"then they came for the jews"

[niyad]

(I keep thinking about this, as I listen to discussions about the nsa/etc)

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Catholic.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.

martin niemoeller (one of several versions that exist)

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. As bad as this seems, the NSA hasn't rounded up an put anyone in death camps.

So pulling this poem may be a little premature.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

2. Gitmo, of course, is entirely different. At Camp Delta, e.g., they even help with transportation.

[Mnemosyne]

3. K&R nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Then they came for the clichés...

...and everybody said the same tired, thoughtless bullshit.

[newfie11]

5. This has come to my mind often

Times they are a changing and not for the best.