Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Olmert, tell us the truth

Enough with the attitude of superiority. Show some humility. Be humble.

Stop feeling pity for yourself immediately. Nobody put a gun to your head so that you accept cash-filled envelopes. That was your free choice. You bear full responsibility for this choice. You. Not the circumstances, not the investigation, and not the temptation.

You should know better than anyone that you are not being persecuted or hunted and that you are not subjected to a lynching. The Israel Police has not conspired against you. You were completely free to say “no, thank you" when you received the first envelope containing the money. Yet you said “yes, thank you." Your hands were the ones that counted the money, not our hands.

Therefore, don't downplay the immorality of your actions.


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