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."
I received this e-mail below from a guy calling himself "merda nelly" , I know that "merde" in French means shit, therefore he may be the female version of shit !! His English is as crappy as his name. I have edited it a bit, only paragraphed his mail. I posted Lim Guan Eng's "NEP vs VISION 2020: WHERE HAS ALL THE MONEY GONE?" - DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng 26.9.2006 . This was his reaction to Lim Guan Eng's speech. Guess the truth hurts. This is what he wrote to me, highlighted in blue :
Dswami...
I think you are veteran and old folk should think as elder citizen and do not try making trouble la like batuapi in your blogger, by questioning about DEB or what ever and quote statements from Socialist/Communist Party's like DAP....I think you well understand that DAP was the first one who created chaos in 1969...so don repeat that laaa.
Please give me one good country which is not racist?? Britain? USA? France? Indonesia? Singapore? so i think as we are non-malay, especially ones whose living in Malaysia should be grateful enough that muslim-malays are very considerate people, as long we do not touch/ question their culture, religion etc, they are very all rite...
I do business here and Jakarta, and have very good living, but when bunches of idiots chinese or indians making trouble in the issue of racism etc, It makes me worry that one day that incident will happen again, like it had happened recently in indonesia. So as non-malay, you and me, we better shut up laaa in that kind of issue.....don show2 la in your blog
I like your blog by telling us the stories about our (non-malay) gallant fighters against PKM etc, but after recently your blogs starts raising/quoting a racist issue, i feel like losing respect to your blog....don't laa.....i don wan to see any fire sparking between malay and non-malay...
Your Jasa Bakti in army does not justify your right to complain on bumi's right.Hope you may take my advise sincerely.
Chinese businessman Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur.
This was my reply to him (edited all the abbreviations):
I will copy and paste your letter in my blog. I will have something to blog about this week, all about you. I will put in your e-mail address, so others can e-mail to you directly. So that you may have other opinions. Respect has to be earned, in my case I really am not bothered. I do not think you are a Chinese businessman. You are just a baiter, hoping for an adverse reaction. Better try next time.
