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If you aren't part of the solution are you automatically part of the problem or is there a 3rd alternative? What/why?

Posted - July 28, 2017

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  • 16797
    Innocent bystanders.
      July 28, 2017 4:49 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Bystander? Uninvolved with the issue at hand? Aloof? Removed from the fray? Uncaring, afraid to participate or doesn't give a rat's a**? Thank you for your reply Sbf and Happy Friday. I f their dog isn't in the fight some don't bother to get in to fight for the rights of others. I don't think that's really "innocent" unless we're talking about mentally impaired, the very young, the very old or the infirm! :)
      July 28, 2017 4:58 AM MDT
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  • 16797
    Or simply not in the fight. I really don't think that a Podunk farmer can affect North Korea's nuclear program either way, frankly.
      July 28, 2017 5:02 AM MDT
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  • 739
    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 me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
    https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/01/first-they-came-poem-history/514895/
    Though it is harder to affect what happens in another country, as you say. Especially when you are dealing with those Trump supporting dick-heads. The North Koreans would probably rebel against the regime in a second, if they had the means.
      July 28, 2017 9:13 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    there might be a 3rd alternative
      July 28, 2017 3:54 PM MDT
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