For those Americans who are not worried about NSA spying because, "I've done no wrong, so why should I be concerned", they should check out the famous quotation of Martin Niemoller, a prominent Protestant pastor and an outspoken critic of the German government during the 1930's when the fascists came to power.
"First they came for the Socialists and I did not speak out because I wasn't a socialist, then they came for the Trade Unionists and I did not speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist, then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I wasn't a Jew; and then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me."
So let me somewhat alter those chilling remarks to fit the situation in America today: "First they came for the whistleblowers and I said nothing because I wasn't a whistleblower; then they came for the activists and I said nothing because I wasn't an activist, then they came for the Occupy Movement members and I said nothing because I wasn't one of them; and then they came for me."
Will the American people continue to passively watch what's happening around them and to them and do nothing to demand that it be stopped? Will they act just like the people of Germany who remained silent and submissive and let the situation reach a point where it was too late to reverse what was happening all around them?
Michael Payne
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