Silence is the Death of Liberty By Washington's Blog
Global Research, September 15, 2010
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21054Washington's Blog
First they tortured a U.S. citizen and gang member ...
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/greenwald1.html
I remained silent;
I wasn't a criminal
Then they tortured a U.S. citizen, whistleblower and navy veteran ...
http://web.archive.org/web/20070828100808/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/24/ap4052736.html
I remained silent;
I wasn't a whistleblower
Then they locked up an attorney for representing accused criminals ...
http://www.lynnestewart.org/
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 ...
http://web.archive.org/web/20070123131301/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5039230,00.html
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 ...
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2007/300307executerosie.htm
I remained silent;
I wasn't an entertainer
Then they arrested people for demanding that Congress hold the President to the Constitution ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-07-23-sheehan-protest_N.htm
I did not speak out;
I've never protested in Washington
Then they arrested a man for holding a sign ...
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/25922
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 ...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22university+of+florida%22+taser
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 ...
http://www.counterpunch.org/cohn09302006.html
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/07/assassinations
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.Inspired by the poem First They Came by Martin Niemöller, which was written about the Nazis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...
I originally wrote this poem in 2007. I have updated it with the additional verse about assassinations.
