Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Racial discrimination under the 1M'sia slogan by Saravanan Forever
Thursday, November 28, 2013
From Malaysiakini : Recently
an Indian police officer went to my house during an investigation over
the cow slaughtering issue. I had clearly told the headmaster (HM) of
the school concerned that I am living overseas, so why were the police
looking for me? When the time comes, I will inform the Royal Malaysian
Police (PDRM) and let us meet each other. Till then be patient.
If
at all the police are eager to investigate me, they should first
investigate Perkasa, blogger Papagomo and the school HMs around Malaysia
who agreed with animal cruelty in schools.
Lately, the Second
Education Minister, Idris Jusoh, had said that there is a circular
issued in 1976 which states that religious programmes can be held in
schools. We would like to read the circular itself, and my question in
the video was very clear, from whom did the school HM get permission and
I asked him to send me the proof, but till today the whole Malaysian
Education Ministry has failed to produce the letter.
I urge the
prime minister to answer my questions. Where does it state in the
constitution that cow slaughtering in schools is permitted? If this
canāt be answered, please stop the cruelty. To my knowledge even
moderate Turkey will not slaughter cows in schools. I had been in
schools for 13 years and I never heard of cow slaughtering in the
schools where I had studied. Do not make schools as suraus.
The Education Department should respect other races who are studying in schools.
The
government should cancel the registration of Perkasa and Ikatan
Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) and take action against Umno ministers who are
stirring racial sentiments in Malaysia regarding the cow slaughtering
issue and other issues, too.
Last week Minister Shahidan Kassim
said there are no Public Services Commission (PSC) scholarships for the
Indian community because Indians are prominent as lawyers and doctors.
This kind of minister should be charged with causing racial tension, but
due to double standards in Malaysia, the Umno-led government will hide
the issue under the carpet.
Racist Umno-friendly NGOs are causing
unwanted problems in Malaysia but the law is lenient for them. I urge
the PM to throw out his racist ministers before I come back to face the
police. The cow slaughtering issue is a simple issue where multiracial
schools became slaughterhouses and the Education Department and their
ministers should respect other races.
Do not misuse the
percentage in the larger population. We Malaysian do not see the real
meaning of PM Najib Abdul Razakās 1Malaysia. Please explain the meaning
to us.
The cow slaughtering act is not in line with the education syllabus or school co-curriculum in any part of the world.
Celebrating
cow slaughtering in the school will make kids psychologically
traumatised. Even if the teachers and students were asked not to āseeā
the slaughter, fine, but one can always āhearā the slaughter being
carried out.
Any countryās parliament in the world would never
approve such an inhumane act as slaughtering animals in schools. Itās a
great disgrace for the country. All schools should follow worldwide
educational guidelines, and definitely animal slaughtering will not be
part of the system. The Malaysian parliament should come to a decision
to respect non-violence.
Cow slaughtering in schools can cause
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which develops after a terrifying
ordeal such as witnessing a harmful event that happened to animals or
humans. War soldiers and victims have faced this syndrome and even
people who work in slaughterhouses.