August 19, 2006

• Where Have All The Activists Gone?

  When in the course of human events, a stirring call for revolution goes unanswered, one must consider why.

  Why would millions upon millions of readers of this Xanga react with
  ambivalence when confronted with unsubstantiated, yet crushingly
  overwhelming claims of anecdotal evidence for the evils perpetrated by
  a certain internet map provider?  Why, oh why?

  Perhaps they are satisfied with the
  status quo.  Perhaps they are consumed by fear.  Perhaps they
  have blinders on and prefer to stay ignorant and uninvolved.  Perhaps they are just dumb as a box of rocks!
  
  
  Please don’t misunderstand me here.  I ’d never suggest the above
  describes you, my loyal reader, but I do ask you to look inward and
  ponder these words*:

  First, they came for the circus midgets, but I was not a circus midget, so I did not speak out. (Besides, short people got no reason).
  
  
  
  Then they came for the Miss America Pageant and Mr. Ugly Mug Contest Winners, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. (Not saying I wouldn't win, just never competed)
  
  
  
  Then they came for the mimes, but I was not a mime, so I did not speak out. (Neither did the mimes, for that matter).
  
  
  
  And when they came for me, there were still a bunch of people left but they didn’t say anything.

  * Adapted loosely from a quote attributed to Martin Niemoller

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