is this for real

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> > Another example: the granting of equal social status to female devotees.

> > Seeing as this is a major departure from traditional and sastric

> > standards and from the actual praxis of Srila Prabhupada, this should if

> > at all been adopted have first been discussed for months, considering

> > long-term effects and an overall social manifesto for ISKCON. But no, it

> > took merely one afternoon session of the GBC. A few women came in and

> > cried a bit, the GBC crumbled and the women got their job done. Is this

> > brahminical or even sane management?

> >

>

> Is the writer sane? Is this really how he thinks things are going or were

> done? In my 50% less intelligent mentality, I feel like sending him a

> sympathy card.

 

Although the description of what happened in the meeting could be

subjectively viewed differently, the essence of what happened is as

described: a major policy change with far reaching ramifications for the

future of ISKCON was quickly pushed through without the broad ranging,

deeply considered open discussion that it merited.

 

In common parlance this kind of maneuver is often referred to as politics.