Have I, have you, been too silent? Is there an easy crime of silence?

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

We can sit in our corners mute forever while our sisters and our selves are distorted and destroyed, while our earth is poisoned; we can sit in our safe corners mute as bottles, and we will still be no less afraid.

The first one, on the Day of Silence, wasn't a hate crime. The person who did it came forward and felt really bad about it. He just didn't know about the symbolism.

Silence against cruelty is the biggest crime in the world, and we do.

Instead of going after the perpetrators of the massacre, the Uzbek government is trying to deny responsibility and silence witnesses.