May 15, 2004

Commentary:

They came

    By Jack Grant

It's like the Rev. Martin Niemller said:

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out;

because I was not a communist;

Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out;

because I was not a socialist;

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out;

because I was not a trade unionist;

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out;

because I was not a Jew;

Then they came for me;

and there was no one left to speak out for me.


Just because someone complains about the loss of freedoms from the Patriot Act and all its precursors does not mean they are a "traitor".

Posted by Jack Grant at 23:35 on 15 May 2004
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