[djm2]

Do you remember this quote (Niemöller) about the rise to power of the Nazis:

They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

Now I am not trying to equate what is going on with the Nazi party and Hitler, but the issue of protecting our rights against governmental infringement is one that is at least partly applicable.