Always starts as a peaceful protest

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Originally Posted by whell

At least Ghandi had the good sense to back off when some of his organized protests turned violent. And that girl in the picture was the leader of a movement for Indian economic independence? Wow, who knew?!?

Do you deny that that young lady was involved in peaceful civil disobedience? She also appeared perfectly willing to accept the consequences of her actions. If I recall correctly, Ghandi recognized such civil disobedience as a legitimate means of responding to abuses of power.

By the way, I believe that Ghandi was usually accompanied in his acts of civil disobedience by many who didn't happen to be leaders of the movement. If one is not a leader of an historic movement, does she then become an idiot in your book?