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To: right-wingin_It
You're welcome, right wingin it.

Here is something for all of us to ponder.

First They Came for the Jews

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.
Pastor Martin Niemöller

Community and individuality are not opposites. People cannot survive on their own. When the odds are stacked against you, you must rally with the oppressed and hated.

When a growing oppressive regime is taking hold, you must act, otherwise you will soon face your enemy alone and hopeless.

Strength of community is a strength as much as individualism, as long you are willing to face weaknesses in your own community. Ignoring slacking values will mean that you will be rallied against by those you oppress.

Niemöller affirms we must rally against unhealthy organized regimes. We must also stay vigilant with those that appear to be good natured, as all organisation attracts corruption. Niemöller also warns us that if it is you who are corrupt, then you will face a stronger combined force of foe!
Vexen Crabtree

111 posted on 07/01/2006 6:41:31 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: All
I hope most of these images will remain. If they don't -- Right click on the image, get the properties and copy them. Then put the properties into you address window. The picture should appear.
 

Tourists walk through the concentration camp known as Auschwitz II, or Birkenau, Jan, 25, in Oswiecim, Poland.

Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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Tourists walk through the concentration camp known as Auschwitz II, or Birkenau, Jan, 25, in Oswiecim, Poland.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
                                                                Survivors at Dachau - April 1945
 
 
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dsfp%26p%3Dauschwitz%2Bconcentration%2Bcamp&w=250&h=198&imgurl=www.pbs.org%2Fwgbh%2Fnova%2Fholocaust%2Fimages%2Ftime45_03_dachau.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fwgbh%2Fnova%2Fholocaust%2Ftime1945sans.html&size=23.5kB&name=time45_03_dachau.jpg&p=auschwitz+concentration+camp&type=jpeg&no=2&tt=5,028&ei=UTF-8  Timeline of the abuses
 
 
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dsfp%26p%3Dauschwitz%2Bconcentration%2Bcamp&w=480&h=223&imgurl=www.mikekemble.com%2Fww2%2Fwar%2Fauschwitz1.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mikekemble.com%2Fww2%2Fbelsen.html&size=34.7kB&name=auschwitz1.jpg&p=auschwitz+concentration+camp&type=jpeg&no=7&tt=5,028&ei=UTF-8  Holocaust Museum - Washington D. C.
 
Saw this -- I don't think I need to explain what it is
 
 
 
Auschwitz prisoners liberated
Auschwitz prisoners greet
Soviet troops during
liberation in 1945.
 

Aerial view of Auschwitz I camp


112 posted on 07/01/2006 7:04:40 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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