I just saw this: "(PS: Do not include Isolated_Freak and Ashu here. In spite of their support to royal, it is, at least, worth discussing with them)." The first part of the SECOND sentence is ridiculous. I, let the record state, have NEVER supported, wholesale, any political party, nor have I supported, wholesale, the Royals, nor have I ever supported, wholesale, the Maoists. I reserve my right to be critical of them -- either in print, on the Web or in private conversations. That said, I am also tired of self-described "democrats" who shout for big democracy WITHOUT appearing to do small, small things to strengthen parts of democracy. True, in my Sajha debates with Nepe -- who's idelogically republican, and that's fine -- he, given his Marxist proclivities, found it convenient to stamp me with such a label to score some cheap political points. But that's the way Nepe, the scientist from New Jersey is: If you agree with him, he praises you to the skies; if you disagree with him, he throws labels at you. **** As a thinking person, I like to take EVERY THING on a case-by-case basis, and like to decide my reactions to those things on their own merits, WITHOUT approaching problems with a set-in-the-stone this mindset or that ideology. Thank you. oohi "striving to remain fiercely independent as always" ashu