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."
Malaysiakini : PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has lamented Islamic countries losing
their integrity for maintaining colonial laws, despite the country
achieving independence.
He said that while it is stipulated in the
Federal Constitution that Islam is the country's official religion,
other religions can be practised freely. However, he noted many legislative amendments have since been made by neglecting Islamic interests.
“We used to have wise judges like the late Mohamed Salleh Abas, and the late Harun Hashim.
Existential Turd : At least the colonial laws are not the one thousand four hundred years old laws which Hadi wants to replace the colonial laws with.
Proarte : Why is Malaysiakini giving space to a rabid racist and religious bigot who thinks he can belittle the Malaysian Constitution in the name of Islam?
Hadi wants thieves to have their limbs amputated, adulterers to be stoned to death and Apostates to be killed according to the medieval set of laws called “ Classical Sharia “.
Classical Sharia cannot be implemented in Malaysia because it would mean dispensing with our Constitution and Monarchy, and replacing it with a Caliph or Islamic ruler which presumably Hadi will appoint himself as.
Our politicians, Judiciary and Monarchy have sworn to uphold the Federal Constitution. How is it we are seeing politicians like Hadi being given space in the media to talk down our Constitution which is clearly seditious?
Vijay47 : If Hadi Awang wishes to exhibit his mentality and level of intelligence with neon-lit banners and drone-displays in the sky, there is nothing we could do about it nor would we be in any way concerned. But when his statements take on a dangerous hue, when he openly incites people against the Judiciary, surely he has crossed all tolerable lines and needs to be brought to account?
Yet we see dead silence from those who should have rushed forward to allay the people’s fears by taking firm, immediate action. Hadi Awang has now urged “Muslims to rise and defend Islam against parties who try to divert them from the “real” religion”.
We might describe this as the ramblings of total insanity but we must also remember that his target group are people steeped in ignorance and gullibility who can easily turn to violence as the necessary response to “defend Islam”.
Hadi Awang’s instigation is the fourth in a growing line of incendiary trend; we had the explosive device in Siti Kassim’s car, the Molotov cocktail attack on Ngeh Kam Hoo’s house, and the death threats against the lady lawyer and her daughter. Shockingly, nobody has been arrested and charged – those behind the death threats “have been identified but not yet apprehended”.
Anwar Ibrahim indeed has a strange way of being prime minister and calming the nation during such treacherous times as we have now. Perhaps he believes that remaining quiet will be an elegant way to keep the situation safe. There is no sight nor sound of him when he should be in the forefront fighting the extremists.
And that IGP? Perhaps he needs a respite from the strenuous efforts he took against Tony Pua.
In the meantime, Hadi Awang continues in his ways, fanning the embers that may soon see Rome in blazing flames.
