19 March, 2022
When Nikita Krushchev was First Secretary of the Communist Party was proclaiming his famous denunciation of the Stalin era, someone in Soviet Congress Hall is reported to have shouted,
‘Where were you, Comrade Krushchev, when all these innocent people were being slaughtered by Stalin?‘
Krushchev stopped, looked around the Hall, and said,
‘Will the man who said that kindly stand up!‘
Tension mounted in the Hall. People looked around
No one stood up.
Then Krushchev said,
Well, you have your answer now, whoever you are.
I was in exactly the same position then as you are in now.’
Whenever we point our finger at another to judge, it is time to reflect on own actions.
Kenneth Payne.