I so wish I could debate in this thread in Nepali too, but neither do I have the Nepali font software in my computer, nor am I skilled in typing in Nepali. Lengthy politcal debates in Nep-angreji (Roman Nepali) may not seem too appealing either. Hence, here I go yapping in my second language... Dodhare, First of all, I admire your departure from personal smear campaign (with regards to Homraj Acharya's picture, for which you have duely apologized already) and I respect your willingness to engage in a healthy, civil debate over issues. It would be an act of great injustice if ANYONE chose not to associate him/herself with your sentiments on how our beloved country has been embroiled in a downward spiral, and how we ALL wish peace and prosperity prevailed in Nepal. We may disagree on HOW to achieve our common patriotic goals, but our differences in means should not, as it sadly has in many occasions in Sajha, give way to arbitrary accusations of betrayal, and to name-callings. Your desire for peace and prosperity in Nepal, with an acute sense of EQUALITY and JUSTICE for all cannot be questioned. Where I choose to differ from you is on HOW we go about achieving it. You seem to believe peace should come first before democracy, and you obviously have placed your trust in KingG to bring peace and prosperity in Nepal. Debating whether peace or democracy should precede the other would be like arguing whether the chicken or the egg came first. But here's my arguments on why democracy ALWAYS precedes peace -- without first achieving profound equality and freedoms, I cannot fathom the idea of true peace beginning to take shape.