The forum that Nepe talks about appears to be an "anti-King" forum. Nothing more. And that's perfectly fine -- in and of itself. Let the forum call itself "Anti-King" forum, and I, for one, will have no problem with that. I am just disappointed that members there -- despite their credentials - just seem to have neither the intellectual honesty nor the straightforward courage to call it as such. Instead, to protect themselves clumsily, they have borrowed and made a mockery of a valuable word "democracy" by calling the forum -- gasp, choke -- Nepal Democracy Forum! Ah, the arrogance! Or the cowardice!! And what does the forum do? 1) Screens potential members' political affiliations first; 2) Expels disagreeable members. 3) Wah-wahs each members write-ups. Like I said, even the Maoist Politburo would envy such systems! Let me put my cards on the table: I have no desire to join the group. I am NOT bitter about any aspect of the group. This is NOT about Nepe too. As a democrat who thinks the little guys should have all the chances too, I just find thr group's operations PERVERSELY fascinating enough to raise hell in this OPEN forum. Tetti ho. oohi ashu