Stop Harassment and Bullying

My friends:

I feel that we should stand up for the rights of ALL people...

as English philosopher Edmund Burke said, ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing.'

and
Original
Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,habe ich geschwiegen;ich war ja kein Kommunist.
Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,habe ich geschwiegen;ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.
Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,habe ich nicht protestiert;ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.
Als sie die Juden holten,habe ich geschwiegen;ich war ja kein Jude.
Als sie mich holten,gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte.
Translation
When the Nazis came for the communists,I remained silent;I was not a communist.
Then they locked up the social democrats,I remained silent;I was not a social democrat.
Then they came for the trade unionists,I did not speak out;I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,I did not speak out;I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,there was no one left to speak out for me.
and We never touch people so lightly that we do not leave a trace. --Peggy Tabor Millin

This story breaks my heart...
Youth Suicide Death in Massachusetts Brings Tragic Consequences of Bullying and Harassment To Light:
This Friday, April 17, would have been Carl Walker-Hoover's 12th birthday. Since early September, his mother says, Carl reported that other kids at New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, Massachusetts were harassing him. They told him he acted like a girl. They made fun of the way he dressed. They said he was gay, and they made it clear that gay people were not welcome in their midst. Carl did not openly identify as gay, but that just didn't seem to matter to his tormentors. He played football and basketball, and was active in the Boy Scouts but none of that protected him from the bullying he faced when he started sixth grade.
Last week, Carl's mother found her son hanging by an extension cord, dead. Sirdeaner Walker says her son couldn't stand another day of bullying in school.
Why did this tragedy not make national headlines? Is it because anti-gay bullying is so common? According to the 2007 Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) School Climate Survey, 33 percent of children report being harassed because they are perceived by their peers to be gay.
Is it because we believe children should fend for themselves? According to the same survey, one third of teachers admit they have seen anti-gay bullying and have not intervened.
Is it because this kind of tragedy happens so often? According to GLSEN, this is at least the fourth suicide of a middle-school-aged child linked to bullying this year.
Today is the day that commemorates the National Day of Silence a protest of the silencing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students and their allies because of the discrimination, harassment, and abuse they experience at school. Anti LGBTQ bullying and slurs affect all students, and those who are even perceived to be LGBTQ are disproportionately affected. Day of Silence is a day of action when concerned students, from middle school to college, take some form of a vow of silence to bring attention to the name-calling, bullying and harassment experienced by LGBT students and their allies.
After all, IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF OUR YOUTH, WHO WILL?

Thanks to my friend who sent this to me and for the very real reminder that we do need to stand up for our youth.