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."
Suq Madeeq: One can shout “kafir”, “pendatang”, “orang asing”, and insult non-Malays openly in a large gathering. That is not rude. One student holding a placard denouncing racism. That is rude, and a police report is lodged.
Don’t Just Talk:
There is nothing wrong with student activist Wong Yan Ke calling for
the VC to resign when the VC was involved with the Malay Dignity
Congress. What has befallen the Malays and their dignity is not
caused by the non-Malays, who neither question the Constitution nor
steal from the Malays. Just look at the daily news. Who are those charged for corruption and abuse of power?
FairMalaysian: "Tarnished the good name of the university"?
What a joke. Didn't the VC tarnish the good name of the university by
his racist rant at the Malay Dignity Congress? UM is the prime
university in the country, where young impressionable minds are educated
and developed, and this is the kind of VC who helms the university. When the education minister was asked about this, he gave a rather careless answer - the student leader should talk to the VC. Why then do we need an education minister?
Gutenberg: Why is the VC keeping so quiet? Why is he not defending himself when he is getting the brickbats? He
can speak so boldly at the Malay Dignity Congress, but now he is as
quiet as a mouse. It is so cowardly of him to make a police report to
suppress the student.
