Re: Sociological/Psychological Phenomenon

Juuso Hukkanen wrote:

> On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 09:23:15 -0300, "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz"
> <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>>>That said, I think Ghandi has made a proof-positive case that you
>>>don't need to resort to violence to defeat an agressor.
>>
>>The Devil is in the Details. Ghandi showed that you don't need to
>>resort to violence in order to defeat an aggressor with certain moral
>>values; the tactics that he employed against 20th century England
>>would not have worked against a more ruthless country.
>
>
> I wouldn't be that sure about the kind nature of the English
> colonialists.

Ghandi knew how dangerous the British were. He had been
trained to be an English lawyer.

He knew that the English did not like throwing the first
punch but we are happy to return 10 blows for each blow we
receive. The British Isles were also out of range of the
insurgents.

This meant that using violence was fun but useless. A
strategy for *LOSERS*. Ghandi wanted to win so he took
care to never throw the first blow.

Andrew Swallow
Received on Thu Sep 29 21:40:20 2005