the_sai_critic received this letter on the previous version of this site.
The original letter was dated 24 September 2000
... ... this long treatise still does not address the crimes of sb in molestations, rapes, and pedophilia. Many of the so-called top leaders in the USA, and on the international level, are turning deaf ears and blind eyes to what baba has done to many children and teenagers. These facts are not nearly properly addressed here. They are glossed over with the same type of tripe that Bongiovanni is famous for. These homosexual crimes ARE the main menu and main issue and the explanation here stinks. And you are still covering up the 1993 executions. That stinks too. Most of this is bs, and you know it. You may try to counter attack THE FINDINGS, but the main issue of sexual crimes committed by sb coming forth by many, from many countries, you will have big trouble answering for. Ultimately, sb will have to answer for them, and you will be branded as sympathizers and complicitors. You will not be able to refute these charges. They will eventually be settled in many court rooms throughout this planet. If you have done an inadequate job in attempting to counter balance and refute THE FINDINGS, you will have no chance refuting the testimony of the many victims. And please, give me a break, putting oil on male genitalia by sb can only be for one reason: checking out the receptivity of the future victims of his homosexual activities. There is absolutely no precedent or valid reason for such a crass and gross gambit. I don't care what he says as the reason(s), or your denial and/or defence of it--this stinks! I have no other reason to castigate sb except his own personal crimes. They must stop. There must be no more victims. Can you guarantee that? Can you even agree that what he is doing is criminal? With the pap in this web site, probably not. Dave Lyons, former president of the New Orleans Center NOTE: I did not see any names in this site. Does anyone claim responsibility for its content? Bon??
Bon Giovanni, named in the letter, was asked to reply:
Hello Dave Lyons, ex-president of the New Orleans Center, cabdriver, online author via many aliases, critic, vigilante, and muckraker, (and hello to all with whom his letter is shared). I know David that in the past you have sent on my private letters to others, so you see now I just greet folks outright. Your e-pistle was forwarded to me as you mention me directly yet did not write me directly. (That's okay David, I understand.) Long time since we talked on the phone, is it not? Since that time, a number of your correspondents have written me after you had sent them unasked for correspondence, and so I am somewhat abreast of your current attitude, David, but am unsure if you are aware of mine. Perhaps this will clarify that. You wrote: > > this long treatise still does not address the crimes of sb in > molestations, > rapes, and pedophilia. This long treatise, as you call it, is a rebuttal. I believe it is both apt and brief when compared to the items it rebuts. As for your claim about "crimes of sb", perhaps we can agree that should evidence be put to the appropriate legal venue, officers of the court may take due action. There is nothing amiss in that. Whether we agree or not however I feel it is amiss of you to claim this and that under any alias, sans specifics or evidence. That only engenders confusion, David. >Many of the so-called top leaders in the USA, > and on > the international level, are turning deaf ears and blind eyes to what > baba > has done to many children and teenagers. It is hoped that those so-called top leaders will be named so they may duly address those who charge them. So too might be named those "many children and teenagers". That would surely encourage all to bring their evidence forward to an apt court. There is nothing amiss in that. (It is amiss however to charge this and that under an alias, sans specifics, David-- that smacks of nothing so much as pettiness or panic.) > These facts are not nearly > properly > addressed here. Beg pardon, but the article rebuts what is presented: stories, claims, assertions, innuendoes, anonymous letters, hyperbole. However, rather than just complain about what others do, David, do something constructive and helpful. Build clarity. Show exactly what you mean. State what you know. Give specifics. Tell what is fact and show what is assumed. >They are glossed over with the same type of tripe that > Bongiovanni is famous for. Why David, what an unusually direct thing for you to say, in that you usually only mock me behind my back or under an alias. Well, at any rate as a famous fellow I can but tell you I have become accustomed to being given credit (or charged) for things I have not done said or thought. You might say I gloss over such tripe, but I prefer to say I ignore it, knowing it is all but due my mocker's hopes for attention. >These homosexual crimes ARE the main menu > and main > issue and the explanation here stinks. If you do have evidence of any homosexual crime, do present the case to an apt court of law. There is nothing amiss in that. There is however quite a bit amiss in those who like you forever claim crimes yet present no evidence. Such persons might be considered scoundrels, you know, so much so they would not even be allowed at a service project. >And you are still covering up > the 1993 > executions. Do you mean Ramakrishnan and his fellow residents? Or perhaps you are referring to their assailants, the men who planted bombs and poison in the ashram, then snuck into the mandir where they then attacked those residents with bloody purpose. Exactly who do you think were "executed" David? Whoever you mean, strive to present specifics, as that will both serve many and curtail your own confusion. > You may try to counter attack THE FINDINGS, but the main issue of > sexual > crimes committed by sb coming forth by many, from many countries, you > will > have big trouble answering for. I anticipate no big trouble as I have nothing to do with such matters. You see, what you call sexual crimes has yet to be proven, and since you seem unaware of what obtains, I will remind you that I answer for what I do and say, David. That means I speak for no one else. (I find mostly those who do claim to speak for others have the troubles that you expect.) >Ultimately, sb will have to answer for > them, Ultimately each will have to answer for what each says and does. That includes you and me as well as Swami. I call that a good thing, David. > and you will be branded as sympathizers and complicitors. I believe I will be branded as one who has stood for what he believes, but even if I am branded as a villain for those beliefs I am content that I have done as I see fit, unswayed by a mob mentality. > You will not > be > able to refute these charges. They will eventually be settled in many > court > rooms throughout this planet. If your hope comes to pass then you may rejoice. To gloat before the event, however, makes one look crass. By that I mean: > If you have done an inadequate job in attempting to counter > balance and > refute THE FINDINGS, you will have no chance refuting the testimony of > the > many victims. There is neither wisdom nor adequacy in refuting testimony until _after_ the testimony is made. The attentive thus do well to turn a hearing ear and a keen eye *as* evidence is presented, but until then, the wise and the prudent neither convict nor pardon. If you have evidence, present it to a court of law, David. Otherwise, what are you on about? >And please, give me a break, putting oil on male > genitalia by > sb can only be for one reason: checking out the receptivity of the > future > victims of his homosexual activities. Apparently that would be your desire were you to be in such a position. As you wish, David, but as to what reason any others have for their actions, one might ask. >There is absolutely no precedent > or > valid reason for such a crass and gross gambit. I think you mean, "David Lyons Knows All". For myself, when looking to what reason any others have for their actions, one might ask. > I don't care what he > says as > the reason(s), or your denial and/or defence of it-- It is clear you do not care, yet in so saying you reveal why persons of good will once dear to you now rarely address you openly. > I have no other reason to castigate sb except his own personal > crimes. Your reason as you call it is not evidenced: all you evidence is your need to demean. Instead you might show reason by offering actual evidence in an apt court of law. *That* will surely stop all this. > They must stop. There must be no more victims. Can you guarantee that? You have it backwards David. Steady on: first you investigate, then you prove the charges, then you convict. I can guarantee that if you do that, all will stop. > Can > you even agree that what he is doing is criminal? Can you even prove what you claim? Do you know as fact what anyone is doing? If so, do: do bring your evidence to an apt court David. Do. There is nothing amiss in that. > NOTE: I did > not see > any names in this site. Does anyone claim responsibility for its > content? > Bon?? > David, since so much of what you write online is via an alias I find it coy of you to now request a signature of anyone. However, as I believe it says in the site, the material is written by a group of elders-- so if you know any elders who will yet speak to you, you might ask.