adaptation from Pastor Martin Niemoller

[commoner]

"In Germany they came first for the Communists and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up
because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me -- and by that time, no was left to speak up."


In Singapore they came first for the Gays and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Gay.

Then they came for the atheist and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't an atheist.

Then they came for the blue-collar workers and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a blue-collar worker.

Then they came for the catholics and I didn't speak up
because I was a buddhist.

Then they came for me -- and by that time, no was left to speak up."

WHEN WILL YOU SPEAK UP FOR Minorities?