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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:11 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you agree with this quote by Mahatma Gandhi? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't condone non-violence. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. lol |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd like to see a more reliable source for the quote |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. If you google the whole quote, you will discover many other sources. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Between Cowardice And Violence |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. See Thomas Merton's book, |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Did Ghandi give you the black eye before or after he said this? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Right after he stabbed a kitten... |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't believe that Gandhi said that. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. My first reaction, too |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. It sounds exactly like Gandhi, read the quote again and see what he is saying. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Or he could have engaged in self-deception (nm) |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Google the whole quote. |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. It is one of the essential messages of the Bhagavad Gita |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. I voted that I agreed with the quote, BUT there is a huge disqualifier there.... |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The quote does not apply to people of peace, I think Gandhi was addressing |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I am not so sure about that... |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Here is another, similar quote from Gandhi |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. A little more context... |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. I see he avoided discussing fear when calling someone a coward |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. His accomplishments were great, and they were attained by humane means. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Please define "great" |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Please define "great" |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. Violence is not a subjective phenomenon. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Please elaborate. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Regardless of what's in one's heart, violence is devastating to all around it. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Where is the quote from? |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. I really don't understand the quote. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
27. Those who mask impotence with protestations of nonviolence cheapen nonviolence. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. I have no idea what the fuck that statement is supposed to mean. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Maybe it means what it says. What is confusing you? |
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Azooz (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
31. When and why fight? |
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Azooz (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Cain and Able - Able won |
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