1. Historical Quote #1 –George Santayana (1863-1952) - “Life Of Reason”
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
2. Historical Quote #2 -Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller ( 1892 – 1984) -“First They Came”
Then 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 the Jews,
I remained silent; I wasn’t a Jew.
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
The End 2009 Product Of The Lessons Learned From The Above:
This is an email I received in response to my Open Letter To Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to remove Holocaust Denial Groups from Facebook.
Out of the hundreds of comments and emails I received, I found this to be the most disturbing and not for the personal attack. I received tons of those. While I can process and understand the free speech arguments, I will never be able to process and understand what Timothy had to say.
Timothy (kingpoopypoop@msn.com)
“Brian, move on and quit over-playing and exaggerating this issue (i.e. Get a life or career or family or hobby or anything positive). You are a real downer and time waster. How about supporting a charitable cause with this same effort and energy. As a fellow Jew, I know of many needy organizations who would appreciate your POSITIVE efforts. By the way, how were you and I effected by any of this, or how might we be in the future?“
Is this the overall feeling of our Jewish youth or just one disconnected individual? Do they as a group feel that these issues do not affect us nor will they? That the issues are exaggerated?
I ask again. What is wrong with our Jewish Youth…?
