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."
Farmers urge developer to postpone project, lease land instead
Thursday, June 09, 2022
The Victims of Injustice
PinkCougar9549 : Legally
nothing wrong to alienate state land for development. If the state govt
has no empathy to farmers on 250ac land and given the land away with no
sense of urgency for development , why should voters choose this kind
of leader.
The MB in 2007 is Tajol Rosli. Farmers pls remember who
awarded the land and who was given the land. Leaders must prioritise
rakyat interest first, not self interest and developer interest.
Obviously land alienated was not developed after 15 years.
No need to
respect those who took away your rice bowl, in fact return them with the
equivalance.
Malaysiakini : A group of Perak farmers are appealing to land developer LBS Group to
put a housing project on 250 acres of food-producing land in Changkat
Kinding on hold, amid a food crisis in Malaysia.
Dr Jeyakumar
Instead, the 38
farmers hope the conglomerate could lease the land to them instead as a
corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. Seven
representatives of the farmers and Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)
chairperson Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj came from Perak to Petaling
Jaya to meet LBS Groupās management team yesterday morning.
According
to Jeyakumar, the farmers received a ānotice of occupying government
landā from the land office on May 18, requesting them to vacate the land
within two weeks.
The Crops
The notice says the farmers who āoccupy government land without
authorityā are in violation of Section 425 of the National Land Code
and, if convicted, may be fined up to RM500,000 or imprisoned for up to
five years, or both.
āNo longer govt landā
Jeyakumar said the farmers could not obtain land titles despite their families having farmed the area for three generations. He
reminded that the farmland was alienated to Generasi Simbolik Sdn Bhd
in 2007, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LBS Bina Holdings.
Farmer Pon Kam Seng.
Therefore,
the land is no longer government land. Hence, Jeyakumar said the land
office should not cite Section 425 to issue a notice against the
farmers. The farmers have written to the Perak Menteri Besarās Office on May 30 to appeal for the land officeās notice to be withdrawn.
No
further action has been taken against the farmers so far even though
the two-week deadline has lapsed, but they are still at risk of being
evicted.
