Comments on: If Bush met Gandhi http://www.landoflime.com/archives/civilization/if-bush-met-gandhi/ Haunting Pasts, Uncertain Present, Utopian Futures Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Qalandar http://www.landoflime.com/archives/civilization/if-bush-met-gandhi/#comment-91 Qalandar Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:36:05 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/?p=81#comment-91 Great post (I just discovered your site)... Great post (I just discovered your site)…

]]> By: neo secret society tech http://www.landoflime.com/archives/civilization/if-bush-met-gandhi/#comment-90 neo secret society tech Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:23:04 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/?p=81#comment-90 Man this sort of stuff is too interesting to miss. __ Thanks Man this sort of stuff is too interesting to miss.

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]]> By: madhuri http://www.landoflime.com/archives/civilization/if-bush-met-gandhi/#comment-83 madhuri Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:57:23 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/?p=81#comment-83 prithvi, i'm glad to see someone take bush's ideas about liberty, democracy and civilization seriously. the american left too easily dismisses these as mere rhetoric. bush has a sincere zeal that i've never seen in a president in my lifetime. but the purpose of bush's visit to india--the consolidation of the nuclear deal--shows him as representative of what our friend shankar calls the process of "decivilization" not civilization, and of the rule of capital, not swaraj. it is very hard to think about a meeting of bush and gandhi, the two seeming almost polar opposites on so many fronts (though i have to admit that bush strikes me as a very likable guy). can you really envision this, prithvi? or is it a rhetorical exercise to get us to remember different and genuine democratic trajectories in indian civilization? if bush lived up to his words, would he be a better person? bush is not leading a struggle to save civilization. what we are witnessing is a clash of decivilizations not of civilizations, and working out civilizational pathways out of this mess is not bush's burden but ours...btw, still waiting to hear more on harischandra from you! prithvi, i’m glad to see someone take bush’s ideas about liberty, democracy and civilization seriously. the american left too easily dismisses these as mere rhetoric. bush has a sincere zeal that i’ve never seen in a president in my lifetime. but the purpose of bush’s visit to india–the consolidation of the nuclear deal–shows him as representative of what our friend shankar calls the process of “decivilization” not civilization, and of the rule of capital, not swaraj. it is very hard to think about a meeting of bush and gandhi, the two seeming almost polar opposites on so many fronts (though i have to admit that bush strikes me as a very likable guy). can you really envision this, prithvi? or is it a rhetorical exercise to get us to remember different and genuine democratic trajectories in indian civilization? if bush lived up to his words, would he be a better person? bush is not leading a struggle to save civilization. what we are witnessing is a clash of decivilizations not of civilizations, and working out civilizational pathways out of this mess is not bush’s burden but ours…btw, still waiting to hear more on harischandra from you!

]]> By: Nickhil Singh http://www.landoflime.com/archives/civilization/if-bush-met-gandhi/#comment-79 Nickhil Singh Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:40:33 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/?p=81#comment-79 Great read, Prithvi... Great read, Prithvi…

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