12/28/2008

Then they came for...

Here is a quote with a twist by Martin Niemöller, a Protestant pastor in Nazi Germany:


First they came for the "suspected" terrorists, and I didn't object
   for I wasn't a "suspected" terrorist.
Then they came for those of Middle Eastern descent, and I didn't object
   for I wasn't of Middle Eastern descent.
Then they came for the unpatriotic, and I didn't object
   for I was not unpatriotic.
Then they came for the dissenters and activists, and I didn't object
   for I wasn't a dissenter or an activist.
Then they came for the Communists, and I didn't object
   for I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Socialists, and I didn't object
   for I wasn't a Socialist.
Then they came for the labor leaders, and I didn't object
   for I wasn't a labor leader.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't object
   for I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me
And by that time there was no-one left to object.






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