This is the biggest problem in our country. We have been plunged into such an ashamed culture since the very beginning that we are hardly thinking outside of it. We are doing such brutal acts knowingly/unknowingly because we are so blindfolded that our humanity and thoughts are completely covered by conservative ideologies. We get both pleasure and shame for the same act. I have seen many children frightened from the killing of animals during Deshain, but at the same time, they are eagerly waiting for such acts since Ghattasthapana by counting their fingers one by one. This is not their fault. It is our culture's fault and we need to eradicate such inhuman/ashamed cultures. Unfortunately, even still today, our rulers a.k.a. royal dictators, are forcing us to do the same. They are forcing us to swallow their leg's water to be a self-claimed lord. They usually go to temples and do the same inhuman acts by massacring animals for the sake of their god. A very recent example: when our more than six dozen brothers lost their lives in Pili of Kalikot, Gyanendra visited eastern Dharan to give the Bali of a black goat. Without a great revolution, such deep-rooted inhuman-cultures can not be changed. The enforcers of such inhuman activities must be punished. We have to accept the fact that Maoist revolution at the first place was very nicely motivated against such cultures. Examples include, among others, forcing widows to wear red-dresses (it is now at the verge of change), banning of alcohol and gambling from the villages (Maoist controlled villages are almost free from such activities), same kitchen for all castes (It is working when the Maoists are present and needs to make it more widespread) and so on. However, present Maoists' activities are completely brutal, inhuman and condemnable. We have to have a peaceful change in our culture. We also should care to preserve some good and social-friendly cultures at the same time. "Lets eradicate inhuman cultures and practice healthy cultures by a great social revolution from peaceful means" ---- OK