You have to give it to this Nepe character.... he/she is the master of answering questions with questions, evading weaknesses in his/her arguments with more rhetoric and spitting out the republic idea like he/she is Plato's direct descendent. Well done Nepe, the one thing you've proven beyond a doubt is this - you have spirit but more importantly, you have sufficient time on your hands to goof around on this website. This sir/madam, is a real luxury - to preach your ideology from the comfort of your dwelling (while the real jeapordy is nowhere close), to aspire to politics (in an "advisory" role) while denying political ambition... you could easily rival any sleezball politician anywhere in the world. And this is a big compliment from me to you. But there is something in your writing, the way you have written in this string (for example), your choice of verbiage, your expression, the way you manipulate the conversation, the sterile yet threatening tone of your language, the patience you exhibit in waiting for your literary adversary to "slip" - perhaps all these tell-tale signs that your agenda is far less benevolent than the democratic republic you propose - the agenda is YOU. Right at the onset of this thread, you kick off with the "it's me and MY kind against them and their kind" attitude. Then, it's just a good old joy ride on one tangent after another, each glorifying YOU and YOUR line of thinking. Obviously, I MUST be stupid because YOU are the Jedi of the Republic force on the internet. Your brethren do the fighting and the younger students you instigate bleed on the streets of Nepal but it is YOU who is the protagonist in YOUR story. The only weak argument ?? Nepe uses as a tool of self-aggrandization is of course, the good old numbers game. Again, tried and true like a real sleeze-ball politician in waiting. The basis of Nepe's argument is that the people in the pictures above were attracted to the civic society meeting because the civic society leaders advocate a republic and since Nepe also agrees, there can be absolutely no explanation for the crowd other than their uneqivocal support for a republic. The next thing you know, Nepe will be spitting out headcount numbers and doing a ratio analysis between these numbers and numbers that came out in support of other past political rallies in Nepal. Of course, Nepe has access to data that no one else in the world has. Either this, or Nepe's ability to estimate numbers is immaculate!!! Regardless, the results will read ??the only way to peace in Nepal is to ensure a republican set-up.?? Sure ?? In all honesty, Nepe has some good points too. His/her idea that it is not in the best interest of the king to eradicate the Maoist problem is actually a very intelligent analysis. But coming from Nepe, even this seemingly rational postulation sounds like another propaganda piece on the utility of a republic. Nepe proposes the problem, the medicine, the cure and the poison, all summed up in his/her utterly simplistic yet deceptive argument - the people want a republic, after we have a republic the Maoists will come into the mainfold and we'll all live happily ever after. Right. ?? I do not see Nepe as some invincible, all knowing, "sher," preparing to do battle the King's Army. I do see one man/woman with enough ambition and manipulative qualities to temporarily fool a herd of sheep. I see a meek, feeble individual, oppressed by the shadow of his/her personal deficiencies, lashing out at the world around with all the venom and vice he/she can muster on a page in cyber space. I see a kid who was picked on all throughout high school, a reject who no one ever listened to, a "Jeremy" in Pearl Jam's words, a Dylan Klebold from the tragedy of Littleton, a crying, whining, kid who didn't quite make it past adolescence. Then again, I could be wrong and maybe Nepe is a future Nelson Mandela in hiding. Then again, maybe he's just another Pol Pot lurking behind the curtain of a Maoist democratic republic. Whatever the case may be, Nepe and all his/her ranting raving does not have Nepal or the Nepali people or a democratic republic as the center of focus - that spot is reserved for Nepe and Nepe alone. This is Nepe's moment to shine in front of all Sajha participants, Nepe's revenge on Gyanendra and his aides for Nepe's humiliation and suffering. It's all about Nepe and his quest and Nepe's past and most important of all, Nepe's future :-) Tell you what Nepe, if you are so sincere in your fight for democracy in Nepal, answer the following questions (yes/no) without playing musical chairs: 1. Do you consider yourself as an associate of CPN-M? 2. Do you acknowledge the crimes against humanity committed by the CPN-M organization? 3. Are you an active member of the CPN-M organization? 4. Do you have political ambition (advisor, minister, Ambassador :-)? 5. Do you acknowledge the magnitude of the loss in life that will occur if the Maoist party is allowed to come into power in Nepal? 6. Are you willing to travel to Nepal and fight for your republican setup? And with these simple questions (the one word answers to which you will never provide), I give you back your imaginary pedestal on this website. Why don't you go and start another string yourself as "The Great Nepe" and then use 3 or 4 other names to carry on a monologue? Maybe that will make you feel better. Or, why don't you take one or two points from what is written above and then go off on another tangent just so you can prove to your "admirers" how intellectually superior you are to the rest of the Nepali race? Better still, just write back another set of questions ?V that will definitely make me look like an idiot ?? We patiently await your return to Nepal, Nepe. We as a country would be honored to have an individual with your caliber in our midst, to lead and serve the people of Nepal, to forward the Maoist cause and to ensure that the remnants of the Monarchy and then the political parties are wiped out once and for all. So, at the end of all this, it is YOU Nepe, the self-centered, individual to whom I have dedicated the past 30 minutes of my otherwise inconsequential existence. Oh please do write back. We love reading your wild digressions and marvel in your helplessness to overcome your own image problem. There is truly no one who I've read on this site with an ego as big as yours. My aim is to inflate your ego some more. So please, if nothing, just one sentence would do me a great honor Nepe hajur!