In Disagreement With the Status Quo
Response to Pastor Martin Niemoller What does it take to make a man finally speak against injustice? How to Crush Ideological Opposition. In Haiku. Threaten, ridicule. Dismiss, minimize, slander. Placate the masses. Having gone through this recently yet once again--the business of disagreeing wi th a policy and requesting that more thought and discussion be placed to the longer view and wider implications of new restrictive procedures--the first words I heard were, "Annie, are you starting trouble again?" Got me thinking about the plan in place, the algorithym, the recipe to silence those who step over the lines to speak up and speak out.