Guest guest Posted August 8, 1999 Report Share Posted August 8, 1999 > I have been thinking more and more to offer to moderate this conference. I > did not know how to do it before, but now I think I could handle it. > Moderating means that all texts are submitted first to the moderator, and > then he decides which texts make it onto the conference. I have been following the conference for the last two years. Although not contributing regularly, I´m reading everyday the texts, and I feel I have learned a lot of things thanks to all the regular contributors. I´ll like to express my gratitude to all of them with this message. I don´t think there is need of a moderator, and definitelly, I´ll not accept you, Samba, as the person to do it, being a part in many of the discussions. What I think is that everyone needs to moderate himself. Ksatriya-tempered warriors are very often very uncongenial in the expression of their views. So it´s natural for others to protest, and that protesting brings ulterior defending and ralentizes the dialogue. So, ksatriyas should learn to express themselves in a more diplomatic way. That diplomacy is an art, and not the less important part of the ksatriya´s curriculum. Sometimes, in this conference it seems that the frontal attack is the only possible strategy. YS Bhagavata-Purana Dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 1999 Report Share Posted August 9, 1999 At 2:20 -0800 8/8/99, Villaggio Hare Krsna, Italy wrote: >I don´t think there is need of a moderator, I agree. There are so many other moderated and unmoderated specialty conferences for devotees who don't like the anarchy-like process sometimes seen here. Let this be a truly free forum. It's pretty much the only one on COM. >and definitelly, I´ll not accept >you, Samba, as the person to do it, being a part in many of the discussions. Although the above sounds harsh, I agree with the notion that someone who is heavily invested in one side of the ongoing discussions is not the best person for the job of moderator. Ys, Madhusudani dasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 1999 Report Share Posted August 10, 1999 I wish to volunteer as our moderator. As far as I'm concerned -- everything goes! More seriously, if we can't defend our position in an open exchange, then what is the point of our preaching? Often finding people we do not agree with you forces an individual to explore his own convictions that much deeper. ys, Sthita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 1999 Report Share Posted August 10, 1999 > I wish to volunteer as our moderator. As far as I'm concerned -- > everything goes! You are the de facto moderator, as that is what happens anyway! > More seriously, if we can't defend our position in an open exchange, then > what is the point of our preaching? Often finding people we do not agree > with you forces an individual to explore his own convictions that much > deeper. I agree that the churning is good. My problem is that I am results oriented, and I want to see something happening, and I find sometimes that you have to beat around the bush so much sometimes on this conference even to get a simple point across. I mean the volume of typing you have to do, maybe three or four days, till we understand we are talking at cross purposes, and actualy agree with each other! Its just seems so wasteful. The other thing is that I cant help but feel that some people argue just for the sake of arguing, as a sort of armchair intellectualism, and couldn't care less if someone does something or not. Anyway as you suggest I will try to do something in a way that I feel more productive in the other conference. Hey, I am not into controling at all, and I'm serious about that, but I am into facilitiating and moderating a discussion so that it can actualy move forward, with poeple who all agree that Srila Prabhupadas goal of a varnsrama society is what we want, all we have to discuss is the most practical way of doing it. And that is a vast topic, the more involved the merrier. YS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 1999 Report Share Posted August 10, 1999 On 10 Aug 1999, Samba das wrote: > > I wish to volunteer as our moderator. As far as I'm concerned -- > > everything goes! > > You are the de facto moderator, as that is what happens anyway! > Just see how easy being a leader is when all you do is tag along for the ride! > > I agree that the churning is good. My problem is that I am results oriented, > So now Krsna has made a nice arrangement where there are two conferences that focus on two different angles of this very broad topic. When you think about it, we could have unlimitted VAD conferences, as there are so many aspects to this very sophisticated and intriguing culture. > > The other thing is that I cant help but feel that some people argue just for the sake of arguing, as a sort of armchair intellectualism, and couldn't care less if someone does something or not. > Well, at least they're not doing drugs. I mean, things could always be worse. ys, Sthita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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