Then They Came for Me (A New Twist)

[Sector 7]

New twist on they came for the Jews

http://www.rkdn.org/u-r-next.asp

Then They Came for Me (A New Twist)

By Stephen Rohde, a constitutional lawyer and President of the ACLU of Southern California. Adapted from the original by Rev. Martin Niemoller (1937).

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....... and by that time no one was left to speak up.

Good reasons to stand up for your beliefs and values, and to get involved.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

What's with all the asterisks?

 

[Sector 7]

What's with all the asterisks?

They weren't there when I copied and pasted. I'll fix it. Good catch.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Powerful update to an old favorite, Sector 7.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Eh, kinda awkward, I thought. The original is more elegant and still works just fine-- and has the weight of history behind it.

 

[Bisz]

I see what it was trying to do but it seems very forced and awkward.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

The original also much briefer.

 

[ThankQ]

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

I missed this story.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Eh, kinda awkward, I thought. The original is more elegant and still works just fine-- and has the weight of history behind it.

Then I think you missed the entire point of the OP's post.

 

[ThankQ]

Eh, kinda awkward, I thought. The original is more elegant and still works just fine-- and has the weight of history behind it.

Then I think you missed the entire point of the OP's post.

Enlighten us.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Eh, kinda awkward, I thought. The original is more elegant and still works just fine-- and has the weight of history behind it.

Then I think you missed the entire point of the OP's post.

No, I don't think so.