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."
Minister: No need to close school canteens during Ramadan
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Malaysiakini : There is no need for school canteens to be closed during Ramadan, said Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek. She said educating non-Muslim students about the fasting month does not mean that they shouldn't get to have meals.
"Why should the canteens be closed? The non-Muslims will not be fasting. As such, they can go to the canteen and eat as usual. “They are part of Malaysia, let them carry on as usual," she said yesterday, as quoted by The Star.
She said schools that want to close down canteens must get approval from their respective Parent-Teacher Associations.
In the past, there had been several incidents of non-Muslim students being forced into uncomfortable situations during Ramadan. In 2013, a primary school in Sungai Buloh forced non-Muslim students to eat in a shower room during the fasting month.
Later in 2015, a teacher
at a school in Kedah allegedly told non-Muslim students to drink water
in the washroom and to drink from the tap or their own urine if they did
not have water.
