WE WILL NOT BE SILENT
Apparently wearing T-shirts with writing in Arabic means that you are a potential terrorist – another paranoid attack on free speech in the name of "national security."
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Iraqi Peace Activist Forced to Change T-ShirtBearing Arabic Script Before Boarding Plane at JFK
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Another version of the story.
Support free speech by ordering and wearing a "We will not be silent" T-shirt here.
"WE WILL NOT BE SILENT" was a statement by the student resistance movement in Nazi Germany called The White Rose. This is a statement of purpose, intended to inspire acts of resistance and dissent, against a corrupt government that abuses its power and abandons the rule of law.
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Mary // Oct 30, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Muzzling Arab peace activists – what a great idea!
We Will Not Be Silent | 立翔 LEESEAN.NET // Oct 31, 2006 at 3:50 am
[...] I got my We Will Not Be Silent T-shirt in the mail today. For background information, check out my previous post about the controversy behind this shirt. Here's a picture of me modeling it with pride, standing up for civil liberties and democratic principles: [...]
Brian White // Aug 25, 2009 at 1:52 am
Colleagues; It would be a dazzling service to freedom, IF you were to post a jpg of beautifully written Arabic, saying “We will not be silent”. I have found this, but with only 7Kb to 10 Kb resolution. If I could capture this in a 200kb to 300 kb jpg, I could send it to a company in Pasadena CA and have it EMBROIDERED on a shirt.
It would be even nicer if you sent me an email telling me you have done so! Brian
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