Gandhi

[myrgthful]

I'm awake in between naps, and in between night shifts. I'm doing laundry, so I'll have scrubs and socks for tonight. I'm eating leftover roast and watching GandhiI am amazed... this movie never gets old, and it never fails to move me. To tears, even

Comments

[the_pangolin]

I agree wholeheartedly about Gandhi's context.

I'm also of the belief that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s approach could not have succeeded without the existence of men like Malcom X.

[myrgthful]

Some historians feel that he was beginning to lean towards a possible reconciliation with Malcolm X, and his philosophies. I don't see that.

And, even though King was adamantly supporting a nonviolent approach, JFK, Robert Kennedy and the Justice Department treated King as a traitor. The FBI sent him threats. I guess they didn't see or care about the contrast between King and Malcolm X.

Or am I misreading you? That perhaps King was more accepted in the public eye because of X? Or are you suggesting something else?

[nilo]

Yeah, yeah, Gandhi was great and all. But Olmos is a god.

[myrgthful]

Heh!

There are quite a few interesting women to choose from in that series, as well...

[myrgthful]

Then you saw the part where he said he was a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Christian and a Jew?

He quoted Jesus' advice to "turn the other cheek" as a critical basis for his philosophy of nonviolence.

Alternate Gandhi

[coltakashi]

I once read an Alternate History SF story in which Hitler, after invading Britain, moved on to take over Britain's colonies, including India. When Gandhi tries nonviolence against the Nazis, they just mow him down, since they have a controlled news media, and are very practiced by then in getting rid of people who are inconvenient.

Re: Alternate Gandhi

[myrgthful]

From what I'm reading, Gandhi may not have been entirely against violence; he may have just been much more strongly for nonviolence. He attempted to get the British to allow Indians to serve in a stronger role in some battles... but they were relegated to being stretcher-bearers. (Much like the blacks being cooks and stewards in WW2 America)

But yes, he would have been mowed down and eliminated. The Nazi machine desensitized its minions to killing millions, with little remorse. Certainly not enough to stage a coup against Hitler.