Poonte wrote: "When the very basic tenets of democracy are either questioned (Nepali pariprekchhya maa maattra bhayeni) by you on this forum, or threatened by KingG's supporters, or traunced by him, I, as someone who steadfastly believes them, would obviously try to counter by repeating the same very basics, regardless of whether they may seem obvious and/or redundant to some. Sometimes perhaps redundancy is the best instrument to make people believe in basic and fundamental rights of the people. Claiming that you believe in the basic democratic principles while questioning them is (NOW) what you referred to as "peeing down both legs"." Poonte, Sorry I was away from the computer for the past few days; anyway, given your background in International Relations, I was hoping to read the basis of your arguments. Instead, I see that you have grandly chosen to play the role of a "martyr" (as though those who question/debate about and argue about democracy were somehow undemocratic elements), and have supplied the usual stock phrases about democracy. Fine. Meantime, I'll stick to reading these articles from Journal of Democracy -- reading which assures me that whatever democracy is, one's understanding of it can only get better and deeper through debates, kura-kani, discussions, counter-evidence and counter-arguments and NOT by bandying about truisms. To paraphrase someone famous: The price of democracy is eternal vigilance!! In that spirit, oohi ashu And, no, I do NOT support the Kochilas attempt to make so many others (innocent Nepalis) suffer so that they get to call Nepal Bandhs.