I know no one really cares or even listens to anybody else anymore - such has been the plight of all of us Nepalis around the world, including Nepal. With that said, in a desperate hope that some one will listen, I would just like to point out something... 1) Saying "Maoist Democracy" is noting short of oxymoron. Their whole concept is to establish an egalitarian society by forceful means. I don't see how that is democracy. In democracy, at least in theory, every man under the sun should be considered to be equal so why do the Maoists want to be the modern day hood by stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Let's not assume that Nepal only has "poor" people. 2) Maoists are not the messiah and they will not lead us to the Promised Land. They are extremists that see fit to kill people (mostly poor people) in order to advance their ideology of political and economical control for a select few. Don't be fooled! Nepal will not change for better no matter who has the central control, be it the King, Parties, or the Maoists. Each one of them only consider their and their family’s self interests; not the interests of the country or the people of Nepal (poor or otherwise). 3) People on these posts have put the onus on the King and the Parties to include the Maoists in the process. In my opinion they are and have always been welcomed to join the mainstream, but they refuse. Time after time they have refused. They would rather maim and kill POOR Nepalis than present themselves in front of the Nepali society to be responsible and accountable. They want to gain power by fear and intimidation not by democratic election. One of the primary reasons that they went underground and started their violent and barbaric movement was because they only got six or eight seats during the first democratic election in the 1990s. The root of their violent movement is megalomania and if you think anything other than that, I’d like to know what you’ve been smoking. So the onus is solely on the side of Baburam and Prachanda to swallow their pride and give up violence and join the mainstream. If they do that, once the democratic forces in Nepal become powerful, then they can work on getting rid of the King if that is the sentiment of the majority of the people of Nepal (both poor and non-poor Nepalis). There I have said my peace and I welocome the attacks umm I mean constructive criticism!