« PSST, Ricardo Alarcon.... | Babalu Blog - Main Page | Cucaramacara »

Gandhi also wrote personal letters to his "friend" Hitler:

Gandhi took the trouble of justifying his addressing Hitler as "my friend" and closing his letter with "your sincere friend", in a brief statement of what exactly he stood for: "That I address you as a friend is no formality. I own no foes. My business in life has been for the past 33 years to enlist the friendship of the whole of humanity by befriending mankind, irrespec­tive of race, colour or creed." This very un-Hitlerian reason to befriend Hitler, what Gandhi goes on to call the "doctrine of universal friendship", contrasts with the Hitler-like hatred of one’s enemy which is commonly thought to be the only correct attitude to Hitler. Gandhi certainly earns the ire of post-war public opinion by stating: "We have no doubt about your bravery or devotion to your fatherland, nor do we believe that you are the monster described by your opponents.

http://koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/articles/fascism/gandhihitler.html

I once had a conversation with a former colleague (from a troubled Middle-Eastern country) who was a great admirer of Gandhi. I told him that Gandhi's philosophy, full of nobility, compassion, love and self-sacrifice, could only have worked as it did, with the British Crown as his adversary. I explained that Gandhi would have lasted maybe a week (if that) with the Nazis. He would have been sent to Treblinka faster than you say "non-violent resistance."

And he wasn't very fond of members of the tribe, either...

well, don't i just feel like a che t-shirt wearing idiot. i always kinnda liked ghandi.wht an a-hole. thanks for the education.

Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

URL:
Remember me? YesNo

Comments: