Thursday, May 18, 2006

London Mayor Fan of Comrade Mao

The American Thinker reports on "Red" Ken Livingstone the Mayor of London:
Back in January, Ken used a visit to Beijing to defend the Communist regime’s human rights record, comparing the Tiananmen Square massacre to poll tax riots in Trafalgar Square.

Yesterday, history repeated itself. During his weekly Mayoral Question Time at City Hall, Livingstone, right, decided to stick up for one of the last century’s foremost dictators, Chairman Mao.

Asked about his attitude to regimes alleged to abuse human rights (the Tory questioner cited China and Venezuela) Ken claimed Mao’s cultural revolution was “justified”, because it improved chiropody.

“One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women,” he announced. “That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era.”
Could you imagine giving more power to someone like Livingstone? He alone is why those in London need a gun.