EnviroLink Forum

A journalist asked Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi what he thought of Western civilisation. Gandhi responded: "I think it would be a good idea."

This English-trained Indian barrister knew a thing or two about Western civilisation. He knew European colonial powers had claimed credit for many great ideas - religious pluralism, the rule of law and human rights.

Gandhi also knew that these ideas often weren't practised by their preachers. Before India achieved independence, Western civilisation had produced the Holocaust and the mass murder of Japanese civilians via two atomic bombs.

Sounds like someone has more of a problem with war than western civilization.

_________________
TANG SOO!

I guess using atom bombs to end WW2 could be considered murder. But they assisted in ending even more murder. I guess ya have to decide which was more important, and to who.

Well; if you consider the ending of life as murder. All warfare, from that stance, is murder.

Of course, so then would be things like self-defense, car-accidents, house-fires and such.

Don't get me wrong; the atom bombs were horrible, but It was the best choice of a small number of dreadful actions.


War ain't ever fun. But some times they overturn or prevent something that is as bad or worst

I agree with you, pops.

It COULD be considered murder; if one believes all ending of life at the hand another human being is murder.

I actually don't believe this. I had got the impression this was what the article was trying to push, though. I was just trying to point this out, I should have been more direct in explaining.


My bad.