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"Mahatma" Ghandi (the famous historical figure) was a fascinating and apparently a rather brave and brilliant man, although I don't know every detail of his life and some might, I suppose, have a different impression of him than I do.

Here's something interesting about Ghandi, which I briefly quote, in part, from the internet, and which I currently know of no reason to disbelieve:

"Gandhi's arrest lasted two years, as he was held in the Aga Khan Palace in Pune.... Gandhi was released before the end of the war on 6 May 1944 because of his failing health and necessary surgery...."

I would never have confined Ghandi, if it were up to me, and it does not diminish him in the slightest, in my eyes. But what do you think about that? Should I think differently? Does reading of his purported arrest and confinement change your mind about him?

"Mahatma" Ghandi (the famous historical figure) was a fascinating and apparently a rather brave and brilliant man, although I don't know every detail of his life and some might, I suppose, have a different impression of him than I do. Here's something interesting about Ghandi, which I briefly quote, in part, from the internet, and which I currently know of no reason to disbelieve: "Gandhi's arrest lasted two years, as he was held in the Aga Khan Palace in Pune.... Gandhi was released before the end of the war on 6 May 1944 because of his failing health and necessary surgery...." I would never have confined Ghandi, if it were up to me, and it does not diminish him in the slightest, in my eyes. But what do you think about that? Should I think differently? Does reading of his purported arrest and confinement change your mind about him?

Dukedog

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I have always consided him a hero.
Amazing isn't how frequently heros wind up behind bars. The arrest and imprisonment probably garnered more support for him rather than less.
My opinion has not changed
I still consider him a hero.

I have always consided him a hero. Amazing isn't how frequently heros wind up behind bars. The arrest and imprisonment probably garnered more support for him rather than less. My opinion has not changed I still consider him a hero.

Noflaps

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As do I, @Dukedog. If I'd been alive back then, I would have been sickened by his prosecution and it would have strained my faith in the continuing availability of justice -- and made me fear for the future.

But, somehow, justice prevailed in the long run. I would never have the strength to stand up to such overwhelming pressure. But I am grateful that Ghandi did. And his courage and strength eventually changed history.

Do you think that would still be possible today? Or would too many be hitting Ghandi with thumbs down gestures and laughing and taking selfies outside his place of confinement, vapidly but contentedly.

Has standing up to authoritarian control gotten easier or harder over the last few years?

As do I, @Dukedog. If I'd been alive back then, I would have been sickened by his prosecution and it would have strained my faith in the continuing availability of justice -- and made me fear for the future. But, somehow, justice prevailed in the long run. I would never have the strength to stand up to such overwhelming pressure. But I am grateful that Ghandi did. And his courage and strength eventually changed history. Do you think that would still be possible today? Or would too many be hitting Ghandi with thumbs down gestures and laughing and taking selfies outside his place of confinement, vapidly but contentedly. Has standing up to authoritarian control gotten easier or harder over the last few years?

gilligan841

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The world would be quite different and better if all our leaders were like him.

Unfortunately, he will probably remain unique in the world history.

This film presents his life and is very good; it won 8 Oscars: https://youtu.be/_HT4BM7cgJw?si=o5LRpda06l3zngV5

The world would be quite different and better if all our leaders were like him. Unfortunately, he will probably remain unique in the world history. This film presents his life and is very good; it won 8 Oscars: https://youtu.be/_HT4BM7cgJw?si=o5LRpda06l3zngV5

pawnedge

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Mahatma Gandhi walked barefoot everywhere he went, which gave his feet an impressive set of calluses. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail; and it was an odd, raw-food-only diet, which gave him bad breath.

Considering all of this, it’s fair to say he was a super-callused, fragile mystic, hexed by halitosis.

Mahatma Gandhi walked barefoot everywhere he went, which gave his feet an impressive set of calluses. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail; and it was an odd, raw-food-only diet, which gave him bad breath. Considering all of this, it’s fair to say he was a super-callused, fragile mystic, hexed by halitosis.

Dukedog

#6

And more importantly a man of conviction.

Passionate_Player

#7

If I was an Indian in 1942 I would be an outright supporter of Gandhi.

pawnedge

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#6:

And more importantly a man of conviction.

Ah, but what was he convicted of?

#6: > And more importantly a man of conviction. Ah, but what was he convicted of?

gilligan841

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@Dukedog said in #6:

And more importantly a man of conviction.

I understand between the line that you mean very good conviction (at the least; I wanted to write extreme good), because there are a lot of people with conviction at this moment and it's very ugly.

Ciao!

@Dukedog said in #6: > And more importantly a man of conviction. I understand between the line that you mean very good conviction (at the least; I wanted to write extreme good), because there are a lot of people with conviction at this moment and it's very ugly. Ciao!

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