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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe have been silent witnesses of evil deeds;
we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretense; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open; intolerable conflicts have worn us down and even made us cynical. Are we still of any use?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds; (Original Post)
rateyes
Mar 2018
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Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)1. Dietrich can speak for himself
I've never been silent.
DavidDvorkin
(19,404 posts)2. I think he was condemning his whole nation
After all, he spoke up.
rateyes
(17,438 posts)6. Dietrich was talking about the church in Germany.
Seems to me the church in the USA right now is doing the same thing.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)4. Good Quote, wrong website
rateyes
(17,438 posts)5. All in how you look at it, I guess.