Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
The pak turuts and self-censorship - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Uthaya Sankar
Malaysiakini : "I always read about Islam, but I have learnt my lesson. I will keep
away from Islam and not write anything about Islam in the future, that
would be the best." - Uthaya Sankar SB (above) said here
COMMENT | Uthaya Sankar SBās self-censorship is a lesson that every non-Malay citizen of this country has learnt.
The
state has done an extremely good job in reminding non-Malays that there
are consequences for āprovokingā the majority when it comes to racial
and religious issues.
In newsrooms across the country non-Malay journalists, dilettantes,
and the non-Malay corporate interests that control them impose
self-censorship whenever it comes to issues that may touch upon race and
religion.
As someone who has unfairly earned a reputation for
being anti-Islam and anti-Malay in my depictions of race relations in
this country ā I am supposedly also anti-DAP ā it should surprise nobody
that I too practice self-censorship.
