Why exactly does Ghandi continue to get, not only a free pass, but lots of respect in popular culture ? Oh, because popular culture is remarkably uninformed? Yeah, that's the easy answer. I find it remarkable that even a cursory bit of research turns up things like this and this and this. The second one, an analysis by neo-neocon, is interesting because it shows that some of Gandhi's beliefs were, frankly, nuts. I personally believe that it is evil to not defend your family, whereas Gandhi believed that any violence was evil. We probably both take those propositions on religious faith, but for those who still ask "what would Gandhi do?", don't they have to accept all of his presuppositions as well?
Thursday, March 15, 2007
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