Many people are undoubtedly thinking "It isn't MY state, so why should I get involved?" Or, "Those aren't MY animals at risk, so why should I worry about it?"
To emphasize the point I am trying to make here, this quote by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoller, a concentration camp survivor, comes to mind and deserves repeating:
Quote:
"First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist, so I didn't speak up;
Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew, so I didn't speak up;
Then they came for the trade unionists, but I wasn't a trade unionist, so I didn't speak up;
Then they came for the Catholics, but I wasn't a Catholic, so I didn't speak up;
And then they came for me, and there was nobody left to speak up for me.”
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Think about this, please.