"when time shall have softened passion and prejudice, when reason shall have stripped the mask from misrepresentation, then justice, holding evenly her scales, will require much of past censure and praise to change places," pal quoting jefferson davis in the conclusion of the dissent. judge pal went on to note, "i might mention in this connection that even the published accounts of nanking 'rape' could not be accepted by the world without some suspicion of exaggeration..." however, pal never questioned whether atrocities were committed by japan at nanking, he just suspected that accounts were exaggerated.