleged to have been committed in 2011 is presently on the foreground of the Prosecutor’s Office, confirming what I have always stated. Some one of them, I am not sure if it was my mother or father, but they explained to me many years ago as a consequence of something wrong that I had done and thought that I had gotten away with is that: “A thousand years’ murder never rots.” I have seen the meaning of that saying manifest itself many times. Because of where I worked I know who believes in that. That is why I have stated on many occasions that the Dutchman’s motto is “I’ll get you one day.”
In the papers of November 7, 2018, we see a picture of smiling MP Heyliger being accused of being an accomplice or accessory to cases of bribery going back to 2011. When are we going to learn?
Whether we are taught in English or Dutch or whatever language, it is the older heads who have gotten rid of our overqualified professionals, who I am sure could have and would have made a difference in the approach to business and also protect the country against what is gradually being proven to be what we for years have been accused of.
I agree that it is not over until it’s over, but now that we are in the predicament we are trying to put the blame on others. Because I was never one who believe in separation of church and state I would advise all politicians whether in or out of office to consult their spiritual leaders (priest, pastor, deacon) privately and ask them to explain the scriptures in the Bible concerning honesty, greed, stealing, bribery, sharing and most of all hard work. They should then deal with their conscience.
In my opinion separation of church and state only works for leaders in government, and they are in the minority of any country. Conclusion: the whole country is not being served. The popular saying is, “What goes around comes around.”
I am a product of among other things for instance the YMCA, etc., also of Sunday school, so for me the most convincing one is in Deuteronomy 32:35. Fact is that some people just after using obscene language stump their toes other spend a long time on their deathbed and in between the two.
I believe in prevention is better than cure. To prevent in this case does not take any time. Curing sometimes take more time than we expect.
This letter is in response to what was written in the article about MP Heyliger which concerns money, so let me state the following. There are 14 occasions in which money is discussed in the Bible. Titus 1:7 is clear and also the often misinterpreted. I Timothy 6:10.
I always ask myself how much money can a person, no matter how rich, spend in a normal lifetime? And why are those products which were not able to be sold at an auction destroyed and not distributed to the needy? Is not this the culmination of hypocrisy? It is said that “If you do the crime you should do the time,” I believe in “save time, do not do the crime.”
Russell A. Simmons
