Mr Obama quoted Mahatma Gandhi: "Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit." The correct move here was to couch the American defence of the right to blasphemy in the words of a hero of the non-aligned movement whom even the Egyptians might have to applaud, lest they piss off the Indians. Nobody can be against Gandhi! So it's a safe applause line, for anybody except a funky postmodern anti-anti-colonialist like Dinesh D'SouzaRe-read that. Does anybody come across as the good and principled guy? Well, other than Gandhi; because, "nobody can be against Gandhi."
The Economist, which is where that excerpt is from, used to serve beauties like this, but it is becoming rare these days.
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