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[TofuNinja]

The following came to my mail box.



Then They Came for Me
By Stephen F. Rohde, Esq.*

First they came for the Muslims, and I didn't speak up because I
wasn't a Muslim.

Then they came to detain immigrants indefinitely solely upon the
certification of the Attorney General, and I didn't speak up because I
wasn't an immigrant.

Then they came to eavesdrop on suspects consulting with their
attorneys, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a suspect.

Then they came to prosecute non-citizens before secret military
commissions, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a non-citizen.

Then they came to enter homes and offices for unannounced "sneak
and peek" searches, and I didn't speak up because I had nothing to
hide.

Then they came to reinstate Cointelpro and resume the infiltration
and surveillance of domestic religious and political groups, and I
didn't speak up because I had stopped participating in any groups.

Then they came for anyone who objected to government policy
because it aided the terrorists and gave ammunition to America's
enemies, and I didn't speak up because ... I didn't speak up.

Then they came for me. By that time no one was left to speak up.

Stephen Rohde, a constitutional lawyer and President of
the ACLU of Southern California, is indebted to the
inspiration of Rev. Martin Niemoller (1937).

[hang10wannabe]

<<thought provoking>> to say the least. aww inspiring... nice find :thumb:

[whitak24]

Originally posted by TofuNinja
Stephen Rohde, a constitutional lawyer and President of the ACLU of Southern California, is indebted to the inspiration of Rev. Martin Niemoller (1937).
i got a postcard of the original statement by Rev. Niemoller when i was a the Holocaust Museum in D.C. a couple years ago.

i think there are some interesting parallels.....but i think it cheapens an EXTREMELY powerful statement regarding one of the darker moments of 20th century to revise it for whatever the current political battle happens to be.

[molecularfire]

Hmmm... so the moral of the story is, don't do something because you think it is right, but because it may harm you down the line. :rolleyes: