Dear Chinmay, Your definition of a misguided patriot applies much better to many terrorists/criminals of today e.g. suicide bombers. The fact remains that whoever these people are they have murdered another human being. They are criminals under secular law. The only type of killing that law excuses is that in self-defense, or in defense of one's country. You appear to be justifying the murder of Gandhi for purely ideological reasons, or for some speculative unproven charge against him, most likely based on an ideology with which you sympathize.
How can you uncritically let yourself fall prey to these outlandish notions, and apply them selectively? There are hundreds of websites and books claiming all kinds of crazy things about every great man and woman, and touting every political assassin as a hero. Prudence dictates that we not swallow them hook, line and sinker. Cheers, Santosh --- Bhandare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Santosh: > > I am glad you weighed in on this one. Nathuram Godse > assasinated Gandhi not for any personal gain. He did > it for what he believed was the greater good of the > country. He did not flee from the scene and was very > eloquent in describing his motives for killing > gandhi. > Even while india was at a war with pakistan over > kashmir, gandhi blackmailed the govt to give > pakistan > 55 crore rupees , money which was used to fuel the > war > against our nation. Godse considered that act as > treason and acted in order to safeguard national > interest. >