Drop the Bomb and End the War!
At the time this was written, the RtVik agenda were less militant. They had not revealed that they intended to completely terminate the initiation process that had been in place in ISKCON for well over 20 years already. When initiations went bad a few controversial individuals contrived a reactionary fantasy to ameliorate that problem.
When the idea of a RtVik initiation first surfaced it revealed a need to accommodate individuals who wanted to be a formal part of ISKCON, but needed more time to select a person a spiritual master. It seemed prudent to consider that it might be able to function as an intermittent stepping stone, on the way to a full Guru-Disciple formal initiation. But as more uninformed individuals were unable to properly parse the desultory RtVik-Rhetoric, the idea of initiation to a Hologram Guru picked up momentum and become more vitriolic. This drove negotiations further into their respective corners.
Sun Tzu was the brilliant general who wrote the “Art Of War” about 3000 years ago and canonized basic principles of how to approach conflicts effectively. It was becoming apparent that it would do everyone some good to review a lot of the things he understood. This article suggested that IKSCON face the fact that there was a strong growing RtVik sentiment. The suggestion was that instead of fight about it, it would be more prudent to make some proviso within ISKCON to prevent the huge fraction that it has since become. It can be thought of like leaving some old food for the rats outside so they don’t eat the good grains in the pantry. At the time it seemed like a good idea, but it was the militant RtViks who demanded unconditional surrender. The made it impossible to accommodate their stultifying fantasies even in a modified compromised format.