The pot calls a pot
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Usually, news out of the Soviet Union is grim. It tells of human rights violations, military threats and spying activities. Recently, however, a funny story came from the Kremlin.
In perfect seriousness, the Soviets denounced South Africa for suspending due process of law and restricting civil rights.
Of course, South Africa has done just that, and it deserves all the condemnation that it has received in recent weeks. But look who is talking.
The Kremlin has repeatedly violated the Helsinki human rights accords during recent years. And ever since the 1920s, it has been a police state without any vestige of due process of civil rights.
The Soviet Union has no free speech, no trial by jury in open court, no freedom of the press, no freedom of religion and no free elections. Its prison camps use slave labor, and anyone who dares to disagree with the government risks imprisonment or death.
For 65 years, it has been one of the world's most repressivenations. But the Soviet Union's record means nothing when it decides to criticize another nation. On second thought, it really isn't funny. (Reprinted by permission of The Scottsdale (Ariz.) Daily Progress).
