Frog Boiling - "They Thought They Were Free"

[ravan]

A very insightful article about the rise of fascism and the third reich. It bears a horrible and uncanny resemblence to the events of the last three years. I've been saying this to friends and srangers alike, and it has mostly fallen on deaf ears, or (on UseNet) had Godwin's law thrown in my face. People don't want to hear it.

The worst is, even when, unlike Niemoller, we say something, it seems to have little effect. The real question, then, comes to "When and how do we resist - is it time to shoot the bastards yet?"

"You see, one doesn't see exactly where or how to move. Believe me, this is true. Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for the one great shocking occasion, thinking that others, when such a shock comes, will join with you in resisting somehow. You don't want to act, or even to talk, alone; you don't want to 'go out of your way to make trouble.' Why not? - Well, you are not in the habit of doing it. And it is not just fear, fear of standing alone, that restrains you; it is also genuine uncertainty."

Comments

[ravan.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm.... if I had a better clue on gender bending in the older german, I'd wonder if "mere guard" was a play on words for a streetwalker walking her "post". Then again, my German sucks - I've only picked up a little here and there.

Thanks for the link. I found a couple other parodies in my hunt, and they struck me as funny, although I couldn't tell you exactly why.