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Was Ghandi wrong?
Orcus Started conversation Apr 21, 2016
Just to continue the theme... 
I was trying to find a Ghandi quote that might be debatable but I can't find one I don't agree with. Can anyone do better?
Was Ghandi wrong?
Orcus Posted Apr 21, 2016
"“Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher’s knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs.” ~ George Orwell’s “Reflections on Gandhi,” Partisan Review, Jan. 1949"
If that's a real quote then I guess I just did.
Actually I'm starting to like the thrust of these threads- who in history has been pure white or pure black?
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Swl Posted Apr 21, 2016
Quite a few racist quotes he's alleged to have said - http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/03/31/not-all-peaceful-13-racist-quotes-gandhi-said-about-black-people/
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Apr 21, 2016
To me, it seems inherent in all living things that they should try to survive. Some can have their minds messed with by oppressors, but on some level this is still a work-around that offers survival, however minimal. 
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Apr 21, 2016
there is no right or wrong, no black ofr white, its all shades of grey at the end of the day. I like the idea of pacifism though.... its just hard to do in practise all the time... 
but certainly something I think a lot more people aiming towards, consistantly, woudl indeed make the world a better place... perhaps... 
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Hoovooloo Posted Apr 21, 2016
Pacifism is a lovely principle and it's very easy to practise as long as it's other people - people who aren't you or anyone you love - doing the dying.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Apr 21, 2016
Hitler seems to have been afraid of Gandhi somehow. or am I thinking of someone else?
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Orcus Posted Apr 21, 2016
Oh pish, did I spell his name wrong in the thread title - 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Apr 21, 2016
"I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right" has been attributed to at least four of the following people:
P.T. Bharnum, Mhark Twain, Oschar Wilde, and Big Tim Sullivhan.
phaulh
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Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Posted Apr 25, 2016
"Actually I'm starting to like the thrust of these threads- who in history has been pure white or pure black?"
... NOBODY ...
Except Himmler. I don't care how much he doted on his family. I hate Himmler.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Apr 27, 2016
I haven't heard of anything good about him.
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Orcus Posted Apr 29, 2016
Well to win the title of 'Most Evil Nazi' you gotta play hardball.
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- 1: Orcus (Apr 21, 2016)
- 2: Orcus (Apr 21, 2016)
- 3: Swl (Apr 21, 2016)
- 4: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Apr 21, 2016)
- 5: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Apr 21, 2016)
- 6: Hoovooloo (Apr 21, 2016)
- 7: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Apr 21, 2016)
- 8: Orcus (Apr 21, 2016)
- 9: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Apr 21, 2016)
- 10: Orcus (Apr 21, 2016)
- 11: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Apr 25, 2016)
- 12: Orcus (Apr 27, 2016)
- 13: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Apr 27, 2016)
- 14: Orcus (Apr 29, 2016)
- 15: Hoovooloo (Apr 29, 2016)
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- 17: Orcus (Apr 30, 2016)
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