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| subject: | a take on the niemoller poem |
-> -> First, they came for the gay veterans. -> He didn't fight hard; he wasn't gay. -> Next, they came for the immigrants. -> He didn't fight hard; he wasn't "illegal." -> Next, they came for the trade unionists. -> He didn't fight hard; he no longer belonged to a union. -> Next, they came for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. -> He didn't fight hard; he wasn't poor. -> But finally they came for him, -> and there was nobody willing to fight hard for him. -> -Dan Choi Interesting posting, but the logic is flawed. One might say with equal "logic" the following: "First they came for the criminal. Next they came for the average citizen." See? The logic just doesn't follow. Just because one undesirable group is suppressed, that doesn't mean other *desireable* groups will be ... [sigh] ... --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5* Origin: Since 1991 And Were Still Here! DOCSPLACE.TZO.COM (1:123/140) SEEN-BY: 3/0 633/267 640/954 712/0 313 620 848 @PATH: 123/140 500 261/38 712/848 633/267 |
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