Ghandi vs. Martin Luther King Jr., who would win the battle of non-violence?

Question

Plz. no one be offended by the question

Answer 1

Tough call....my money says that either one of them is perfectly capable of not beating the crap out of the other.

Would be like watching two pacifists in a boxing ring.

Answer 2

Neither.

Despite what the masses say, Ghandi was an evil, evil man. The little-known fact is that he supported the Nazi conquests in Europe. This is just one of his adresses to Britain, who at the time was facing a potential German invasion:

"I would like you to lay down the arms you have as being useless for saving you or humanity. You will invite Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini to take what they want of the countries you call your possessions.... If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will vacate them. If they do not give you free passage out, you will allow yourselves, man, woman, and child, to be slaughtered..."

Ghandi ENCOURAGED the British to surrender to the facist Germans, and to NOT, to fight on and win the greatest victory for humanity in the entirety of history!

So he basically said "let the nazis take over the world and kill everyone in it. Don't resist!"

Huh. Sounds kind of odd, don't you think? Pacifism isn't a bad thing....

...But the only thing worse than war is to not be willing to go to war for anything. Would you have let the Nazis take over?

Answer 3

They would not battle... that would be an act of violence. However, if there were an election, I believe Dr. King would say to vote for Gandhi because he was greatly inspired by him and if there had been no Gandhi, Dr. King would not have been influenced in the ways of non-violence.

Answer 4

Ghandi.

Answer 5

Martin Luther King would have brought a pen, and narrowly won this battle with a rendition of "The pen is mightier than the sword".

Answer 6

I don't know Punkrock you need to tell me what your definition of non violence and peace is first because you know many that are here I don't think really have any idea what those mean, not really, not at all. Isn't force, coercion, and unnescessary, false, and vindictiove pressure and control a kind of violence or is that only in my own way of thinking about all of this? If we give any of the truth back to them does that make us worse then them or just more powerless then them? Is our world ever really going to change?

Answer 7

Gandhi

Answer 8

I think Ghandi...only because he lived longer though. Good question.

Answer 9

Ghandi

I think MLK would have cracked first and beat down poor ol' Ghandi

Answer 10

I would have to go with Ghandi, because he'd starve himself for his cause.