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."
Inconsistency begets accusations of double standards By R Nadeswaran
Friday, July 21, 2023
Malaysiakini : While others were marched into waiting police lorries for similar
offences, he was not arrested and there was an offer to issue a compound
fine ā 40 days after the offence was committed.
Then Bukit Aman
criminal investigation department chief Abdul Jalil Hassan said the
amount of the fine has yet to be disclosed as per high-profile cases,
but it was up to the alleged offender to accept it and pay the fine or
fight it in court.
āWe have sent the compound to that person (Sanusi) as instructed by the prosecutorās office.
āIn
past VIP cases, such as Neelofa (Noor Neelofa Mohd Nor) and Siti
Nurhaliza (Taruddin), we have done it the same way and itās up to them
if they want to fight it in court,ā he was quoted as saying on the
quantum of fine.
A
few days later, a group of youths who gave their friend a final
religious send-off at a funeral procession were arrested for flouting
the MCO.
The 11 youths, aged between 15 and 35, gathered in a
crowd, with some acting as pallbearers during a procession for about 50m
to a crematorium on Jalan Siram in Butterworth.
Sanusi may have
forgotten but two months later, a senior citizen was arrested at
Lenggeng, Negri Sembilan in the wee hours of the morning over a viral
video which allegedly insulted him following his gaffe on freezer
containers.
The 61-year-old was brought to Sungai Petani to be
detained after a police report was lodged by Sanusiās special officer,
Azizan Hamzah.
Kuala Muda district police chief Adzli Abu Shah said the nine-minute
Facebook video uploaded by the account with the username Kamal Hero
Malaya was politically motivated and had intended to insult, bring down
the dignity, and tarnish Sanusi's reputation.
After he was
charged, Sanusi claimed there is no freedom of speech in Malaysia. Was
it not the same Sanusiās aide who lodged the report against the senior
citizen who expressed his views?
Where were the voices of concern
then? No one spoke up for the senior citizen who was driven across state
boundaries. Because he was an ordinary Joe, the silence was deafening.
Inconsistencies in law and penalties
Much
earlier, journalist Sidek Kamiso was arrested at 4.30am on Sept 19,
2016, at his home in Petaling Jaya for an alleged offence under Section
233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, which criminalises
online content deemed offensive.
In the preādawn raid, four
police officers in plain clothes and in an unmarked vehicle jumped over
the gate of Sidekās house and repeatedly banged on the front door before
gaining entry.
The cops then searched his house in his wifeās
presence, while their children - aged 10 and 14 - and a guest aged 12
locked themselves in another room. This episode left the entire
household, including the young guest, in fear, shock, and disbelief.
Thereafter,
he was taken to Johor Bahru and produced in court at about 3pm, during
which time the investigating officer applied for a fourāday remand
order. However, the magistrate refused the remand application because it
was an abuse of the court process.
No charges were proffered
against Sidek and there was no remorse, regret, and let alone an apology
for this disreputable episode.
But the takeaway is the giveaway
from Jalil who said that in VIP cases, āwe have done it the same way,ā
(imposing a compound fine).
Caretaker Kedah menteri besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor
This
simply means there are different strokes for different folks. There are
inconsistencies in the application of the law and penalties.
Such changeability has brought to the forefront the current hullabaloo over Sanusiās arrest.
Section 15(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code states
that a police officer only needs to touch or confine a person to effect
an arrest. Therefore, if there is a submission to custody, the police
officer no longer has any reason to touch or confine the person.
It
is an everyday occurrence outside police stations for suspects to be
handcuffed to be brought to court. When in prison, they are also
handcuffed and brought to court in prison attire.
Herein
lies the inconsistency. While VVIPs are allowed to come to court
without handcuffs and in full suit, the lesser mortals are treated
differently.
They must have nasi bungkus in the remand cell in the court while others have the luxury of home-cooked food in a room with family members.
We
have often been told that such arrangements are at the discretion of
the enforcement agency. And let us be reminded that these happenings,
sometimes highlighted on social media with images send the wrong message
to the public.
Wouldnāt the best practice be to treat all equally without any form of special treatment?
