Gandhi 1 - Lineker 0

As an avid reader of the amazingness I've just had a look at his blog, and read his latest little entry titled Ghandi quote.....

So it reminded me of a bit of a dilemma that Leicester is facing at the moment. In case you don't know, there is a proposal to erect a statue in Leicester City Centre. The problem is of who. Now the bronze statue possibilities have been whittled down to just two. Gandhi or Gary? While the names are somewhat similar, they are of course very very different.

If you don't know Leicester, while it's not the most attractive city in the UK, it is fascinatingly very culturally diverse. It's possibly the best feature. There are so many religious groups and varying communities with various different sets of cultural norms and values, and yet it's rather harmonious. The majority is pretty much the minority, and I think it's fantastic. Especially as WASPS (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) are close to outnumbered. Maybe you don't agree with this being a good feature. I don't really care.

Gandhi has been proposed to represent the cultural diversities of the city. And for being such a great man. For doing so much for humanity. He's been a symbol of peace. Fighting for what is right without using violence. He is one of the few people that, as that is all that's needed, to put todays cultural climate and acts of unnecessary violence to shame. Leicester MP Keith Vaz said Gandhi's "philosophy of brotherhood among those of different religions and ethnicity should be honoured and celebrated. A statue of Gandhi will be an excellent symbol of Leicester's commitment to diversity." I think he's VERY right.

Of course a few of the WASPS have complained. Thinking that this again is something for the Asian community. Gandhi was from India, and therefore a statue should be erected in India, not Leicester. There are many local hero's including the man himself Gary Lineker (who would even prefer the statue of Gandhi). Gary Linker started his footballing career at Leicester City, and we can frequently see him now on saturday evenings presenting Match of the Day, and as the smiley big eared Walkers crisps man.

Now then, I think a statue of a man with a big grin and big ears, (lets face it he'd be wearing a suit, and holding a ball in one hand, and a packet of crisps in the other) in Leicester city centre would just look painfully wrong. Can't knock the man though for his sense of humour; Linekar said: "As far as a statue of me is concerned, frankly I think that is best left to other people to decide. Clearly the cost of such a statue will be a factor and perhaps the extra materials required for my ears would make the statue too expensive!” Well said!

If people want a statue of him in Leicester, then maybe they should raise the money alongside Leicester City FC and place a statue of him around the grounds of the Walkers Stadium where he'd fit in rather nicely.

Gandhi all the way. He such a great philosophy of life. And I don't know how there can be such a fuss over it. Again another thing that shows just how awful western culture is. One thing I disagree with on the Gandhi thing is his thought that a western culture would be a good idea. Scrap it is what I say. Go a little further eastern, a bit more magical, open minded, loving and peaceful. Western society it seems needs to take a leaf out of Gandhi's book. Nobody in the west is going anywhere fast!!