Matters Pertaining to Easter!

Written by Seuamuli Des Bentin
Monday, 24 March 2008
In a letter from Paul Coffa to Seiuli Paul Wallwork published in the Samoa Observer of Thursday 20th March 2008, Paul Coffa wrote, “Can I just remind you of how supportive I have been of you for the past 16 years, not only in weightlifting but also on matters I would prefer not to make public here pertaining to Nauru.” (My italics) I imagined the Newsline Editor calling Megan and Astrid to get on the fastest horse to Nauru and not to come back until they had all the facts on the “matters…..pertaining to Nauru” in their hot little hands, but preferably on every data storage device ever invented where files cannot go missing. But I wait with bated breath instead for Seiuli Paul Wallwork’s response which in all fairness should also be printed in the Samoa Observer issue of the day it arrives. I very nearly did myself a mischief a few weeks ago when I launched my aging body from half-way across the room to hit the “Record” button on the tape deck when I heard the Prime Minister and the SDUP leader say that they were going to tell Parliament and the listening Public about what I presumed were dodgy deals each was or had been involved with, during one of their heated exchanges broadcast over national radio from Parliament. I knew of course that they are professional politicians, but you never know when one might miss breakfast, hit a low on the blood sugar level count, slip up and spill the beans! Imagine therefore my disappointment at almost wrecking the valuables on the beer crates that double as my favorite chair when after trading the usual insults, not a single example of “matters” remotely “pertaining” to dodgy deals was tossed on the House floor and broadcast to the multitude of straining ears. People say the oddest things for the simplest of reasons. Somehow, I don’t think Paul Coffa would regret writing what he did as much as our leading politicians would of what they said under parliamentary privilege. But aren’t they all such consummate teasers? They have teased our imaginations to the point where we could almost say with absolute certainty that the people we have entrusted the leadership of our country and sporting bodies to have done things they would rather we did not know about. At the end of the day, we are all innocent until proven otherwise. They have to catch us first. And then there’s that beyond a reasonable doubt thingy or in our case “insufficient evidence” and “lost files”. In the Christian world according to Samoa College teacher of yesteryear, Mister Bachelor, “your sins will find you out”. Which is where I think Easter comes into the picture. Jesus died so that Christians sin, repent and get to have another crack until they get it right. And it could be a good number of honest attempts, which is okay because we are only human and experts at demonstrating remorse and repentance. It is such a good deal you would probably be forgiven for wondering if Christianity or becoming a Christian was not seen as a very attractive option by the bad buggers and dodgy characters of this world. I have certainly given it some thought. Have a nice one folks! Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Title Comment
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