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...conflict between good and evil, neutrality is morally indefensible." Since when has this been true? While it is important to stand up for justice, neutrality in the sense of pacifism has always been morally defensible, as taught by great moral leaders, including Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. JEDIDIAH J. PALOSAARI Pasadena, California...
...offspring of beloved political leaders, weddings are tough to pull off, no matter what country they take place in. But a Gandhi wedding in India is even more unwieldy than a Kennedy wedding in the U.S.--after all, nobody rocked up to that island off Georgia and claimed she was already married to John Jr. But when PRIYANKA GANDHI, whose father Rajiv, grandmother Indira and great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru were all Indian Prime Ministers, announced she would marry ROBERT VADRA, an exporter of costume jewelry and "a commoner," as the local press was quick to note, she had to fend...
Michael Collins. Publicist: "I have no clue why this one didn't work." Former studio head: "I loved it, but it didn't do enough business. It's hard to sell any biography. Even Gandhi didn't do business...
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia: As Belgrade police continued their violent crackdown on demonstrators Monday, opposition leader Vuk Draskovic declared an end to "Gandhi-style resistance," telling reporters that ?complete civil disobedience is the only way.? The most violent confrontation with police to date started on Sunday, when a standoff with riot police on a bridge degenerated into a widespread beating of protesters that continued through the night. Police chased students through the streets, into stores and university buildings, beating them and dragging some of them away for arrest. At least 80 were reported injured. Casualties ranged from pro-democratic leader Vesna Pesic...
...read Sarah J. Schaffer's call to action in the November 2 Dartboard ("Gandhi On a Mountain Bike") with great interest. It seemed that she would join such luminaries as Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King in opposing some great injustice. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the moral principle she upheld was the right to ride down pedestrians on the sidewalk...