In Germany, they came first for the Communists,
And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist;
And then they came for the trade unionists,
And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews,
And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew;
And then… they came for me…
And by that time there was no one left to speak up.
~ Martin Niemöller
We may not mind if the rights of "the other" are infringed. Yet justice for one is justice for another. Our faith calls us to speak up whenever someone is denied fair treatment, whether they are so-called "enemy combatants" or undocumented immigrants. So let's speak up and stand with "the other" so that all are treated with justice and mercy.
