Originally Posted by mihnea007

Just replace Hitler with FTC and Jews with Affiliate Marketers - see where that takes you!

Did Hitler get elected on Monday, and start throwing people in the ovens on Friday?
No, it was a gradual process.
The first thing that Hitler did was start to write newspaper articles,
"everything that was going wrong, was the Jews' fault. They're the ones that caused all these problems."
Did the Jews write their own newspaper articles and go "I disagree?"
So then, the Jews had to wear the Star of David.
So we can tell who you are.
Did they say "No, that's a violation of my privacy, I don't have to tell you?"
No, the Jews decided, "well it's a religious symbol. We love God, we should be proud to wear the Star of David."
Eventually, the Germans came in and they broke all of the windows in all of the Jewish businesses.
In one weekend.
Saturday night was known as kristallnacht, German for Night of Glass.
Did the Jews rise up and say "Damnit! You're violating my property! You shouldn't do that!?
No, "Gosh, we don't want to make the Germans any madder than they already are! Don't piss 'em off! They've got guns!"
Eventually, the Germans are loading 'em up in to cattle trailers on the trains.
Where do you think you're going, on vacation?
Where do you think they're going to take you??
Well now you're cold and naked and they're walking you into the ovens where you're taking part in mass execution.
Is it time now to raise your hand and say "you know, I tend to DISAGREE WITH ALL THIS."
BANG.
You're dead, it's too late to complain.
You should have complained at the beginning, when you at least had a chance.
How bad, do things have to get, before YOU do something?
Do they have to take away all your property?
Do they have to license every activity that you want to engage in?
Do they have to be throwing you on cattle cars before you start to say "Now wait a minute, I don't think this is a good idea!"
How long is it going to be, before YOU finally resist and say "NO. I will NOT comply. Period."
Sooner or later, you've got to draw a line and stand your ground.
Whether anyone else does or not.
That, is what LIBERTY is all about.