Originally posted by stop whining buy a mag
People (in general, not necessarily governments) need to help people who can't help themselves. When thousands of Rwandans were hacked apart by machetes, the rest of the world STOOD BY AND WATCHED. As thousands of Sudanese are slaughtered in Darfur, the world stands by and watches. As the Jews were massacred in Germany, the world turned a blind eye. So tell me, how well do YOU sleep at night, talking that kind of "I-can't-save-the-world-so-why-try" attitude? Have you thought about what would happen if suddenly being a white male (forgive my assumptions, this is the interwebs after all) was a crime punishable by death? Would you want the world to sit by and chastize you and say, "you can't rely on us whenever you get in trouble..."
Lastly, as trite and cliche as it is, have a listen:
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
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