Fwd: First they came for the hackers (fwd)

Mitch Freedman (freedman@wlsmail.wls.lib.ny.us)
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:30:34 -0500 (EST)

Thought you might find this interesting. The message originated with
Nancy Kranich, Associate Dean of Libraries, NYU, and came to me via
Michael Malinconico and Pat Schuman. It's an Internet/WEB variant of
Martin Niemoller's quote in regard to the Nazis.

If you've already seen it, kindly forgive the duplication.

---------- Forwarded Message ----------

First they came for the hackers.
But I never did anything illegal with my computer,
so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for the pornographers.
But I thought there was too much smut on the Internet anyway,
so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for the anonymous remailers.
But a lot of nasty stuff gets sent from anon.penet.fi,
so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for the encryption users.
But I could never figure out how to work PGP anyway,
so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for me.
And by that time there was no one left to speak up.

-- Unknown --

mitch

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