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[mlfoley]

"Decisions, decisions. On the one hand, it has been hip to beatify Ghandi ever since Richard Attenborough's hagiographic pic came out 20 years ago. On the other hand, Ghandi was mortally opposed to contraception, which utterly confuses our chattering classes

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[trunkbutt]

Precisely how I feel about Mother Teresa...

[sicksadie]

...wow

[mlfoley]

It is Orwell quoting Gandhi, I believe.

[mlfoley]

That is very brave! I will have to look up the film.

[mlfoley]

Oy. That's just tragic. There are wonderful people with outrageously ignorant views. What a damned shame. Thank you for sharing that, even if it is sad.

Has she changed her views at all?

[mlfoley]

Unfortunately, you are probably right. Well, at least I hope she isn't around African Americans very much - for their sake and hers.