The Noose

The Noose

This picture and wording comes from a poem i read in High school. The poem below is a striking poem and with the FCC coming down on everyone these days, I wonder how freedom of speech will be kept if the gov takes away free broadcast radio. Here is the poem.

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