Precisely, Cryptonite! When someone throws in a surface-level argument without any substantive reasonings (like the likes of Lokman has been doing REPETITIVELY -- I mean, come one now, come up with something new so that we can enjoy debating!), what they get in return is an "argument for the sake of an argument". Now on your respectable approach of broaching the the ISSUE of "mouthing off from far away land": The struggle for democracy is not limited to KTM valley. This struggle requires involvement of people from the BROADEST spectrum of lives at MANY different levels. Yes, there may be some who are doing what they can by living in KTM, which is very admirable and perhaps they deserve a higher degree of respect than others who are living abroad. But, What is so wrong with contrubuting in WHATEVER way they can, or choose to, for the cause of democracy in a far away land? What is so wrong with throwing in ideas that perhaps can be used by people fighting on the grounds? What is so wrong with making people THINK -- at home or abroad -- by generating and sustaining debates? What is so wrong with EMPOWERING people -- again, at home and abroad -- with resourcing them with varying thoughts? At the end of the day, if and when victory comes, EVERYONE -- from ALL OVER THE WORLD -- would have contributed to the cause in WHATEVER way they could. Some may have had contributed more significantly than the others, but the entire struggle would not have had been complete without the contributions of EVERYONE, albeit however small or from however far away.