I was watching Richard Attenborough's movie, "Gandhi" last night, and I was left with a disturbing thought. As you know, Gandhi was opposed to violence and suffering, and made great personal sacrifices to promote non-violence and cooperation between people. It is truly a credit to the human race that we can claim such a person as one of our own.
On the other hand, we must also claim the man (or men) that were responsible for his murder. I am both awed and shamed that I belong to a race of people who, among it's membership, could find someone who actually thought it was a good idea to murder Gandhi. This thought echoes in my mind, "Someone actually decided it was the right thing to do."
Humanity is truly something beautiful and terrible to contain such extremes - those willing to die for love, and those who consider them such a terrible threat.
The Rev