Richard, you're my hero for saying this. I mean jeez, we're all a mix of good and bad. Can't we all just acknowledge the good and help heal the bad, or whatever one wants to call it?
On Friday, October 18, 2013 9:18 AM, Richard J. Williams <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: A guy who, through the simple force of his personality, could free a whole sub-continent from the rule of the British Empire, is very impressive indeed, even if he wore a bed sheet and slept with girls. I guess it's all a matter of what is right and what is wrong, not about the clothes you wear or if you sleep alone or not. Go figure. On 10/17/2013 10:37 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: >"Thrill of the chaste" - excellent title! Thanks for the link. > > >Yes, Gandhi has always been one of my pet peeves. Never been too keen on >Mother Teresa either. > > >The thing about Gandhi for me is that, on the one hand, he presented himself >as a naked sadhu - ie, someone who had *renounced* the world - and yet he was >also a political figure - ie someone who was very much *engaged* with the >world (and in a dangerously naive way to boot). The unthinking veneration in >which he is held baffles me. > > >And - no doubt because I'm English - I find the whole sexual hypocrisy aspect >drives me up the wall! > > >Maybe Penn & Teller were a bit harsh on the Dalai Lama though. He is also a >legitimate political leader and it's hard to keep squeaky clean in the world >of realpolitik. > > >---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > >I had to come out of lurkdom to thank you for this beautiful video dear >Seraphita. I have long railed against Gandhi, Teresa and Dolly Lama and I >totally enjoyed this video, it is a good summary of these three >pseudo-spiritual icons. > > >That Gandhi was sexually perverted and slept with girls was a well known fact >to me in India and my generation had no fascination for Gandhi. So I was quite >baffled by the adoration of Gandhi by liberals and I know I pissed off quite a >few with my statements on Gandhi. I recently had a chance to read this article >on the Independent - enjoy. > >http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/thrill-of-the-chaste-the-truth-about-gandhis-sex-life-1937411.html > > >Ravi. > > > > > >On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:25 PM, <s3raphita@...> wrote: >> >> >>> >>>Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama get the Penn and Teller >>>treatment in this hilarious and foul-mouthed rant. >>>http://tinyurl.com/nv68blw >>> >>> >>> >>
