R Baral, I am NOT a fan of spouse-swapping practice just as I am NOT a fan of, say, homosexual activities. BUT: If other consenting adults choose to engage in such practices in a non-commercial way without harming others in the privacy of their own, then, I, for one, have NO problem with other people's engaging in such practices. What adults do behind closed doors or on some obscure Web sites is NOT of my, your, Salokya's or the state's business -- no matter how bizarre/unconventional those sexual practices appear to be to the 'mainstream' people. I understand that you vehemently disagree with this viewpoint. I repect your viewpoint. Let us simply agree to disagree on this matter. ***** Salokya, Let me start off by saying that: I am quite aware of your type of smooth Nepali language, which tries to sound civil while engaging in uncivil acts. I might GENERALLY say that -- based on my specific experiences -- CORRUPT Nepali politicians, lawyers, civil servants, journalists and even Maoist netas use such smooth, nice-sounding and seemingly civil Nepali bhasa in public, only to screw other people (especially those with a weaker grasp of Nepali bhasa) TIME AND AGAIN. That is why, having grown to instinctively DISTRUST civil Nepali bhasa whenever/wherever I encounter it, I say that let others on the Net remain impressed with your seemingly civil language, but, frankly, I don't think much of it when it comes to THIS particular matter. Meantime, it's clear that: a) You used compromising pictures of private Nepali citizens WITHOUT their permissions. b) You made chat-logs public without others' permissions. c) Yet you have the gall to use "privacy rights" argument to justify your actions, as though privacy rights extended ONLY to revealing names and phone numbers. d) You have breached the confidence of those people for the popularity of your blog, and you have justified such a breach by saying that the very fact they engage in some "a-samajik" kaam, they can be talked about publicly. e) You have failed to credit Sajha.com on your blog, always coming up with hopeless excuses. f) And just because I dared to ask you ISSUE-BASED questions, you made unnecessarily PERSONAL remarks about me. [In response, I icily -- and in a pissed-off way -- replied, "Talk to your publishers. They'll tell you who I am."] Salokya, my point is simple. Go ahead and talk about wife-swapping people to your heart's content. Say that you are interested in sharing interesting news about bizarre sexual practices on your blog. That's fine. BUT don't wrap yourself with "privacy rights" and "journalistic code of ethics" to justify your own prurient interests, especially when it's clear that you care about neither. Your words are nice and civil, but I, for one, am NOT going to be seduced by them. Words, no matter how clever and soothing, are cheap. It's the actions that matter. And your actions do not lead anyone to think of you as a TRUSTWORTHY journalist. And, you well know that, in journalism, TRUST of others is the ONLY currency you can have. Tetti ho. oohi ashu