I Had A Dream......very much admire him too Steve

 

 

 

 

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

- One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.

Ah right. Ok, I will come to this another time. I have my views of course, but not at nearly midnight.    lol

 

Rob.

admire ??? dont think we should admire anybody

 

4 instance ghandi i think was educated at oxford so we give him the tools to learn

 

he also wanted the british out of india .......bit of a turncoat !!!

 

also when he visited england he was asked "what did he thought of british culture"

 

"i'll tell you when you get some "was his reply.............sharky bastard

This is a very difficult subject. One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighters.

 

The Taliban were seen as freedom fighters by the west during the soviet ocupation of Afghanistan but now they are seen as one of the worst terrorist groups there is.

 

Plus, what we see of public figures is never the whole story. it is always coloured by the bias of whoever is reporting it. Winnie Mandella was a cult figure the world over as she battled for her imprisoned husband in the apartheid years of South Africas history, and look how she fell from grace,

 

I think it is good, when we see or hear of someones admirable actions, to stand back and say yes they deserve credit for that. But perhaps we should balance that with the acknowledgement that we dont know enough about them to warrent placing them on too big a pedastle.