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I'm too tired to dive into this interesting thread seriously, but I can't resist sharing a quip from Mohandas Gandhi. Asked what he thought of western civilization he replied, "I think it would be a good idea."
Nitpicka that I am I think you missed out a bit...
I believe the quote should be.....
Western Civilisation ? would be a good idea, they should try it sometime.
Your welcome !
Always nice to meet a fellow nitpicker! 
I've never heard that latter part of the quote. Interesting.
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Look what happened to the Mahatma, murdered by a Muslim moderate living in the tolerant Indian state.
I'd always thought he was murdered by a Hindu extremist, which is what Wikipedia says too.
The entire sentence is rather odd.
He was murdered by a Hindu.
India was not, at the time, known as a "tolerant" state. It was a state which had endured Pax Brittania for however many years, and was in the process of trying to form a working state with the departure of the British.
One of Gandhi's main difficulties was trying to prevent the Muslims, the Hindus, and the Christians from fracturing the country into the sort of nuthouse we see in Iraq.
I have posted elsewhere that extremism is the problem, not the letterman jacket the extremist wears.
Hatred is easy. Love and acceptance are much more difficult.
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