NJmaverick
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Thu Aug-18-05 10:38 AM
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Reworking the Martin Niemoller quote for present day |
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Edited on Thu Aug-18-05 11:18 AM by nomad1776
FIRST THEY CAME FOR...
First they came for the Homosexuals and I did not speak out because I was not a Homosexual. Then they came for the Muslims and I did not speak out because I was not a Muslim. Then they came for the poor and I did not speak out because I was not poor. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.
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Bellamia
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Thu Aug-18-05 10:43 AM
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Can you post it? Your re-working would mean more if the original was known. Was it posted already and I missed it? Thanks :>)
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NJmaverick
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Thu Aug-18-05 10:44 AM
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2. In reference to Nazi Germany |
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FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS - MARTIN NIEMOLLER
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.
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Thu Aug-18-05 11:14 AM
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4. Niemöller's original version had a different priority |
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First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out-- because I was not a communist; Then 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 out for me.
-Pastor Martin Niemöller, 1945
When Time magazine used the quotation, they moved the Jews to the first place and dropped both the communists and the social democrats. Al Gore liked to quote the lines, but dropped the trade unionists for good measure. Gore and Time also added Roman Catholics, who weren't on Niemöller's list at all. In the heavily Catholic city of Boston, Catholics were added to the quotation inscribed on its Holocaust memorial. The US Holocaust Museum drops the Communists but not the Social Democrats; other versions have added homosexuals.
I think the original was written by Mr. Anonymous, but as Reverand Al Sharpton used to say, "It's all good".
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Thu Aug-18-05 10:57 AM
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3. I think you should put women or the poor in there. |
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Edited on Thu Aug-18-05 10:59 AM by loftycity
Our rights are going right out the window..
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