"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Undoubtedly, Dr. King thought the merit of America's Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s was clear and compelled the support of righteous people despite its detractors and risks. But the "I am NOT silent" campaign is arguably more complicated. It helps address "The Third Degree
", an apparently widespread and escalating human rights crisis in America involving persecution and torture imposed through U.S. Any one or more legal proceedings can be so protracted and convoluted that discerning the legitimacy or illegitimacy of related claims can be time consuming and difficult for even captive, astute audiences. What tends to become clear rather quickly is whether those claims involve unpopular debate; fodder for retaliation; a proverbial hornet's nest. While related risks do not dampen the demands of moral consciousness as they did not for Dr. King's "friends", a prudent friend should not uphold or condemn any aspect of legal disputes with which he or she is not reasonably familiar. Given that truth, the "I am NOT silent" campaign solicits feedback on only threshold considerations of public policy implicated by the legal difficulties of people allegedly subjected to persecution and/or torture through U.S.
