Churchill didn't much like him either.
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On Fri, 10/18/13, s3raph...@yahoo.com <s3raph...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, October 18, 2013, 3:37 AM
"Thrill
of the chaste" - excellent title! Thanks for the
link.
Yes, Gandhi
has always been one of my pet peeves. Never been too keen on
Mother Teresa either.
The thing
about Gandhi for me is that, on the one hand, he presented
himself as a naked sadhu - ie, someone who had *renounced*
the world - and yet he was also a political figure - ie
someone who was very much *engaged* with the world (and in a
dangerously naive way to boot). The unthinking veneration in
which he is held baffles me.
And - no doubt
because I'm English - I find the whole sexual hypocrisy
aspect drives me up the wall!
Maybe Penn &
Teller were a bit harsh on the Dalai Lama though. He is also
a legitimate political leader and it's hard to keep
squeaky clean in the world of realpolitik.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
<fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I had to come out of lurkdom to thank you for
this beautiful video dear Seraphita. I have long railed
against Gandhi, Teresa and Dolly Lama and I totally enjoyed
this video, it is a good summary of these three
pseudo-spiritual icons.
That Gandhi was sexually perverted and slept with
girls was a well known fact to me in India and my generation
had no fascination for Gandhi. So I was quite baffled by the
adoration of Gandhi by liberals and I know I pissed off
quite a few with my statements on Gandhi. I recently had a
chance to read this article on the Independent - enjoy.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/thrill-of-the-chaste-the-truth-about-gandhis-sex-life-1937411.html
Ravi.
On Thu,
Oct 17, 2013 at 7:25 PM, <s3raphita@...>
wrote:
Mother
Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama get the Penn and
Teller treatment in this hilarious and foul-mouthed
rant.
http://tinyurl.com/nv68blw
