GBC authority and responsibility

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>no contradiction whatsoever. if authorities were always listened to by the

>public then why there are prison houses ? :-)

>

>what is required is put those offenders in jail before it gets late.

 

Exactly. If the GBC wants us to look to them as authorities, they need to

act as such. This would involve supporting the Child Protection Office's

judgment re. Danurdhar, allowing the CPO to investigate two other leaders

currently declared "off limits" , getting Satadhanya's name off all the

Calcutta court documents, etc etc.

 

We need to see some *enforcement* of the rules and judgments by the GBC or

the bodies they have appointed (such as the CPO). If they want to be

considered an authority, they have to act like one and manage effectively.

Otherwise, what's the point?

 

Certainly, some degree of disobedience is expected in all organizations and

in society at large, but we seem to have an unusually consistent pattern

of those kinds of behaviors. This has led to children being abused, women

being battered and mistreated, cows being neglected and even slaughtered,

unethical collection practices etc etc. What good does it do to have a

law book if the laws can not be enforced and if there are no or few

consequences for the offenders? As Madhava Gosh prabhu pointed out, the GBC

members aren't even following the rules re. cow protection that they

themselves voted for. Does anyone know if that resolution specified any

consequences for GBC members who fail to make the required inspections and

reports?

 

In terms of other enforcement issues: I know that Danurdhar should be

suspended from ISKCON now, according to the CPO judgment, not for

initiating (which the EC already decided to allow), but for the other

rules, such as the not giving classes in NA" that he broke. I'm still

waiting. Until I see that such and similar enforcement is in fact

happening, it is very hard for me to understand how the GBC can be seen as

a managing authority.

 

Ys,

Madhusudani dasi