The completed work pays tribute to the high esteem that Diettrich Bonhoeffer had for Gandhi, especially his movement of non-violent resistance. It is interesting to note that Bonhoeffer apparently wanted to travel to India and study with Gandhi in person. There is a debate over whether or not Bonhoeffer would have held to a completely pacifist resistance against the Nazis had he not been prevented from taking this journey. Bonhoeffer was a member of the German resistance movement and took part in a failed plot to assassinate Hitler later during the War. It is a debate that we will always have -- is there such a thing as a "Just War."(The above image and commentary are by David Myers. You might find his blog very interesting -- click on the link below.)
"If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"It is a debate that we will always have -- is there such a thing as a 'Just War.'"
ReplyDeleteArthur, only a moral idiot - someone lacking a sense of right and wrong - could question the possibility of a just war. Bonhoeffer had it right when he conspired to assassinate the brutal scoundrel, Hitler.