Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 11, 2006
June 10, 2006
June 12, 2006
Transcript:
Danae: I've gotta tell ya, mister... that's an awfully boring tattoo on your arm. It's just a bunch of numbers. Man: Well, I was about your age when I got it, and I kept it as a reminder. Danae: Oh... a reminder of happier days? Man: No... of a time when the world went mad. Danae: So you kept it to remind yourself about the dangers of political extremism? Man: No, my dear. To remind you. "Imagine yourself in a land where your countrymen followed the voice of political extremists who didn't like your religion. Imagine having everything taken from you, your entire family sent to a concentration camp as slave laborers, then systematically murdered. In this place, they even take your name and replace it with a number tattooed on your arm. It was called the Holocaust, when millions of people perished just because of their faith..."
sophisticated_mama about 15 years ago
This strip stayed with me for days…My newspaper copy was thrown away by accident, and I have been searching for this for the past two years. It’s short, touching, and deep.
zev.farkas over 14 years ago
Just one other comment here? Strange - I would think this one would have been swamped.
Ooops! Premium Member over 14 years ago
Perhaps zev.farkas, there are no words adequate.
reynard61 over 14 years ago
One of my favorites! I put it in my Bible to remind myself that abuse of Religion can have consequences.
treered over 14 years ago
“when they came for the jews i didn’t protest because i wasn’t jewish…” and the line from Fiddler on the Roof about “Jesus killers” i think… the nazis did it for their reasons, but they got away with it because others had their reasons…
Pier3d about 14 years ago
The Jews were not persecuted because of their religion but because they insist to be a people within other countries.
That’s hard to accept for the people who believe to be soverign on this land especially during an economic crisis like in the 1930’s.
SFAW almost 14 years ago
“The Jews were not persecuted because of their religion but because they insist to be a people within other countries. ”
Sure. That’s why the calls of “Juden ‘raus” were so popular, because it didn’t ID by religion.
Nice to see there’s still a segment of the population still trying to deny things.
I’m sure your friends at Stormfront loved your “comment”.
kaystari Premium Member almost 13 years ago
wow, so much comment on why the holocaust happened, seems pointless to add to the speculation.
I’m just surprised that Wiley, for once, seems to understand religious persecution and even is showing at least one religion some respect after spending so many year adding to all the religious persecution, making fun of the concept of religion.
Cougar1990 about 9 years ago
It should be reprinted each year.
Kim Metzger Premium Member almost 7 years ago
The impact of the strip is heightened by Danae shedding a tear over what the old man has told her.
Jessica_D almost 7 years ago
COUGAR1990 ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO
*It should be reprinted each year. *
Yes, yes it should. Respectfully requesting a reprint from Mr. Wiley.
Ellen over 6 years ago
Another respectful request for a reprint.
cseverin over 6 years ago
Now more than ever! Please reprint this.
flower among weeds almost 5 years ago
We must never forget!