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."
Rupert16: Sam was acquitted twice in 2019 (without
calling her to the stand after finding that the prosecution had failed
to prove a prima facie case) and 2021 (after the High Court ordered Sam
to enter her defence - the magistrate said later the prosecution had
failed to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt).
But she is going to jail immediately without bail.
Najib was convicted in 2020 and lost his appeal in 2021 but still walks freely and talks like he’s still the prime minister. Where is the justice?
BrownOtter5875:
I wonder what will the judgment be if Sam had hit a tree and lost a leg
or ended up paralysed that night while trying to avoid those children?
Any
able-bodied driver would be struck by panic when faced with a sudden
appearance of a bunch of hazardous kids on the highway with neither
lights nor reflectors.
I once faced almost the same incident with a
herd of buffalo resting in the middle of the road. Only their
reflective eyes prevented an accident. Luckily, I stepped on the brakes
instead of the gas pedal during that split second.
Just because
Sam ended up alive instead of otherwise doesn't mean she must be jailed.
Sam could have been killed too in that accident as playing in the
middle of the road without lights is a hazard to any vehicle.
Vengeance will not close the wounds of any parent's heart.
