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."
Maybe one day, the state will ban comedy - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, July 18, 2022
GreenViper4010 : If one were really seeking to ban comedy in this country, the first lace to start would be to shut down the dewan rakyat.
Malaysiakini : “Saya juga mengharapkan pihak berwajib menyelidik adakah kejadian ini
dirancang oleh pihak tertentu yang dengan sengaja ingin memburukkan
imej agama Islam.”
- Penang mufti Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor
COMMENT
| As reported in the press, Kavin Jay, a collaborator with Crackhouse
Comedy Club, said that participants of the club’s open mic night were
warned beforehand that “they should not make jokes that are insulting to
any group of people”.
This is a rather strange warning for a comedy club.
Maybe things have changed but during the raucous atmosphere of the
club circuit back in the noughties, all manner of groups of people were
the target of good-natured ribbing by comedians, and more often than
not, people were laughing with and not at, these groups of people.
Indeed,
online you will find a diverse group of comedians who regularly make
fun of the eccentricities of race and religion in this country.
So this woman and her partner
have been arrested and charged in court. The shock value of this
performance was her removing her headscarf and baju kurung and not
really from anything she said, beyond claiming that she had memorised
lines from the Quran. That is it.
Someone said to me that this
woman obviously has some mental issues going by the uploads she made on
various social network platforms about her life choices, which again,
misses the whole point of this fiasco but does point to the
attention-seeking nature of her performance and the voyeuristic nature
of society at the moment.
