Tuesday, 27 January 2015

WE'RE A NATION OF BYSTANDERS (Letter to Dom Post, Jan 27)

Susan Devoy just took my breath away. ‘If there’s any lesson everyday New Zealanders can learn from the Holocaust,’ she says, ‘it’s don’t be a bystander.’  

Hey, we’re a nation of bystanders. What is the legal killing of thousands upon thousands of preborn babies, but a holocaust? A photo of a pile of shoes, appalling as it is, can hardly compare in horror to a photo of the outcome of one day’s work in an abortion clinic, pictures we can all see online. 

Susan Devoy would like to see more young Kiwis attend Holocaust Remembrance Day. Thousands of young Kiwis never get the chance because they’re killed before birth.  

Susan Devoy says human rights begin at home. Her first home, like everyone else’s, was the womb. That’s where human rights begin.  

Susan Devoy says hate grows when we stand by and do nothing. What is killing your own child if not an expression of hate, hatred of self? 

Unlike the Germans in WWII, we’re given the stats. We know what’s going on but we stand by and do nothing.

 

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