Politics/Ethics: Operation PinWale - Obama Administration Seeks Emergency Control of the Internet

Alex Dean alex at crackpot.org
Mon Aug 31 18:02:41 MST 2009


On Aug 31, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Austin William Wright wrote:
>
> Democracy is nothing but tyranny of the majority. I was walking  
> through
> Boston recently, and coming to the Holocaust memorial I saw a quote, a
> common variation of which goes as follows:
>
> First they came for the Jews
> and I did not speak out
> because I was not a Jew.
> Then they came for the Communists
> and I did not speak out
> because I was not a Communist.
> Then they came for the trade unionists
> and I did not speak out
> because I was not a trade unionist.
> Then they came for me
> and there was no one left
> to speak out for me.
>
> Martin Niemöller

Is this close enough to a Nazi reference to say that Godwin's Law has  
been satisfied, and this thread has run its course?  C'mon guys,  
hasn't this gone on long enough?
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