--- Jaswant Krishnayya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mario Goveia in his contribution has said that > allegations against Sai Baba of molesting of > children are ill-founded. > > I just want to say that I have seen a film on TV > where an American family spoke at length (about 25 > minutes) about how they were devotees, and how Sai > Baba took their son for private counselling. Much > later -- many visits later -- they discovered what > this was about. They are now somewhat at odds with > themselves, since they see what happened, but are > still somewhat "believers". > Mario responds: > Jaswant, I did not say that the allegations against Sai Baba were "ill-founded" as I have no way of knowing. > I said that if the allegations were credible, he would have been arrested, charged and convicted. Like anyone else, he should enjoy the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. > Interviews on TV are not dispositive of anything. > Finally, the context of my comment is important. Santosh was using the "allegations" to show that Sai Baba's moral code was "fake" or hypocritical. > Even if Sai Baba is guilty as hell, it would be HE that was hypocritical, not his code, which would still stands on it's own merits, unless you can explain to me how a code that says "Love all, serve all. Help ever, hurt never." can be morally harmful to anyone. >
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