>>15382844 (pb)
>"People will forgive" Not so quick there. Some things are not even ABLE to be forgiven. The things that are able, may or may not be forgiven.
The Major was addressing those "who withhold" what they know. I took "People will forgive" to mean its never too late to choose the truth in one's thoughts, words, and actions. But, that begins with forgiving yourself for not reporting and by default supporting what you knew was wrong all along.
Here is a relevant quote from Theodore Dalrymple that was presented in Save the Males by Kathleen Parker.
And another one from the Gulag Archipelago
The need to reveal the Truth has never been more urgent than it is today and as such our individual moral choices are becoming progressively more important than we could have ever possibly imagined