沉默

最近回頭看這首刻在波士頓猶太人屠殺紀念碑上的碑文，特別有感觸。
德國新教牧師馬丁·尼莫拉 Martin Niemöller的懺悔詩。

First they came for the socialists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up,
because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak for me.

擺著該弄的powerpoint不用，邊唸著這首詩。
我們都曾沉默，被稱做是正義的聲音，現在，似乎來得太晚，
當他們瘋擁過來。

我們都曾經沉默。那麼，也就沒有什麼角色好爭所謂的缺憾。