We now live in very dangerous times and based on what's going on I don't seem to think there's much hope for improvement. I think the following is very pertinent:
They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
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 Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
This was a writing by Martin Niemoller during WW2 on the Nazis oppression of different sects of society. This should be a wake up call for us all.
On a lighter note, you can't help but smile when you see an angry youngster part of a religious rally chanting slogans while drinking Pepsi! Oh the irony :)
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