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   FRANK SCHEIDT to MATT MUNSON   
   a take on the niemoller poem   
   26 Nov 12 12:05:28   
   
   ->    
   -> First, they came for the gay veterans.   
   -> He didn't fight hard; he wasn't gay.   
   -> Next, they came for the immigrants.   
   -> He didn't fight hard; he wasn't "illegal."   
   -> Next, they came for the trade unionists.   
   -> He didn't fight hard; he no longer belonged to a union.   
   -> Next, they came for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.   
   -> He didn't fight hard; he wasn't poor.   
   -> But finally they came for him,   
   -> and there was nobody willing to fight hard for him.   
   -> -Dan Choi   
      
   Interesting posting, but the logic is flawed.  One might say with equal   
   "logic" the following:  "First they came for the criminal.  Next they came   
   for the average citizen."  See?  The logic just doesn't follow.  Just   
   because one undesirable group is suppressed, that doesn't mean other   
   *desireable* groups will be ... [sigh] ...   
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