This always does it for me …. Martin Niemöller … “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.”
My apologies, but there can be no Saturday Surprise today. In light of the terrible Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday, then the tragic mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand by a white supremacist on Friday, I simply could not get into ‘fun’ mode and felt that perhaps it would be inappropriate anyway. Saturday Surprise will, hopefully, return next Saturday.
I am deeply disturbed and saddened by both of the aforementioned events. Each took the lives of innocent people, and each was preventable. And, while the causes of the two may seem to be completely different, they really aren’t all that different. They both track back to arrogance and a sense of entitlement. Today I would like to share a few of my own thoughts about the two aforementioned events with you.
First, the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302. I’ve already written about this at some length and…
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