Editorial: Dirty Laundry

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 17:26:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "WWW: Bhuta-bhavana (Dasa) ACBSP (Berkeley CA - USA)"
<Krsna@violet.berkeley.edu>
To: Global Free Forum <global.free.forum@com.bbt.se>,
WWW: Pratyatosa (Dasa) ACBSP (Hillsborough NC - USA) <best@com.org>
Subject: Dirty Laundry

On 21 Nov 1996, Pratyatosa Dasa wrote:

> Now there's a web page that describes in detail the alledged child abuse
> activities of ISKCON leaders and gurukula teachers:
>
> http://www.islandnet.com/~voice/
>
> Where is it all going to end?! These web pages are available to every web
> surfer in the world! They could be read by news organizations, law
> enforcement organizations, anti-cult organizations, opportunistic lawyers,
> hostile governments, etc. It seems that ISKCON is in great danger!
> Wouldn't it be better to give these people facility to discuss these
> matters internally, with no censorship and with our ISKCON leaders giving
> clear, honest, truthful, straightforward answers? Why don't the ISKCON
> leaders ever discuss anything openly on COM anymore? What are they
> afraid of? Do they have something to hide? It doesn't seem like the GBC
> is doing anything!
>
> Your servant,
> Pratyatosa Dasa

YES!!!

For years "these people" have been trying to open a dialogue with the "GBC". It is time to discuss this. Let's debate the issue. As far as airing "dirty laundry", come on, these allegations have been reported in the Karmi news.

All I can add is: satyam eva jayate

Your servant,
Bhuta-bhavana das