07-21-2005, 11:05 AM
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Banned
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Originally Posted by stevo
Thats your opinion and your entitled to it. Rdr is entitled to his as well. As well is reconmike. But as I stated before, it wasn't a differing opinion, it was a personal insult.
But oh well, lets try not to get any bans handed out today.
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My concern arises from my increasing chance of being "banned" by a much more imposing "enemy of freedom". Mein government!
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http://www.janrainwater.com/htdocs/Rohde.htm
Then They Came for Me
by
Stephen F. Rohde, Esq.
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, is indebted to the inspiration of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Niem%C3%B6ller">Rev. Martin Niemoller (1937).</a>
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