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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (4876)	9/22/2001 7:12:04 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Were the British religious zealots about India? That may account for some of it?

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (4876)	9/22/2001 7:22:26 PM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

Gandhi was facing the weakened British of the 30's and 40's, who were at that time moving towards the notion that it should dismantle colonies everywhere. Of Britain's dozens of colonies, only one was headed (somewhat) by Gandhi. Very good and convincing arguments have been made that Britain's withdrawal from its colonies post-WW II had nothing at all to do with Gandhi. Britain was just exhausted, and the colonies were money-losers and troublesome to administer. I would put Gandhi's "success" against the British in a book of popular myths that get disseminated because we'd all love to believe that that's why it happened. Of course, if Gandhi's efforts were successful against the British of 1947, if we ever face an enemy as benign and enervated as the British of 1947, we might give similar policies a try. For example, I would advocate non-violent responses only in our current timber-exports dispute with Canada. ;-)