Bond_007 has some good points...but the argument can go either way.....I agree...we were safer, there was peace during the Monarchy....After Democracy, I had to be scared right in my neighborhood....If I had a different political inclination from my neighbor, God forbid, my neighbor would throw rocks in the so called "Black Out"...Democracy made neighbors enemies, relatives strangers...and much more....That's not to say Democracy itself is bad....Democracy in Nepal is like "BANDAAR KO HAAT MA NEELO NARIWAL", The system can be the best in paper, but not in Nepal's contest.... If DEMOCRACY is to burn Vehicles-- I don't need it If DEMOCRACY is to kill humans mercilessly - I don't need it If DEMOCRACY is to create riot in schools and colleges - I don't need it If DEMOCRACY is to to rape young girls in the name of People's war - I don't need it If DEMOCRACY is to ban medias - I don't need it If DEMOCRACY is THE means to get rich overnite (for ministers) --I don't need it If DEMOCRACY is to anything other than peace and prosperous Nepal -- I DON'T need it.