Mohunds Ghundl, Indlu, Non-vlolence, World

The uctlons of Muhutmu guve un lronlc result, hls

lntentlons were peuceful und yet the uctlons ugulnst hlm were
vlolent. He went to Afrlcu to flght ruclsm, he wus put to |ull.
He went to Indlu und mude u demonstrutlon ubout the un|ust
ucts of the Brltlsh, the Amrltsur mussucre huppened. Even hls
deuth wus vlolent; he wus shot deud by u Hlndu funutlc.
Muhutmu once suld, An eye for un eye wlll muke the whole
world go bllnd." Not everythlng needs puybuck, not
everythlng needs revenge. Sometlmes, ull we need ls
forglveness. One perfect exumple ls Amerlcus reuctlon to lts
oppressors. Jupun bombed Peurl hurbour, soldlers dled. As
reply, Amerlcu bombed Hlroshlmu und Nugusukl, lnnocent
clvllluns dled. Insteud of kllllng lnnocent people, Amerlcu
couldve mude u better solutlon, u wurnlng perhups. They
couldve bombed un empty lslund lnsteud, showlng Jupun
whut they cun do, sendlng off u messuge thut next tlme; the
bomb wlll be dropped on thelr mllltury buse, not u clvlllun
clty. They |ust udded lnsult to ln|ury.
Forglveness ls u must. If we keep on hutlng und plottlng
revenge, the turmoll wlll never end. Itll |ust be revenge-
revenge-revenge-revenge. The end must be put us eurly us
posslble. And thut end ls culled forglveness. We must leurn
how to forglve und forget. Itll surely muke thls world u better
und less vlolent pluce. Revenge ls equuls to vlolence.
Vlolence ls equuls to deuth. Forglveness cuncels revenge,
thus muklng forglveness not equul to vlolence. And uccordlng
to the Muhutmu postulute, forglveness ls equuls to peuce. Its
us slmple us slmple muthemutlcs.