09/23/1998 - 2266

"Fighting Words"

Editorial (VNN) - by Papaharini dd

Re: Drutakarma's Chakra submissionHare Krsna! Just a note to remind you that the contents of Drutakarma dasa'ssubmission to Chakra on how to treat the July 9th adherents, constitutessome of the following:

These are legally called "fighting words" and constitute a threat of bodilyand mental harm. "Verbal assault with intent to do bodily harm."These threats of how those adhering to the July 9th order will be treatedif they attempt to attend functions at the ISKCON temples, constituteblatant civil rights violations against freedom of speech and freedom ofreligion.

These threats constitute Civil rights violations against those devotees'personal right to practice their religion at their church.These threats constitute "strong arm tactics".These threats constitute the creation of an unsafe, rather, dangerousatmosphere for all devotees of any viewpoint. These threats constitute the inflammation of citing a challenge on aworldwide scale to those devotees that are not in line with the currentguru system, and frankly, wreak of terrorism, gives "vent to vengeance" andis clearly textbook "vindictive".

Webster's New World Dictionary (1995) states that a "terrorist" is someonewho uses force or threats to intimidate; especially as a political policy. Druta Karma's proposals for implementing immediate political policies thatalienate or eliminate the participation of any devotees who adhere to SrilaPrabhupada's instructions posed in the July 9th letter, are "inflammatory"and sectarian.

DRUTAKARMA: The time has come to draw the line in the sand. Any ISKCONauthority (GBC, president, sannyasi) who is not prepared to publiclyendorse and teach and practice what Srila Prabhupada says here should beremoved from his or her position.

DRUTAKARMA: The time has come for ISKCON to make full use of every means ofcommunication at its disposal to reject the ritvik heresy and to insure thatthere is no scope for the promotion of the ritvik heresy on any ISKCONproperty or among ISKCON's membership. I also propose that for the nextyear, the rejection of the ritvik heresy should be the major propagandaeffort of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

I propose in return that Druta Karma's vindictive criticisms of BOTH theGBC guru system and the Final Order be met with an open istagosti meeting inLA where he can mediate between representatives of those views he has sovehemently rejected without having offered his own solution alternative. The purpose of the meeting may be more for his much needed education;otherwise, the world audience is left with the impression that the man ismaking threats against the peaceful and sanctified shelter of the templeprograms and Deities.

ys, Papaharini dd