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First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
by fsckin 13y ago
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.
- nextw33k 13y agoYou sir have just restored my faith in comment systems. Thank you for an awesome reminder from history.
- zalew 13y agonot the first nor the last time 'first they came' is used around here https://www.google.com/search?q="first+they+came"+site%3Anews.ycombinator.com https://www.google.com/search?q="first+they+came"+site%3Anew...
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoApart from misquoting, you should be ashamed for comparing the non-violent arrest of a convicted felon to the genocide perpetrated by the Nazis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...
- nknighthb 13y agoThere is nothing "non-violent" about an armed police raid. And his past convictions are irrelevant on every conceivable level -- not only is he not currently serving a sentence in relation to them, they provided no basis to believe he could be dangerous.
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoYou think it’s OK to liken the arrest of a repeat offender to the genocide of millions of innocent men, women, and children? In the video, I didn’t see physical force used. Neither did I read of anything like it in any of the reports of the arrest. What part of the operation is violent to you? Schmitz was found with a sawed off shotgun, and the police had to cut him out of his panic room, so he could obviously be dangerous.
- arethuza 13y ago"What part of the operation is violent to you?" Pretty much all of it?
- Samuel_Michon 13y agohttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/violence http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/violence
- nknighthb 13y agoI can only assume you are confused by the meaning of "force". The actual application of physical force is not necessary for an action to be forceful and violent.
- smackfu 13y agoDwelling on whether it's violent or not seems silly. It was excessive. And the problem with using excessive measures is that it makes the line between non-violence and violence as simple as one guy with a gun being surprised and accidentally pulling the trigger.
- glesica 13y agoFirst they used the massive, militarized police force peacefully and I didn't complain because no one was injured. Then they used the massive, militarized police force to hurt people and I didn't complain because no one was killed. Then the massive, militarized police force started killing people, and it was too late to complain. Something doesn't have to be as bad as Nazi Germany to have lessons learned from Nazi Germany usefully applied to it. No one said "OMG Kim Dotcom is exactly like Anne Frank!". The police raid was clear overkill and many people are, rightfully, bothered by the militarization of police forces. It is important to object, even in defense of a fairly shady character like Dotcom because eventually that apparatus will be turned on others and it will be too late to stop it. Really, we should have been complaining a long time ago when the police (at least in the US) started treating the inner city like a war zone.