Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Lions Clubs - Mistake or a sin



A sin is more than a mistake. It’s a deliberate choice to do something you know is wrong.

Is a scheme orchestrated by a few so called educated members of a club a mistake? I think it is not.

Many people assume that a mistake and sin are synonymous but are they?

A mistake implies an error in judgment. Many people drop into holes and drains while walking looking at the hand phones. That is a mistake. Forgetting to put on your seat belt while driving may also be classified as a mistake.

Was allowing George Kunjan to attend the dinner on 21.5.2019 by Lions Club of Kota Kinabalu Centennial a mistake?

Mistakes happen when we get careless. Sin, on the other hand, is a deliberate choice to do something you know is wrong.

A few of the members of the Lions Club of Kota Kinabalu chose to sin and as such they must accept responsibility for it and the consequences that follow.

Forewarning by Dr.Arabi Wazani, at the EGM, of the consequences that may follow was ignored by the members. 

Planning an elaborate scheme and opening bank accounts unbeknown to other members is definitely a sin. 

Dr. Muthusamy Palanisamy. a 'pillar of the Indian community' in Kota Kinabalu, telling me that he will be neutral and won’t take sides and then voting against me at the EGM to expel me is a sin. To the Indians this is one of the biggest of sins – ‘nambikkai throgam’ – betrayal. Do any of the Indians in sabah care enough for Indian culture to question the two of us on this issue?

Instead of thanking their lucky star, that the ROS only de-registered the club, and moving on they have decided to sue the ROS. Now, this is sin compounded by stupidity and arrogance.

What do the Lions of other clubs think?

Why do they think I am the culprit when in fact I am the victim of an elaborate plan where I was expelled with trumped up charges and fictitious documents? The only reason they expelled me was to continue with their thieving?

Why didn’t any of the members of other clubs intervene and settle this matter amicably? 

Even as of now any number of members may call me up and discuss this matter openly if they feel I have wronged anyone.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Maybe for them mistake is ok or wrong doing is right .....

Luqman Michel said...

It is difficult to deal with people who cannot rationalise. Another thing is that some of these professionals have been stealing from their own wife's for years and feel that it is nothing wrong. One of the members gets his staff to siphon off part of the cash from cash takings. This has been going on for more than 30 years and he does not know that many know of his thievery. Mind you he is a professional.
So, what can we expect from such people?