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Originally Posted by powerclown
Gandhi had his problems too...
This is a man obsessed with his own shit.
This is a man who had little girls give him enemas daily.
This is a man who regularly took a dump in public.
This is a man who preached against sex.
This is a man who got married at 13.
This is a man who called his wife a dumb cow, publically.
This is a man who slept naked with naked young girls. (maybe not too major a problem)
This is a man who let his wife die rather than let her be properly medicated.
This is a man who disowned both his sons, one for wanting to get married.
This is a man - I think it fair to say - with Issues.
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Gandhi was a man who struggled with asceticism and the practice of his beliefs. The sleeping with young girls thing was to test himself and his dedication to his vow of celibacy. A test which he passed. Some of these things I've never heard of before. His marriage at 13 was arranged and not out of the ordinary for its time and place.
Yes, many of the things he did were "weird" but it doesn't and shouldn't take away from the things he accomplished. In fact, one could conceive that without his obsessive nature he wouldn't have been able to achieve all that he did.