As a few people out there know, I'm currently wrapping up this book I'm reading. It's an anthology of writings by Gandhi, kinda like little snippets from various publications that have been put together to make a constant narrative explaining his life and work. And I'm completely fascinated by it, and by him. I mean, no one is indifferent to Gandhi. I've never met anyone who said, "Yeah, Gandhi, fuck that guy." But the depth and sincerity in what he preached is just astounding. And the rationality of it all! His arguments are so simplistic, and in that simplicity, they are completely beyond the grasp of everyday thinking. It's not until you stop and say, "Well, yeah, I guess that is actually how it works," do you really understand the amazing nature of this random Indian lawyer who literally lead a country by simply telling the truth.

I have a hard time trying to express to people the level of interest I have in politics. It's not just that I'm into it, because I don't just see politics as an ends unto itself. Politics, to me, is just the means by which the most good can be done for the most people. That's in a pure form, rather than the convoluted political system we have in the US, but in the most base sense, politics is just public service. And I guess that's why I don't understand when people say they aren't "interested" in politics, because to me, that's not being interested in life. Every political decision, no matter how basic, ends up having an effect on at least one life. There are no "strictly business" decisions in policy issues. It's always personal to someone, and so when people refuse to take any interest, it's turning your back on the world. Anyone who is that much of an isolationist just blows my little, liberal mind.