TGGP, most of what is said against Gandhi in that document, consists of Gandhi doing things that sound strange to Westerners and much less strange to Hindus. The worst that can be said of Gandhi, in my opinion, is that he told the Jews and British to lie down in front of Hitler. If Gandhi failed to confront the essential dilemma of pacifism—that it doesn’t work against genuine Evil, only misguided Good—then he failed in his specialty. Maybe he was just getting old and overly rigid, for he thought differently in middle age.
Michael Vassar, conchis, and Joshua Fox:
You know, you’re right.
TGGP, most of what is said against Gandhi in that document, consists of Gandhi doing things that sound strange to Westerners and much less strange to Hindus. The worst that can be said of Gandhi, in my opinion, is that he told the Jews and British to lie down in front of Hitler. If Gandhi failed to confront the essential dilemma of pacifism—that it doesn’t work against genuine Evil, only misguided Good—then he failed in his specialty. Maybe he was just getting old and overly rigid, for he thought differently in middle age.