Fwd: I didn't speak up . . .

[Lori <lori at web4all.it>]

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> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 21:31:42 -0800
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> From: John Tubbs <jmtubbs at mbay.net>
> Subject: I didn't speak up . . .
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> Thanks to Paul
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> First they came for the Muslims, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a 
> Muslim.
> Then they came to detain immigrants indefinitely solely upon the 
> certification of the Attorney General, and I didn't speak up because I 
> wasn't an immigrant.
> Then they came to eavesdrop on suspects consulting with their attorneys, 
> and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a suspect.
> Then they came to prosecute non-citizens before secret military 
> commissions, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a non-citizen.
> Then they came to enter homes and offices for unannounced "sneak and peek" 
> searches, and I didn't speak up because I had nothing to hide.
> Then they came to reinstate Cointelpro and resume the infiltration and 
> surveillance of domestic religious and political groups, and I didn't 
> speak up because I had stopped participating in any groups.
> Then they came for anyone who objected to government policy because it 
> aided the terrorists and gave ammunition to America's enemies, and I 
> didn't speak up because . . . I didn't speak up.
> Then they came for me . . . and by that time no one was left to speak up.
>
> --Stephen Rohde, a constitutional lawyer and President of the ACLU of 
> Southern California, who is indebted to the inspiration of Rev. Martin 
> Niemoller (1937)