The Mocking Eye

First they came for the hackers.
    But I never did anything illegal with my computer,
        so I didn’t speak up.
Then they came for the pornographers.
    But I thought there was too much smut on the Internet anyway,
        so I didn’t speak up.
Then they came for the anonymous remailers.
    But a lot of nasty stuff gets sent from anon.penet.fi,
        so I didn’t speak up.
Then they came for the encryption users.
    But I could never figure out how to work PGP anyway,
        so I didn’t speak up.
Then they came for me.
    And by that time there was no one left to speak up.

                           – Alara Rogers

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In Germany they first came for the Communists,
    and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
    and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
    and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
    and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me -
    and by that time no one was left to speak up.

                – Pastor Martin Niemöller

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