Amidst all the chaotic, repulsive, and outright rediculous personal slanderings that the Sajha political forums have witnessed recently, every once in a while there pops up a sentence or two, a thought or two, that is truly profound. Newuser wrote: "These thugs are as responsible as corrupt politicians for the failure of multi party system in Nepal." I would undoubtedly refrain from calling them "thugs" -- they are as equally deserving of respect as the people who belong to the anti-King camp. However, I personally am truly heart broken to see so many of even the educated Nepalis suporting the obviously foolish move by King G. The very fact that so many of us (some of you may claim a majority, which apparently is yet to be proven) do not have confidence in ourselves as people -- as if we always need a "father figure" to guide us through the process by which we are suppose to govern ourselves -- is unmistakably indicative of the fact that the need for democracy is all the more urgent in Nepal. Democracy is NOT a package that can be delivered once a dictatorial individual decides that "his" people are ready for it -- it is a continuing PROCESS in which it corrects itself of it's misgivings. Yes, democracy was obviously very weak in Nepal, and the leaders were undoubtedly inept and hopelessly corrupt; however, the only way to address the problem of weak democracy is by STRENTHENING it, not by destroying whatever little we might have had. In the recent weeks, we, as people, have proved how utterly we lack AWARENESS and how much we cling to disbelief in ourselves. The only way we can achieve flourishing democracy in nepal, therefore, is by EMPOWERING the individuals -- to make them believe in themselves, rather than in a "father figure" -- which, I am afraid, dictators, by the virtue of their raison d'etre can NEVER do! Still hoping to believe the best in KingG (in a sense that he'd experience a profound realization of his egregious blunder, and that he'd do something drastic to correct it), but rapidly losing hope, A truly distraught Nepali citizen.