Coming for Who?

2002-10-4 00:45:00

Larry:

JJ said: "Take me and my wife, for example. We are both in our fifties and not once have either one of us in all these decades had even one experience with tyranny of the state. I've never worried about authorities unjustly seizing my cash, banging on my door because of my strange beliefs..."

First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemeller

Just because they haven't come for you yet, and they haven't seized your goods yet, doesn't mean that you can intelligently ignore those whom they have come for, and those whose goods they have seized.

JJ
What group have "they" come for Larry? Who am I supposed to speak for to save them from execution and death camps? You're speaking of tyranny with your quote where millions of citizens were executed and gassed.

There are abuses in all lands which I do not support but where is the correspondence in the U.S. to millions of citizens being brazenly mass murdered???

Your quote is not a fair comparison.

My quote above was to illustrate that we do not live in a tyranny (as understood by the majority) because in a tyranny any controversial person such as myself, could not live undisturbed for 50+ years.

Just because I live in peace does not mean I am not standing up for justice. Justice is one reason I work so hard at teaching and introducing plans to change the system for the better.