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."
Race, religion narratives topped list of social media posts during GE15
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Malaysiakini : Race-based narratives topped the list of local social media posts in
the month running up to last year’s general election, with most of them
posted by politicians and political parties.
This is according to
an analysis published by the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ),
which worked together with the University of Nottingham Malaysia,
Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Universiti Malaysia Sabah to collect data
through a social media monitoring project.
Their report stated
that 66,933 posts made across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok
between the period of Oct 20 and Nov 26, 2022, were on racial issues.
It
was the highest compared to other narratives like religion (24,484),
royalty (14,320), gender and LGBT (7,596), and refugees and migrants
(3,819). Oct 20 was the day the Election Commission announced important dates
for the 15th general election, which was held on Nov 19, 2022.
According
to the report, the highest number of posts about race had originated
from political parties and politicians, with the top three actors being
the then prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, opposition chief Anwar
Ibrahim, and PAS.
It claimed that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang
and his party were the biggest amplifiers of race, where they managed to
catch a huge amount of traction among social media users.
