FIRST, THEY CAME FOR THE TRUTH (Fr. Martin Niemoeller was a phony)

Best Writers ^ | 17 June 2004 | Michael Shaw

[Onelifetogive]

I bought my religion from some guy in a back alley in Asia. Wanna make something of it?

I'm just saying I hope you didn't overpay......

[T Minus Four]

[Chad Fairbanks]

Nope. Sho' 'nuff didn't.

[Jonah Johansen]

First 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 the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Finally, they came for me and there was no one left to speak out, so I pulled out my assault rifle and blew them away.

[T Minus Four]

Even better:

[Chad Fairbanks]

[Oztrich Boy]

How did this Shaw clown get access to "Best Writers"?

[onyx]

Often quoted and misquoted,
but not usually attributed
to any one person. Best left
to "anonymous."

[jennyp]

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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 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.

Finally, they came for me and there was no one left to speak out.

So I pulled out my assault rifle and blew them away.

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Ah, that was priceless!

[T Minus Four]

LOL!!!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Working for? I am the establishment.

Or so the ex-(and not so ex)hippies I have working for me claim.

[jnarcus]

There are so many contradicitons within the article itself...Just so folks don't nutso there were lots of people in 1931 that thought a dtrong leader ( a Fuhrer) was a necessity for Germany. Moreover, I don't think anyone ever put this particular cleric up on a pedestal...He is not comparable to say og how about Neibhur (The Cost of Disciplieship) who as a Protestant understood exactly the nature of what Hitler was doing. Sometimes it is not so important after history has moved on to find things to complain about. What we should be looking at these days is the EVIL that is

[bereanway]

It was Bonhoeffer who wrote The Cost of Discipleship. Bonhoeffer also joined the Confessing Church movement but he had moments where he didn't think too clearly at times kind of falling into an eastern religious pacifist mentality. Reinhold Neibhur did however show Bonhoeffer where his theology was off track at those times.

[VOA]

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[pttttt]

FIRST, THEY CAME FOR THE TRUTH (Fr. Martin Niemoeller was a phony)

Whatever one might say about this article, Martin Niemoeller was not a Catholic. Your use of the "Fr." (Father) title in your article title wrongly suggests that he was.

[Psycho_Bunny]

A man walking a road to a small town saw a dog hurriedly scurrying toward him from the direction of the town.

The man raised his hand and say "Ho!  Dog.  Where are you running from?"

"That town down the way," replied the dog.

"Why?" asked the man.

"Because they are rounding up camels there - putting harnesses on them - and making them do slave labor."

"You stupid dog!" the man replied.  "You're a dog and they're rounding camels.  What has that to do with you?"

"Fool!" said the dog, "If no one will stand for camels, who will stand when they come for dogs?"

    - An old Sufi story

 

[mrustow]

How did this Shaw clown get access to "Best Writers"?

"Clown," as in "jester"?

[mrustow]

Thanks for the pic. Don't remember that one from my childhood.

[mrustow]

Now that classic is more familiar.

[mrustow]

Bumpbackatcha!