chapter 18 the eternal conclusion "nonviolence is the greatest force at the dispoal of mankind." --- mohan das K. gandhi debate over the proper course of action has divided the camps to the point where many are considered trolls on one website and great sages on another. banned by some sites, the personality can often find some receptive audience somewhere else. as such policies and rhetoric escalate, so also does the potential for some resultant confrontation. "those days are gone. no one believes enough to do anything like that any more.", was the response from one of k swa's minions at the sanctuary, when questioned about the hostilities of the past. kuladri, speaking for NV, sadly said the same thing. "we all used to be good devotees at one time", he reminisced, "unfortunately, those days are gone." gone for some perhaps, but for those still trying, the once close brass ring of spiritual success has come to be more of a dream than a possibility. with no good management, with no viable spiritual mentors left "in good standing", with no authorized organization one could safely take shelter under or recommend to others, the once powerful and lucrative organ has gone flacid and impotent in the hands of those not pleasing their spiritual master, the founder acarya of ISKCON, Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami maharaj. initial lawsuits in various jurisdictions have prompted a "circle up the wagons" mentality throughout ISKCON and it's spinoffs. the dallas lawsuit has grown steadily and could become larger still, unless investigations conclude and indictments end this phase of the ISKCON experience. the defense tactic used most often in speech, less often in print, is the one known to logicians as ad hominim abusive. "ad hominim", from the greek, meaning "directed at the man". for the guilty party, attack the plantiff maybe the only defense they have. this is the way some lawyers are forced to defend clients they know to be guilty. under english law, one attorney prepares your legal defense while another, often the better actor, pleads it before the court. when ones position is so poor, owing to guilt or other mitigating circumstances, the only defense may be "abuse the complainer". ISKCON has adopted this strategy, making the abusees the culprits for the abuse they were forced to endure. the rapists defense stategy is ALWAYS to make it look like it wasn't rape. "weren't you really trying to seduce these poor teachers by only wearing those copins in the morning?" is being asked of thirty five year olds as if they were thirty five where the sex took place. some of the less intelligent members of THISKCON even have been so bold as to complain,"why should i care if this person was abused as a child; he is the same age now as i am and he should just 'get over it and get on with his life!'." this absurdity is only compounded as we realize these folks are being misled by the same buffoons that have failed their own spiritual master so miserably in the past and would now expect another shot at the reigns of power, at least, a little wider publicity at their birthdays bash time. any thing to make a buck. well guys, if you can't make it out there we should really not expect you to be able to make a good living bilking those that are supposed to be spiritually enlightened. further, the temples should not be your solution to what AC Bhaktivenadnta Swami had defined as "the chapati problem". this should be the last place you feel safe to strut their peacock like pride, in search of profit, adoration or distincdtion. it should be the very last place on earth that they feel comfortable, that is, if the temple is really anything more than a bed and breakfast for pretenders. the garbage philosophies that include "the kid wanted it.","in india, it's not uncommon for girls to be married under 14.", "the kids had it coming!", "it's their karma" and all the sick and polluted versions of these are only a sign of the ignorance of the speaker of such trash. was it the fault of the brijabasis that the demons came and killed so many? was it jatayu's fault that ravana was a demon? these transparent and deceitful proposals are the excuses of demons to console their demoniac cohorts who have done such sinful acts in the past and are therefore, inclined to repeat such again in the future. that is, in a forseeable future that still finds the abuser's alive. many ISKCON discussions purport to discuss these issues, just like suicide, but actually they simply put forth bogus proposals, counter to scripture, and claim such as "ISKCON company policy". well then, maybe better so many of us, worldwide, were expelled from the maya ISKCON. all the better to reclaim the temples with. suicide has many faces in the cadre of spiritual warriors. madri, the mother of nakula and sahadev, was a suicide. do the ISKCON wizards propose that she took "a ghostly body" and was forced to suffer endlessly for her loyalty to her swami, maharaj pandu? what tommyrot! arjuna offered to kill himself if he failed to kill jayadrath the day after abhimanu was killed. was that demoniac? what say these ISKCON scholars? what if we don't listen to the swami's that have fallen down and no longer have any faith in their own vows, but now have no other way to earn a good easy living? if their opinions are disregarded and scripture dictated our behavior, how will the abusers fare? if the so called "Prabhupada's men" of ISKCON had anything more than peanuts and raisins between their legs, these debates would be a moot point. k swa has restraining orders that he and gopinath sought from the NY FBI office because he knows what he deserves. they foolishly believe that this government will protect them. this government wants them gone more than the parents of the children they abused. it wants them gone more than the children they abused want them gone. but they foolishly push forth their lame attempts at money making with the same old spiritual shell game they worked in the past. not enough time in the potroom, too much time on the vyasasan. these ISKCONners who take so lightly the alarming suicide rate, are, in many cases, bound by scripture to do the same thing. of course they would say that "suicide is the cowards way out", but actually, they are so much on the bodily conception of life that they fear doing the one and only thing that will ever bring them back to The Lotus Feet of The Lord. lacking the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing, these professional Bhagavatam reciters only recite the verses they approve of and they carefully delete those that expose their chananagins, or threaten their economic stability. termination of this current field will adversely affect their economic accumulation plans and it will deliver them the justice we all thirst for. those who oppose this are demoniac in their nature and therfore aligned in some corrallary relationship with these sinners. the results of this are the perpetual word game that the sophists so much enjoy playing. arguing for "the rights of the abusers", is a moot point once one realizes that they are already "dead men, walking", simply awaiting God's instrument that dispatches them to their next situation. they have the right to remain silent. deadly silent. "in this, the royal road to hell is described. the demoniac want to make a show of religion and advancement in spiritual science, although they do not follow the principles. they are always arrogant or proud in possessing some type of education or so much wealth. they desire to be worshiped by others, and demand respecability, although they do not command repect." BG 16:4, purport. prior to the filing of the child abuse lawsuit against the current corrupt ISKCON regime, many people did not know such behavior had occured in ISKCON. now, one could scarcely claim to be an ISKCON aspirant or watcher without having knowledge of at least some of the atrocities. the positive aspects of this hunt for justice can already be seen in the fact that many more people are now aware of these events and they have had to take a stand on any number of these issues. if my child was abused, should i file against the prenet GBC? if a child filed in the lawsuit, was that person acting in ISKCON's best interests? what about the initial ISKCON response, was that divine or demoniac? was an individuals abuse only abuse until a certain age of the body? what is the fit punishment for the perpetrators? who will see such punishment is administered? who enforces Guru's edicts in His absence? is He really absent for you? what to do if Guru's orders are not being followed? can our right to redress of grievances get us all the way to viakuntha? all this litigation only brings us to a financial settlement in the abuse case. many sought only love and cash is a sad substitute for that. now, with a settlement war chest of $ 39 million from which they could have made payments, doesn't the $ 9 million settlement look paltry? why must all ISKCON's elite make the obligatory "we have no money" appeal for funds when they all know the settlement was paid by their insurance carrier? why not save ISKCON from the thieves? the pursuit of The Absolute Truth is always more divine then demoniac. any sincere seeker of The Absolute Truth, must approve of attempts to bring out the truth, no matter how umpleasant to our friends it might be. we risk supporting a duryodhon type operation if we expedite Truth and right, in lieu of proposed financial security. many have done this in the past and many do this, yet, today. the ploy of "avoiding fault finding" has been used for almost two generations thus far, and it has served those who wish to avoid responsibility and obligation. consider the arrogance of the so called "Prabhupada disciples", who, having denied others access to Swami maharaj as Guru, as per his instructions, now would try further to deny unrestricted access via book Bhagavatam by whimsically attempting to alter maharaj's legacy to serve their own purposes, rather than reality. Gita, as it isn't, chapter four, text 34 now advocates multiple paths to the same goal and while certain conditions may support such a possibility, those conditions have not yet manifest among the elite ISKCON power brokers.