Ghandi
Ghandi
Ghandi was a great social and spiritual leader who fought for his country’s political freedom in India. Up until the day of his assassination on January 30th, 1948, Ghandi dedicated his life to an alternative for violence. He developed and contributed his life towards non-violent tactics. His alternative was heard and practiced world-wide during a time of depression after the second world war. I think the main reason that Ghandi’s tactic worked was because he was in a situation where his opponent did not fight back with complete aggression. In a situation such as the Vietnamese war non-violence could not have worked because at least one side was not willing to stop using violence to win. What his alternative does offer is a moral way of solving problems as opposed to brute force. This alternative could be used in many simple situations such as most gang fights which occur mostly due to miscommunication. Unfortunately in our world today violence has become a means of solving simple issues. Thankfully Ghandi has marked his alternative in the history books and can forever be looked at as a "better" and possibly more effective method of solving confrontations.
