Billy,

You have brought up some legitimate points about the caste system. However, no matter how valid your points may be, attacking an individual such as Gandhi elicits such strong emotional response that the validity of your argument will likely go unheard. Personally, I don’t agree with most of your Gandhi points, but I do agree with your dislike of the caste system. In my opinion, blaming Gandhi for his inability to dispose of the injustice caused by the caste system would be like blaming Lincoln for the injustice the newly freed slaves lived with after the conclusion of the War Between the States. Gandhi was a reformer, and like most reformers, his work was incomplete. Enough of my rant... have a great day.

Optimist Prime...read your first post. That was quite possibly the most ignorant thing I have ever read on GC. That is all.

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Re: Re: I hate Ghandi
 

That story of how Columbus came up with the misnomer is just a nice little story to tell elementary school kids. If you research the Italian, and Latin, language you would see that Indios(sp) is a word meaning God or close to God. It is more likely that Columbus, being Italian, was actually commenting on that fact that these people lived more simply than Europeans, or in the European mindset were close to God. It's a simple linguistical theory to follow.

Sounds like a George Carlin fan is among us...

if you meant me, then you hit the nail on the head :D

you may also notice a slight hint of Monty Python sarcasm and intellectual humor in there too

Hey, I love Carlin... LOL!

I had a guy in a bar think that I was 26 once. It counts. :D