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."
UK: Muslim chef with bottle covered in fecal matter in kitchen “didn’t use toilet paper for cultural reasons”
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
“‘Most shocking, Mrs Clinton found in the kitchen under the double
sink an empty plastic milk bottle that was extremely dirty and covered
in brown fingerprints,’ he said. ‘He filled it with water from the
kitchen sink and used it to wash his bottom after toileting. He didn’t
use toilet paper for cultural reasons.
Mrs Clinton concluded the brown
finger prints were faecal matter. He said he needed to remove the faecal
matter from his body after using the toilet. So a bottle used for his
cleaning his bottom found inside the kitchen where food is prepared.'” Cultural reasons? More like religious reasons. Islamic reasons (Istinja is cleaning oneself after urinating and defecating):
A hadith has this exchange:
Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid said: “They said to Salman, ‘Your
Prophet taught you about everything, even defecating?’ So Salman said,
‘Yes. He prohibited us from facing the Qiblah when defecating and
urinating, performing Istinja with the right hand, using less than three stones for Istinja, and using dung or bones for Istinja.'” — Jami`
at-Tirmidhi 16
So one must use at least three stones. And regarding water:
Narrated Abu Hurairah that the Prophet said: “This Ayah
was revealed about the people of Quba: In it are men who love to purify
themselves. And Allah loves those who make themselves pure (9:108).” He
said: “They used water to perform Istinja so this Ayah was revealed
about them.” — Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3100
So using water for this is praiseworthy. Stones and water. Muhammad didn’t mention toilet paper. “Chef found with bottle covered in fecal matter in his kitchen banned from running food businesses,” Swindon Advertiser, May 14, 2016: Read it all here................................
