qesehmk
07-26-2011, 04:39 PM
There is a terrific statement by pastor Martin Niemoller (from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came%E2%80%A6)) about the Nazi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism) rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.
First they came for the communists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist),
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_unionist),
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews),
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
First they came for the communists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist),
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_unionist),
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews),
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.