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."
From Malaysiakini Ex-judge warns Chinese of backlash for 'betrayal' Slumdog: PM
Najib Razak, where are you? It is hard to believe that Mohd Noor
Abdullah is a former Court of Appeal judge. This is the type of comments
we come to expect from a typical mindset of an Umno Malay. If
this is not seditious, then I don't know what is. What a shameful and
disgusting speech by someone who supposedly ought to know better than to
fan racial discord. Even the title of the forum (‘GE13 post-mortem:
Muslim leadership and survival') is racist. Would the enlightened and more progressive Malays please speak up against such racist and seditious comments? Chee Hoe Siew: Ever
since 505 (May 5), Umno led by Najib has continued non-stop in their
attempts to pin the blame on Chinese for their dismal victory. It
seems that everything is not right for Najib and I am sure he is
extremely worry that he will fall from grace just like his predecessor. It is not the Chinese who create racial instability but Umno's own
unstable state that leads to such a situation. This is evidenced from
historical fact that leaders divert attention from their internal power
struggle by attacking minority races.
Pemerhati:
It looks like Najib and Umno have become very desperate and worried
that a lot of Malays, who were previously their vote bank, have
abandoned them and started supporting the opposition. To win them
back, they have decided to use the race card to the hilt. Immediately
after the elections, Najib fired the first racist salvo when he
attributed BN's loss at the polls to the ‘Chinese tsunami'. Umno's gutter press then followed up with racist statements such as, ‘what more do the Chinese want'. Now
at this forum, which was most probably organised by Umno, some
unprincipled lackeys like the former judge and the pro-chancellor have
come up with even more racist statements to try and create a rift
between the Malays and non-Malays who were strongly united during the
recent elections, which resulted in BN getting fewer popular votes than
Pakatan Rakyat. There are strong indications that BN now is an
illegal and illegitimate government and so Umno is playing its ultimate
race card to get back Malay support.
Old Timer: It
is judges like these who lower the standard of our judiciary system and
give it a bad name. I can only hope that he is not a typical product of
our education system and he is was not a judge because his 'race'. Is
he calling the Malays/Indians, etc, who voted for Pakatan traitors? Do
we believe that Umno is doing this for the love of the
Chinese/Indians/Malays/Orang Asli/Sabahans/Sarawakians, etc, making
promises and handing out cash from our taxes? They are doing all
this for power and control over the country's money. Please don't
embarrass us with such shallow and thoughtless statements.
SteveOh: The
real betrayal is in the former judge's ideas. It is a betrayal of his
education, his roles in society, his obligation as a Muslim, his respect
for the Chinese and ultimately his responsibility to the Constitution. It is such thinking that keeps Malaysia backward and morally decrepit. Unbecoming words from a former judge. Krish:
I just shudder at the thought of how this racist bigot would have
delivered his judgments during his tenure as a judge in the Court of
Appeal and the lower courts. How could he have delivered fair
judgments if he has such narrow and selfish thinking? How can a person
of his standing utter such seditious statements? He should be charged
and stripped of his privileges. There is no justification whatsoever in
his utterances.
David Dass: Surprising remarks
from the ‘good' judge. Why is there a need to interpret the way people
vote in ethnic terms? The freedom and secrecy of the vote is fundamental
to a democratic system. And it is for the BN to reflect deeply
on why the vote went the way it did - and this despite all the
advantages that the ruling party had. Calling for policies to
appropriate property that belongs to others and for further
gerrymandering in urban areas is unconstitutional and plain wrong. The
opposition PKR and PAS are also a Malay-dominated parties. All accept
that any government must be led by a Malay PM and all policies of any
government must ensure an equitable distribution of wealth and
opportunities to all communities. The experience of Malays in
Penang and Selangor has been a good one. All parties must consider the
long-term future of this country. Views like Mohd Noor's will drive
people and investment away. And it will result in the death of our
democratic system. Rahman Krishnan: What about the Malays, Indians, East Malaysians and others who voted against Umno? What about the thousands of young and old Malays who attended the rallies in Petaling Jaya, Penang and Ipohfor fair and clean elections and against corruption and cronyism. Do you consider them traitors? ChangeNow!: Let's
not be provoked by this crazy racist ex-judge. Keep our cool and
continue to work together for a united Malaysia where every Malaysian is
equal. I am a native of Sarawak and an Orang Asal, but I do not
consider myself more superior to others. I consider every of my fellow
Malaysians my brothers and sisters, including Najib whose great grand
parents were Bugis from Indonesia. Indeed, I have many good and upright Malay friends who don't think like this racist old man. Malaysianheart: These
kind of comments coming from a former judge does not say very much for
you. I hope you realise that fanning racial hatred does not help anyone. If Malaysia is to be anything that I hope, pray and dream for it to be,
everyone must do some deep soul-searching and be genuine about wanting
to solve issues, not put oil on fire. Hplooi: The
right-wing counter attack has already started. This is just the
overture. Make no mistake, the game plan is to corral all the right-wing
vote-bank. We can only hope that no one crosses the red line.
But if someone do, please record every moment leading up to this to make
sure that we will not be blamed again just as in 1969. Toonarmy: I treasure my Malay friends from PKR and PAS. I held, waved and wrapped the PAS flag around me. Don't
like it, Mohd Noor? Then do something about it but try harder, because
we're no longer afraid and we will vote against your party again at
GE14. Mohd Daud Jaafar: I'm Malay, I apologise
to all my Chinese friends for this very sickening seditious outburst by
this do-not-know-how-to-describe sickening ex-judge.Umno ultras run loose, reconciliation Najib-style Will the ex-judge be charged for sedition?
