Sajhauser - You bring up some great points and have posted some of the more sensible arguments on this thread so far. In the spirit of openness and dialogue, allow me to sound-off on a few of the points you made: " Why don't you people understand that lives are lost during revolution?" You people? Who is you people? I do understand lives are lost in a revolution - except that in this case the revolution is over, and no more lives should be lost now. This is the right time to disarm. "Doesn't it boil down to just/unjust? " Yes, except when yesterday's victims become todays perpetrators, justice can become perverted. I give the Maoists a lot of credit for a lot of things but they are fast loosing the moral high ground on the issue of justice. Have a good day!