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  • 15-09-2010 6:06pm
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    The Highwayman
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    http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/09/silence-is-death-of-liberty.html

    Try the link for all the other links





    Silence is the Death of Liberty


    First they tortured a U.S. citizen and gang member ...
    I remained silent;
    I wasn't a criminal

    Then they tortured a U.S. citizen, whistleblower and navy veteran ...
    I remained silent;
    I wasn't a whistleblower

    Then they locked up an attorney for representing accused criminals ...
    I remained silent;
    I wasn't a defense attorney

    Then they arrested a young father walking with his son simply because he told Dick Cheney that he disagreed with his policies ...
    I remained silent;
    I've never talked to an important politician

    Then they said an entertainer should be killed because she questioned the government's version of an important historical event ...
    I remained silent;
    I wasn't an entertainer

    Then they arrested people for demanding that Congress hold the President to the Constitution ...
    I did not speak out;
    I've never protested in Washington

    Then they arrested a man for holding a sign ...
    I held my tongue;
    I've never held that kind of sign

    Then they broke a minister's leg because he wanted to speak at a public event ...
    I said nothing;
    I wasn't a religious leader

    Then they shot a student with a taser gun and arrested him for asking a question of a politician at a public event ...
    I remained silent;
    I wasn't a student

    Then they declared that they could label U.S. citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" and imprison them indefinitely - and even assassinate them - all without trial ...
    I remained silent;
    I assumed I wasn't on a list

    When they came for me,
    Everyone was silent;
    there was no one left to speak out.


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