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December 17, 2007 at 13:01:54

Is This How Freedom Dies?

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First they tortured a U.S. citizen and gang member ...
I remained silent;
I wasn't a criminal

Then they tortured a U.S. citizen, whistleblower and navy veteran ...
I remained silent;
I wasn't a whistleblower



Then they locked up an attorney for representing accused criminals ...
I remained silent;
I wasn't a defense attorney

Then they arrested a young father walking with his son simply because he told Dick Cheney that he disagreed with his policies ...
I remained silent;
I've never talked to an important politician

Then they said an entertainer should be killed because she questioned 9/11 ...
I remained silent;
I wasn't an entertainer

Then they arrested people for demanding that Congress hold the President to the Constitution ...
I did not speak out;
I've never protested in Washington

Then they arrested a man for holding a sign ...
I did not speak out;
I've never held that kind of sign

Then they broke a minister's leg because he wanted to speak at a public event ...
I remained silent;
I wasn't a religious leader

Then they shot a student with a taser gun and arrested him for asking a question of a politician at a public event ...
I remained silent;
I wasn't a student

When they came for me,
Everyone was silent;
there was no one left to speak out.

What's this poem saying? That we all have to stand up, speak out and take action NOW while we still can. If we do so, we will win the struggle for liberty. If we do not, freedom will die ... just like it did in Nazi Germany.

Inspired by the poem First They Came by Martin Niemöller, which was written about the Nazis.

 

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George Washington is a pen name. I am using the pen name, with the approval of the publisher, because I have received death threats due to my 9/11 research and writing. I am using a pen name to protect myself and my family.

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Hater of Nazis above all. Hobbies include activism, military model building, military history, exciting and vital conversation with retired crooks. Retired
John HanksHater of Nazis above all. Hobbies include activism, military model building, military history, exciting and vital conversation with retired crooks. Retired

People are cowardly - not stupid.

It is important to speak up because discourse fertilizes the brain.  It is even more important to speak up with unpopular views.  The tyranny of the majority is the worst, since the majority is always wrong - until it is too late.

by John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1210 comments) on Monday, December 17, 2007 at 11:34:44 PM
 


Just a person that knows he matters and placing more on acceptance than expectation... And while this explanation is viewed apparently by some as limited, here's some more personal information that those same some believe I "need" to testify that I can post here at OpEdNews.com:
I have an undergraduate degree (BA even - not a foppish BS) in biology/environmental science with an emphasis on environmental/ecological systems (they are, like, um, so complex), a master's degree in public he...

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Tom MurphyJust a person that knows he matters and placing more on acceptance than expectation... And while this explanation is viewed apparently by some as limited, here's some more personal information that those same some believe I "need" to testify that I can post here at OpEdNews.com:
I have an undergraduate degree (BA even - not a foppish BS) in biology/environmental science with an emphasis on environmental/ecological systems (they are, like, um, so complex), a master's degree in public he...

to see more of bio, click on member name

Freedom is an amalgam of freedoms AND restraints

Be careful when you fling accusations such as these.  Your own house of cards could suffer collateral damage with links that show the rabidness of those "protesting" government policy or decisions that results in injuries, damage, and even death. 

And all of this in the name of "truth"...

I've noted your fondness for quotes. Here's a handful for contemplation:

"The fact, in short, is that freedom, to be meaningful in an organized society must consist of an amalgam of hierarchy of freedoms and restraints," - Samuel Hendel

"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself," - Thomas Paine

"My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular," Adlai Stevenson

"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you," - Richard Cheney

"There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought," - Charles Kingsley

"Most people want security in this world, not liberty," - H.L. Mencken

"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck," - Frederick Douglas

by Tom Murphy (3 articles, 4 quicklinks, 10 diaries, 1727 comments) on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 2:45:14 PM
 

 

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