He goes on to say that “Vigorous healthy debate is a sign of tolerance”, and he gives the analogy of a soccer team. The fact is that as soon as you start to debate in a truthful way within the ISKCON context, you risk being banned and ostracized, as I myself have been here in Vancouver. There’s no recourse for me. Some absolute GBC authority tells me I’m not welcome to preach here, and that’s it. I can’t use all the experience and talent I’ve accumulated over decades of being in Krsna Consciousness simply because I speak out on what I see as being the truth. And it is the truth, and they can’t and don’t come back with any rebuttal. So consequently, who is it exactly that Kesava Krsna dasa is talking about? Rather than using sports teams as examples, I suggest he refer to what’s actually happing in our own community as an example. This is the reason I regularly use my own story as an example. It’s not that I wish to focus special attention of my circumstances – it’s just that I’m such a good example of the plight of so many of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples.