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1 posted on 08/04/2006 1:39:25 PM PDT by forty_years

Well, Ghandi and MLK were both assassinated. I'm hoping for a different outcome.

2 posted on 08/04/2006 1:46:20 PM PDT by Brilliant

Well Ghandi seemed to think that the Jews should simply accept their fate and await the peace of death at the hands of the nazis.

3 posted on 08/04/2006 1:48:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)

But how would Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gandhi stand on the current conflict?

Oh, brother. How 'bout: But how would George Patton and Charles Martel stand on the current conflict?

5 posted on 08/04/2006 1:49:10 PM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")

The most interesting thing about your question is the philosophical views of the person posing the question and the historical context of both men.

Point #1. From what I gather from your post, you feel that these two beacons of passive resistance would strongly disapprove of the hate mongering by the Muslims. They would.
However, many others would co-opt the teachings of these two individuals to undermine the Israelis and the U. S. They would claim that these two gentlemen would oppose violence at all costs and would seek a peaceful means by which to settle the Arab/Israeli conflict.
This brings us to point #2.
Point #2. When contemplatitng what either of these two men would do in this situation, one should remember the historical context that these two men lived in. They passively resisted two western democracies. THIS POINT CANNOT BE OVERSTATED! Both movements occurred in enlightened societies where peaceful resolutions could be obtained. Such passive movements are not only impractical in the current conflict, but will inspire even more contempt and hatred in the hearts of the Arabs.

6 posted on 08/04/2006 1:54:05 PM PDT by martywake (Liberals: Those who put YOUR money where THEIR mouth is)

Gandhi

He'd use a battering ram, knock the doors down and burn all the inhabitants in oil.....Maybe I'm thinking about Ghengis Khan.....One of them would have, for sure...

10 posted on 08/04/2006 2:09:59 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some Freepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)

Re: Ghandi

Why would anyone want to take advice from a guy who drank his own urine?

11 posted on 08/04/2006 2:13:41 PM PDT by mkmensinger

WWJD? (What would Je$$e do?) How come he's not over there trying to upstage Condaleeza Rice?

14 posted on 08/04/2006 2:32:29 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)

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