Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:58:25 -0700
From: Sara Smith <duchamp-AT-earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Gandhi


All I meant by "Ghandi's legacy" is that most of the world sees him as
peacefully fighting and dying for a good cause in India. I would think that
after seeing this poster (is it going to be posted in public places?),
people would be offended by it, because this is what they think. Also,
portraying Ghandi goofy-looking like this might be construed as racist. I'm
sure that wasn't the intention. Just as making a black civil rights leader
who was killed because of his work look goofy like this might be construed
as racist.

I apologize for not deleting all of that garbage before sending my last
email to this list. I downloaded it from the anarchy list like that for
some reason, and forgot to delete it before replying.

I didn't realize that strongly disrespecting cultural icons was an
anarchist custom. It seems a bit silly to me. It no doubt contributes to
alienating whoever does it and therefore the issues they represent from
most others. I don't see anything wrong with acknowledging a key organizer
in some movement for his or her hard work. It's all right to disrespect
cultural icons which represent very bad things, but it's useful to explain
why at the same time.


-Sara 



>I donīt wanna be disrespectful, but could you please state clearly what you 
>mean by "Gandhiīs legacy"? I donīt know much about Indiaīs history, but I 
>donīt believe Gandhi had all the impact (in the countryīs economy, state, 
>social organization) that media keeps refering to. Actually, the 
>independence didnīt mean much (in concrete terms) to the vast majority of 
>the population, as far as I know (or "as far as Ive been told"). England 
>didnīt change its economic relations to India, right? The country hasnīt 
>gone back to its old Economic Empire status
>(bbbbad translation of Braudelīs concept), has it?
>
>Yours curiously
>     Daniel
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