Rudyard Kipling"
“When 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 soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It 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."
Stern warning must be followed up with action By R Nadeswaran
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Malaysiakini : “It was not an overnight phenomenon – it had been happening over the
years with politicians playing the Zionist-Israeli card and stoking the
fire with wayward statements – renunciations and diatribes against the
minority races who happen to profess a different religion.
“Two days after GE15, Acryl (above) warned social media users against uploading content that would threaten public safety and order.”
Yesterday,
Acryl said something similar - the police will continuously monitor the
security situation and will take stern action without compromise
against anyone found issuing statements touching on racial and religious
sensitivity which can threaten the country’s harmony.
However,
these (repeated) words will amount to nothing if it is not followed up
with action. Year in and year out, we have heard about warnings and
stern warnings. But has anything happened?
Acryl gives the impression that this is a new phenomenon and says the
public is advised not to issue or share any statement that can affect
racial harmony or cause public anxiety.
The issue has been allowed to simmer uncontrolled because some people consider themselves privileged and above the law.
IGP
Sir, please ask your officers to keep tabs on social media if they are
not already doing it. If they can find, investigate and prosecute
seditious statements against royal households, why are they not picking
out those statements which are raising tensions against people of
different faiths?
(Surfing the net last night, I came across no less than 10 statements on social media that were cause for concern.)
I
just want to point out an incident which sticks out as a sore thumb.
This preacher from India went to the stadium in Kota Baru and made
explicit statements on the status of non-Malays.
He had been previously preached on such lines and yet, he is still walking around free as if he is untouchable.
During the GE15 campaign, former PM Muhyiddin Yassin ranted against Christians and Jews claiming Pakatan Harapan was involved in an agenda to “Christianise” the country.
In
a recording of a ceramah in Johor, he claimed a group of Jews want
Pakatan Harapan to win the election and alleged that the party was
working with Jews and Christians to “colonise” the country.
Perikatan Nasional chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin
Muhyiddin claimed these remarks were taken out of context and are
certainly no defence to such hurtful words but I had asked: “What did
you actually mean?”
Who to blame?
I have
said it before and I will repeat it: Part of the blame for the surge of
such statements should fall on the police and to a certain extent, the
Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC).
This is because both these organisations have dragged their feet over prosecuting offenders for reasons better known to them.
In
April 2021, appearing on behalf of the AGC, deputy public prosecutor
Ainul Amirah said the AGC was unwilling to prosecute Perlis-based
preacher Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu and Multiracial Reverted Muslims founder
and president Firdaus Wong as police had classified their cases as “no
further action”.
So, when the enforcement and prosecution do not
want to proceed, what’s the purpose of issuing warnings, and then stern
warnings?
This is the root of the problem. When you do not nip the
problem in the bud and allow it to nurture and grow, just like
off-shoots, others will join the fray and make similar statements.
Why
do the police not want to take action against those who belittle other
religions? There have been far too many cases and several hundred
reports made but as usual, nothing happened.
Some men are under
the (mistaken) belief that they have carte blanche to say anything and
everything as long as they are dressed in a green Arab gown and a skull
cap to go with it.
Unless Acryl and the police are serious and
genuinely want to put an end to this problem, they should divert their
effort and time to investigate, arrest and prosecute the wrongdoers -
pronto.
