CroMagna, I really do respect you and your opinions from what I saw you write on another thread and I hate to do a counter arguement, but I do feel like I need to clear the names of the two you mentioned.
Nehru was not the force behind India's revolution. He was also a good man, but he wasn't the great man Gandhi was. He was definately Gandhi's favourite and therefore the right man at the right time. It was Gandhi who came up with three freedom movements before the non co-operation movement won India it's freedom. Gandhi was the one who had the country in rapture, not Nehru. It was he who, though could have said but one word, and had a nation of hundreds of millions of people at the time massacre and spit out the british empires handful of rulers. But he persisted and got the independence of the country through peace, non violence and humane methods. How many countries do you know that won thier peace through non-violence? Gandhi LIVED his values and implemented them in the highese ways for the good of all. Nehru was a rich womanising oppurtunist compared to him.
Maybe it's true Mother Teresa was rude to a business man. I don't know, I haven't followed her story as much. But then almost all great people leave behind a glossy legacy bigger than life, and nobody remember the crap about them that they did while they were alive that made them human. Einstein, kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. - we all remember the greatness about them.
But they're remembered for a reason - for what they DID accomplish and stand for. Nobody's perfect. You could just as well rise to be someone who leaves a powerful legacy tomorrow - but are you perfect? Nope, and neither is anyone else.
But those guys are remembered not just cos they tried to change the world, but because they succeeded at it. Mother teresa may have been rude to a few businessmen but the millions in calcutta and the country got the help and charity they needed thanks to her and her inspiring ways.
Yes, not all africans are poor. Not all poor people are nice - good points and a fair reality check. However there are poor people in horrible circumstances who do need help. And nice or not, everybody deserves love and kindness, even if they don't know how or just prefer not to recieve it or give it in return.
The attitude of 'it's no point, people are **** so why try' is not productive at all. It's what freud believed till his death too, so i'm not saying its an invalid perception - i'm just saying it's not a productive perception. Based on that each person cannot believe in their ability to be better either. For as Gandhi himself said - be the change you want to see in the world. I mean if nobody else can change then why should I? How can I?
Whether someone distribute condoms in an african village or won't - the point is he/she tried to improve the living conditions of the people there. Which is a lot better than the tonnes of guys doing nothing about it. Sure, execution is where it gets jacked.
But then like a med student will tell you - intention is not enough, you need to know how to execute correctly to be able to heal someone.
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