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同謀, 幫兇

An abettor

An accomplice in crime

Complicity

For example:

By saying nothing, you signal assent and approval. You become an abettor, an accomplice in crime.

Silence is the voice of complicity.

沉默代表同謀

Muted conscience is complicity with evil.

良心的沈默就是邪惡的幫兇

By the way, I have recently read the interview with 鄭有傑. It is pretty good.

Please click link to 鄭有傑’s interview

Finally, to wrap this up, I would like to share with everyone what Martin Niemöller once said. Something to ponder as it could to happen to anyone of us. Don’t become an accomplice in crime being ignorant and indifferent with a muted conscience.

Martin Niemöller’s quote:

"When the Nazis came for the communists,
I did not speak out;
As I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I did not speak out;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
As I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
As I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out."

Written by Elisa English

On 8/2/2013