Govt to make ‘insulting’ Gandhi a crime

[sm78]

... What next? A Gandhi Blasphemy law, proclaiming death penalty by stoning for any form of Gandhi Insult perhaps?

It is sad that only sensible politician in India (Mr Modi) is also playing to the tune for votes, can't blame him really.

[Sahasranama]

This is just retarded.

[astrostudent]

... What next? A Gandhi Blasphemy law, proclaiming death penalty by stoning for any form of Gandhi Insult perhaps?

It is sad that only sensible politician in India (Mr Modi) is also playing to the tune for votes, can't blame him really.

You mean Mahatma Gandhi? If so, the law is redundant because who in their right mind would want to insult him?

[Sahasranama]

Regardless, it should not be made a crime to tell the truth about Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi did make racist comments about the blacks, he wrote letters to Hitler calling him a friend, he slept naked with young girls. For saying all this I should probably avoid stepping a foot in India. There are also many who respect Gandhi as a person, but disagree with his politics. Is that also going to be a crime?

It is sad that only sensible politician in India (Mr Modi) is also playing to the tune for votes, can't blame him really.

What is Modi doing?

[Believer]

Gandhi did .......he slept naked with young girls.

Questions:
1. Is this moral judgement or jealousy?
2. When, where, with who and under what circumstances? Did someone post his sex video on YouTube?

[Sahasranama]

1. Is this moral judgement or jealousy?

2. When, where, with who and under what circumstances? Did someone post his sex video on YouTube?

It was one of his odd behaviors, he tested his brahmacharya by sleeping with naked young women.

[astrostudent]

There is no proof for any of this, only conjectures. Anybody can create 'quotes' and attribute them to Gandhi - and people are going to believe. How come these 'quotes' and 'proof' were missing before and they're appearing only now?

If Gandhi really were racist/pervert, the British empire could have used all this 'proof' to destroy Gandhi's image and reputation throughout the word, and thus consolidated their rule in India. That they didn't should make us suspect the whole thing. Only from the year 2004 (or was it 2003?), all this 'proof' about Gandhi's racism and perversion appears magically. How convenient!

But like I said, people are more interested in abusing the Mahatma than in living up to his standards. It's all jealousy, what else?

[Sahasranama]

It's not surprising that a Gandhi loving universalist wants to dispute these claims. It's your good right to do so, but the Indian government is making blasphemy laws so that nobody can insult Gandhi. This is a big step backward and puts India one step closer to the Islamic dictatorships. Maybe Salman Rushdie's next book will be about India and Hinduism. This is not about Gandhi, it's about freedom of speech.

[Adhvagat]

Questions:
1. Is this moral judgement or jealousy?

You guys never cease to provide me some good laughs.

[astrostudent]

It's not surprising that a Gandhi loving universalist wants to dispute these claims. It's your good right to do so, but the Indian government is making blasphemy laws so that nobody can insult Gandhi. This is a big step backward and puts India one step closer to the Islamic dictatorships. Maybe Salman Rushdie's next book will be about India and Hinduism. This is not about Gandhi, it's about freedom of speech.

See, once I challenged you on your lies, you changed the subject. Freedom of speech is fine, but don't think it's a freedom to lie and hurl insults at our Mahatma. By doing so, you're only bringing disgrace to our country and to our religion.