On 3/16/03 4:56 PM, "Mike Schienle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didnąt speak up > because I wasnąt a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didnąt > speak up because I wasnąt a Jew. Then they came for the trade > unionists, and I didnąt speak up because I wasnąt a trade unionist. > Then they came for Catholics, and I didnąt speak up because I was a > Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to > speak up." > > Protestant minister Martin Neimoller, reflecting on Germanyąs fall to > the Nazis > > Maybe that will help you reconsider if the reprimand was justified. Now I'm offended. Jews subjugated by the Nazis. Tim O'Reilly called "Tim O Really." Not equivalent in my mind. Now, if there is some history to Tim O'Reilly being called by that other name or any other name, then please enlighten me, so I can understand the outrage. Is it somehow insulting, and by that I mean more insulting than just being a not really that clever play on his name?[1] I can certainly understand people wanting to be called by their given names, and I don't have any problem with people making efforts to reinforce that point. But otherwise, I just don't get the strong feelings this has engendered, nor why this is being compared to standing up for the the Jews in Nazi Germany. - geoff [1] I did a search for "tim oh really" on Google, and came up with plays/dialogues in which a character named Tim says "Oh really?"
