Another fantastic quote

[andrewducker]

"First they came for the Jews and I said nothing because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the homosexuals and I said nothing because I was not a homosexual.
Then I realised that there would never be anything good on television ever again."

Comments

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

[splutter!] :-)

[broin.livejournal.com]

You're ace. =)

[avatar.livejournal.com]

I don't get it?

[the-gardener.livejournal.com]

Why not?

[avatar.livejournal.com]

The punch line doesn't make sense? I'm sure the first two lines are relevant somehow.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

the inference is that Jews and homosexuals are responsible for a majority of the best TV programmes

[themongkey.livejournal.com]

Does that explain why L!ve TV was so shit?

[andrewducker]

It's a pisstake of this:

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

Pastor Martin Niemöller

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

"When they come for the Muslims, I will speak up, even though I'm not a Muslim. When they come for the spammers, I will speak up and say "Hey, you missed one over there!" - Keith S. Thompson.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[moniqueleigh]

Bwahahaahaha -- love it!

[missedith01.livejournal.com]

Excellent. :-)

[neferet.livejournal.com]

*huge grin*

Heh

[lproven.livejournal.com]

This was, presumably, roughly contemporaneous with pastor Niemoller's lament?

[sweinberg.livejournal.com]

I'm quite familiar with the original quotation. And this new one made me larf.