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."
Shaking it up with a switch in solicitors - R Nadeswaran
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | The requirements – legal
or otherwise – in seeking justice in a court of law are aplenty. If
rules and regulations have to be complied to the letter, there have been
occasions when an obscure requirement would surface, raised by one
party.
When there’re none in written form, the courts sometimes fall back on precedents and in some cases, the Hansard is referred to understand what the lawmakers had intended.
But
litigation lawyers will tell you about the unexpected perils in the
course of their work. Key witnesses could turn hostile, others may claim
that they were coerced into making certain statements or admissions and
in many instances, witnesses’ oral testimony does not commensurate with
their written statements.
Then there are postponements and
adjournments for an assortment of reasons. Counsel involved in another
court is one of the reasons. In many instances, especially in criminal
cases, the reports from the Chemistry Department are not ready.
Litigants or accused persons and even counsel being indisposed is yet
another reason. Hence, a case can go on for years. Interestingly, the
famous agar-agar (jelly seaweed) case at the Klang Sessions Court in the
70s went on for a good 13 years before the case was disposed of.
(The case involved a businessperson who was charged with smuggling a large quantity of jelly seaweed.)
Delay tactic?
But often, accused persons have mistakenly been accused of delaying the inevitable.
