My beef with Gandhi

[Pekka]

So?

[Pekka]

Oncle, that's not what I claimed. But you put words into my mouth quite nicely. Got more one-liners?

[Fake Boris]

True, you said too that non-violence should be considered, only that people need also be armed. But saying so you ignore the dynamic of weapons - people buy them to use them. Being armed sends a message to the other side and skews the dice in favor of violence on your own.

[Zkribbler]

My beef with Gandhi

I just got the significance of Pekka's title.

[Pekka]

Zkribbler, you see, this is a problem, you are not very sharp

Oncle Boris, right. That's more what I'm after. And I said, that Gandhi didn't have reality as one of his priorities, because he thought this is the way Hitler shoudl have been fought. And that's why I say he got lucky, because he happened to face a group he faced. In other circumstances he would have gotten destroyed, along with his followers.

And that's why I say he isn't a hero, but a lottery winner.

[Pekka]

And considering other traits of his, I do only consider him not a hero, but a villain, whose image was twisted by a historical event, where he happened to merely stroll into.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Pekka
Zkribbler, you see, this is a problem, you are not very sharp

No but thankfully I'm able to get by using my incredible good looks.

[Fake Boris]

It takes balls to stand up unarmed to an armed guy who means you harm. You'd never do it.

[Pekka]

And you'll do great. However, Gandhi didn't do as great as is credited.

[Pekka]

Oncle Boris, balls has nothing to do with the issue. Hitler had balls, too.

[Kontiki]

Pekka, if you spent 1/10th as much time on your fantasy hockey team as you do with these crazy-ass rantings, you might even be challenging me for the lead.

[joncha]

Competition is not Pekka's thing. What with him being a hippy communist and all.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Pekka
Oncle Boris, balls has nothing to do with the issue. Hitler had balls, too.

To have balls is to take risks. You claimed that Gandhi was a wuss exactly for taking risks. Wusses with balls?

[Pekka]

Kontiki, I should gbet back on that. I was away with teh whole vacation thing and mayebe week or two before that slipped on it so I just, I feel so alienated from it and a traitor. You should encourage me to come back by embracing my ego.

[Pekka]

Oncle Boris, hmm, that's a good point. I seem to have made a mistake there. I have to think about that one for a second.