First they came for the hackers.     But I never did anything illegal with my computer,         so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the pornographers.     But I thought there was too much smut on the Internet anyway,         so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the anonymous remailers.     But a lot of nasty stuff gets sent from anon.penet.fi,         so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the encryption users.     But I could never figure out how to work PGP anyway,         so I didn't speak up. Then they came for me.     And by that time there was no one left to speak up.

                           -- Alara Rogers Source (via zeroday blog). For Original

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