Lokman, You can pick parts of a sentence and interpret it whatever way you want, but fact remains a fact: The subequent follow up to the part of my sentence (which you omitted) holds more weight as per my message. Do not distort it. To avoid repitition, I stand by what I said about the rally with regards to the Sherpas, and re-read my explanation given in the adress to GORKHALI X if you must. I have nothing more to add. Many people see many different ways to peace. Just because you have faith in the King doesn't mean that others' views should not count. Support peace, we ALL do. Support King, some of us don't. You choose to see ONLY one path, that's your choice; you want to question the paths thought of by others, that's your right; but to link the ultimate goal to ONLY ONE methods of achieving it is being very narrow and arrogant and intolerant to varying opinions. Your undemocratic stance on this regard is perhaps reflective of your support for an undemocratic King. Now, you've introduced another prevalent absurdity in this discussion: Not supporting the king automatically translates into support for the Netas. I beg to be alarmed! There can be no doubt WHATSOEVER that the sheer ineptitude of the political leaders was downright frustrating and loathesome. However, in a sytem of democracy, albeit weak, ther was at least an opportunity for the people to pressure them to either change or quit. This was not happening, I know, but there was at least a platform for it to happen; and given time, it would have happened sooner or later. Authoritarian misconception of a "quick fix" is neither genuine, nor sustainable. If autocracy were to be effective, it would have worked marvels already during 30 years of Panchayat -- it did not! We gave democracy chance for 14 years -- this is not even close to 30 years of autocratic Panchayat , neither it is what might been required. Politcal and social transformations take AT LEAST a generation to be effective. Even through the process of weak democracy, we had, at least, begun to see rising trend in critical, independent thinking among the educated mass -- people were becoming more aware, hence empowered. The solution to incomplete and ineffective empowerment and awareness is more of it, not less. And less is what KingG has given. Mind you, Lokman-jee, forced peace under the barrel of a gun, particularly when it's effectiveness is limited mostly to the urban areas alone is not genuine and sustainable. The very narrow mentality of "if everything is ok in KTM, all is fine in Nepal" is ONE of the greatest fallacies of KingG and his supporters.