Preface: Martin Niem�ller was a highly decorated German U-boat commander
in World War I. So it just makes sense
that after the war he became a Lutheran pastor. Martin Niem�ller wrote a
famous poem about failing to speak up
against Nazism in Germany � although he himself did speak up against
Nazism in Germany � and got in huge trouble
for it.
Already you can probably see the comic-poetic implications of Martin
Niem�ller! And we won�t even talk about how
funny the guy�s name sounds.
Anyway, the following are some impressions of Martin Niem�ller�s famous
poem.
When They Came
When they came for the Communists, I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
Communist
When they came for the Jews, I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew
When they came for the trade unionists, I didn't speak up because I
wasn't a trade unionist
When they came for me, I spoke up and said:
Was it good for you too?
When they came for the Communists, I didn't speak up because I was a
Communist
When they came for the Jews, I didn't speak up because I was a Jew
When they came for the trade unionists, I didn't speak up because I was
a trade unionist
When they came for the Fuhrer, I spoke up because I wasn�t the Fuhrer
I said "Uh, I�m not the Fuhrer"
So then they made me Fuhrer
Then I came too
When they came for the mutes, I didn't speak up because, well ...
When they came for matter, I didn�t speak up because I wasn�t made of
matter
When they came for spirit, I spoke up because I was made of spirit
But they didn�t hear me
Because I�m made of spirit, not matter
Oops, gotta go now
I think I hear them coming
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