What can men do against such reckless hate?

I remember watching a tape of "Gandhi" with my sisters in my parents' bedroom. For 3 hours I sat mesmerized by the tale of the little brown man who brought down the British empire. He in the loincloth who spoke softly and carried a walking stick. I watched the 25th year anniversary DVD tonight. It was a pleasant surprise seeing a young Daniel Day-Lewis as a street thug, Richard Griffiths as a journalist and even John Ratzenberger as Candice Bergen's driver (although his voice was dubbed by someone else). The film is as relevant as ever. Nowadays, it's still east vs. west, Hindus vs. Muslims, men vs. women, Muslims vs. Christians, the untouchables are still untouchable. People would still prefer their own bad government over a good goverment run by an alien power. It still shouldn't matter if you read the Koran, the Talmud or the Bible; God is still being worshipped. Freedom fighters fascinate me no end, because I don't know where they get their strength, faith, morality, and courage. Martin Luther King followed the Mahatma's philosophy of non-violent civil disobedience. My friend Jonard and I paid a visit to The King Center years ago and I was deeply moved by the stories of the civil resisters. As Gandhi said, an eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind. No truer words were said.