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."
From Malaysiakini Don: Abolish vernacular schools for unity's sake Aries46: Vernacular schools existed even before Merdeka and at no time has it been a hindrance to national unity in the past 56 years. f
Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) pro-chancellor Abdul Rahman Arshad is
equating national unity in terms of keeping Umno-BN in power, he is
barking up the wrong tree. Malaysians who have supported Umno-BN
from Merdeka, even through the 40 years of New Economic Policy (NEP),
have reached the end of their tether. In pursuit of national
unity the non-Malays have ditched the racist divide-and-rule policies
and they don't have the energy to keep feeding the never-ending greed of
the corrupt elites and their cronies in Umno. And typical of Abdul Rahman, they resort to racist rants the moment they sense a threat to their plundering ways. Abdul
Rahman would do well to open his eyes and evaluate the fact that the
non-Malays have embraced the Malays in PKR and the Muslims in PAS for
its fair, incorruptible and non-racist form of governance. Abolishing vernacular schools alone does not guarantee national unity.
Some of the overbearing deterrents to national unity are:
1) Malaysians being divided into racial distinctions 2) Having race-based political parties 3) Racial discrimination in education at all levels 4) Racial discrimination in employment 5) Economic opportunities 6) Allocation of low-cost houses and discounts for housing 7) Stock and share ownerships
The
main factors that deter Malaysians from choosing national schools are
lack of educational standards and merits, the absence of a Malaysian
outlook among students, teachers and support staff ratio, and heavy
influence of race and religion in school activities and the curriculum. Piecemeal
solutions in order to perpetuate certain political agendas will be a
waste of time and resources. Unless Abdul Rahman has the stomach to view
national unity holistically, he should abstain from making statements
that can offend those who are suffering in silence. Saintonthego: Unity
among Malaysians have disintegrated because of Umno's racist policy of
dividing the people. Umno leaders can't even call themselves Malaysian
first and Malay second. So how can they believe Malaysians can be
united? Anakmalaysia777: Abdul Rahman, you were
the Education director-general. What did you do to integrate the
Chinese and the Indians into the mainstream of the school system? Will
you and your kind agree to open all residential schools and all other
government educational institutions that are closed to non-Malays to all
races on the basis of needs and merits alone, and not race and
religion? Can the Umno government promise to the people of
Malaysia that the teaching staff will reflect the national population
and not exclusively Malay? Vijay47: One very
clear provision of the sedition laws is that anyone who calls for the
closing down of Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools will be committing
sedition. Let us see what our IGP (police chief) and equally talented attorney-general (AG) say to squeal out of this. Not
that there is no precedent for such prosecution. One case involved a
member of parliament, Mark Koding, while another involved, surprise!
surprise! the editor of Utusan Malaysia. The judge did
not buy the editor's grounds of appeal where he claimed that he was such
a busy bee that he had no time to go through all the items in his
paper. Fast forward to the present, there seems to be a
well-orchestrated campaign to raise racial issues and incite the Malays
to violence, including no less than by aformer Appeals Court judge. Considering
the rejection of BN by all segments of the country in the recent
elections, have these rabble-rousers been prompted by someone in power
with the assurance that no one will be charged? Mushiro: If
after 56 years of independence and the various races are not united,
the Malays are still left behind economically despite of 40 years of NEP
then it just shows that the government has failed miserably. Why
is it that the Mahathirs, the Najibs, the Daims, the Abdullahs, the
Taib Mahmuds, the Musa Amans, etc, are super rich and yet the non-crony
Malays are still poor. It just shows the failure, incompetence
and self-interest of the corrupted Umno regime. The answer is a clear
change of this corrupted government. Democrat:
One question: If you abolish Tamil and Chinese schools, will UiTM, and
all other quota-based institutions be opened to all races, based on
meritocracy? Can places in all faculties be offered based on academic scores and not on race? Answer this and I will answer you, you bigot. Spinnot: When Chinese voted for BN in 1999 and 2004, there was unity. When they voted for Pakatan Rakyat in 2013, there is no unity. Almost
two-thirds of Swiss people speak German, almost one-fifth speak French
and less than one-tenth speak Italian, but Switzerland has four national
languages - German, French, Italian and Romache. There is no unity problem in Switzerland. Indeed, all Malaysians have accepted Bahasa Malaysia as the national language. Skong: Something
very weird is happening. Three reports targeting the Chinese at the
same time - abolish vernacular school, amend state law to bar
non-Muslim/Malay to be MB and the comments by ex-court of appeal judge
on Chinese betrayal. What is Najib up to? Hidup PKR: It looks like revenge.
