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Mar. 31st, 2003 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pearwaldorfMahatma Gandhi and his myths
Good reading, especially on the concept of civil disobedience.
Gandhi said that the nonviolent activist, like any soldier, had to be ready to die for the cause. And in fact, during India’s struggle for independence, hundreds of Indians were killed by the British.
The difference was that the nonviolent activist, while willing to die, was never willing to kill.
Something I really wish the civil disobedients would consider when being hauled off by the police. I mean, Gandhi went to jail, you can too.
Good reading, especially on the concept of civil disobedience.
Gandhi said that the nonviolent activist, like any soldier, had to be ready to die for the cause. And in fact, during India’s struggle for independence, hundreds of Indians were killed by the British.
The difference was that the nonviolent activist, while willing to die, was never willing to kill.
Something I really wish the civil disobedients would consider when being hauled off by the police. I mean, Gandhi went to jail, you can too.
