Response to Jayadvaita Maharaj's recommended article

[Guest guest]

Maharaj: point of information here:

 

> Basu Ghosh Prabhu writes:

 

I didn't write any of it: I just forwarded a devotee's opinion to you and

several PAMHO conferences, where I thought it might be of interest to other

devotees: in any case it seems you wanted it circulated widely & therefore

posted it on "X": although I always thought that "X" was meant for very

important postings of "information" for PAMHO users and not "opinionated

articles".

 

Here's the proof: (see the e-mail letter I sent that you're commenting on

here)

 

> > Basu Ghosh (das) ACBSP (Baroda - IN)

> > Reference: Text PAMHO:10352460 by Basu Ghosh (das) ACBSP (Baroda - IN)

> > Re: What can a Hare Krsna devotee say about 9/11 ?

> > ---------------------------

> > Some thoughts:

 

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> > As far as I am aware, krishna.com is

> > an official ISKCON project, or close enough to being one. It is not one

> > of these websites with a disclaimer that says, "The articles published

> > here do not necessarily represent the views of ISKCON." Considering

> > where the article is posted, I wonder if the article somewhat reflects

> > ISKCON's official view of the war between the West and Islam, or whether

> > this is a harbinger of a coming ISKCON policy statement that sounds

> > something like this article.

>

> The article in question begins:

>

> > I ought to begin by telling you that what I write here does *not*

> > represent the official views of the International Society for Krishna

> > Consciousness, nor even the unofficial views of more than perhaps a

> > scattered handful of its members.

>

> With such an absolutely unequivocal disclaimer, I don't see why the

> question of whether the article "somewhat reflects ISKCON's official view"

> should even arise.

>

> And if we are still somehow looking for a disclaimer, the article goes on

> to say,

>

> >And with that disclaimer. . .

>

> I believe this makes things eminently clear: The article represents the

> views of the author alone, NOT the official (or even unofficial) views of

> ISKCON.

>

> Hare Krsna.

>

> --ys, js