Shootout at the VAD corral

May 23, 1999

Damn you again, Gosh. You're always so damn level-headed. Slap me up side the

head and call me a fool.

I should be meditating on swelling strawberries instead of diksa. Thanks!

I shall withdraw from public battle immediately.

I have very much missed your presence on the conference. Would you mind

supplying us with a new subject?

Thanks again for your "hoe" like bluntness.

Sincerely,

Janesh

On 23 May 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote:

> I have been away from the computer for a few days as the crush of spring

> work and an impending rain placed unavoidable demands on my time. Now

> I sit here trying to catch up on the email, happily meditating on my

> swelling strawberires, the sense that my beans are soaking in the

> fresh rain water, the lawn is mowed and the bed where I will be

> planting burdock and second crops of carrots, beets, lettuce, and

> radishes is composted and forked over, just waiting for the rain to

> stop to be planted.

>

> Initially, I tried to follow the difference in positions between Janesh

> and Mahaniddhi, which at first seemed to be of some minor

> misunderstanding or varieation in interpretation, but seemed to

> escalate into some massive schizm that generated broadsides of e

> mails. Eventually, I gave up and just started deleting them. Seems

> that the surpressive fire theory of e mailing has been brought to bear

> by both parties.

>

> Can I make a request? Could the two of you take this discussion off

> conference and into private e mail mode? Since I personally think that

> the two of you aren't really that far apart, and it seems like it has

> just evolved into a test of wills and more than that, a test of

> stamina, but it is sucking up a lot of bandwidth in this conference.

>

> You both have the ksatriya spirit, and this is abviously a good

> opportunity for the both of you to polish your debating skills, but

> please! I can't possibly keep up with it all.

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