Which of these folks do you admire the most & why?

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Poll question: Which of these folks do you admire the most & why?

Just needed something stimulating this AM - work is boring today!

These people came into my head randomly

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. Capt. Lou

Gotta love those rubberbands!

:D

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2. Damn straight. That'll never go out of style!!!

[Loonman]

3. Nietzsche

We believe in nothing! Nothing!

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8. say what you want about the tennants of national socialism

at least its an ethos

[Lizz612]

4. Gandhi

Cause he did it. He really did it. Its too early to be eloquent, but he did it!

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6. Agreed - of all the people I can think of the man accomplished the highest

and most difficult task - CHANGE THROUGH NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE!

I am not fit to touch the hem of his garment.

[THUNDER HANDS]

9. well

Capt. Lou did help the Hulkster and Mr. T defeat Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorf at Wrestlemania I.

Beat that Ghandi!

:D

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11. Not to mention launching Cindy Lauper into superstardom!!!

Now that's a feat!!!

No amount of fasting and wool spinning could have accomplished THAT!!!

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13. Daddy D you know you're still #1

[m-jean03]

17. He did "it"?

So what?? Very few of us are virgins around here!!:7

[felonious thunk]

5. Marly and Lennon

They lived the lives of hopeless optimism. And typically met a pessimistic end.

I'm not sure why I admire that. I admire the optimism, but not the pessimistic end so much. I was trying to make some point here.

I think I need some coffee.

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7. Yes more coffee - MORE COFFEE DAMNIT!!! n/t

[freetobegay]

10. Bill Clinton

He looked them in the eye & said FUCK YOU!

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12. Clinton just missed the cut. Cap't Lou just could not be kept down!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. god IS dead

gandhi was an ass

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15. I've heard you say this before

I thought you might say that again

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16. well you were right

i feel strongly that gandhi is over rated.

[gpandas]

18. henry thoreau practiced non-violence long before ghandi...

as when he went to jail for not paying taxes to support spanish american war

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19. also non-violence is not always the solution

gandhi was manipulative w.in internal politics on the indian national congress. he made decisions that cost india 20 more years of british rule. he pushed the nehru family which is akin to the bush family and caused india to be further impoverished.

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20. Like I said ast time - you know more about this than I

I lean more towrds Malcolm X's aproach to change than MLK's (Based on Gandhi). It's interesting to hear an opposing view to a man who is practically canonized in liberal circles.

Thanks Lioness :hi:

[UrbScotty]

21. St. Francis of Assisi, mainly because I just feel saintly today.

Gandhi is close, though.

[LWolf]

22. Gandhi

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him . Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

- One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.

http://www.mkgandhi.org/gquots1.htm