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That's not what happened at all. Britain could have wiped Gandhi and all his followers out without breaking a sweat. It was through their own kindness that they didn't.

[Nowhere Man]

That's not what happened at all. Britain could have wiped Gandhi and all his followers out without breaking a sweat. It was through their own kindness that they didn't.

I think the same way. The British, although they were no angels, did adhere to a basic code of morality. Although not perfect, it did provide Ghandi enough wiggle room to do what he did. If it was the Nazis or Japanese in India, Ghandi and his followers would have had the life expectancy of a pizza in a college dorm.