Posted by: Rythm September 14, 2005
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I have to say that I agree with Redstone on this one. There would be several people willing to go back to nepal and work for the country if they did not have a direct threat to their lives. I admit that everyone is selfish and would not like to put their head in a lion's mouth and thats the way it is. I guess if it was something that could be controllable then people would be willing to do something about it. But in Nepal, you dont know what is going to happen next. The govt. and maoist start a peace talk and in middle of it (due to some reason), it stopd and there are about 4-5 bombs in public places. If someone is rich they are asked for a ranson my the maoist team, and their money is not used in the social cause that it could have been. It is rather spent on the arms. The same goes to the government. Does it use the donation it gets to end the hunger of the poor? No it doesnot. taxi drivers are being shot by the army for bumping into their truck bacause the army "thought that they were terrorist." An old man gets killed in front of his family. A newly wedded husband gets slayed in front of his wife of a week.. and what is the reason? The reason only is that they were in the way of that moists when they were attempting to kill someone else. A man of 70 years old is taken to the temple and is cut into pieces before finally getting his head cut off from his body. A woman is raped in front of all her elders. A farmer is asked to dig his own grave on gunpoint and is burried alive! In the middle of the night a troop of army enters your house and searched every single inch.. throwing your clothes and belongings everywhere, just to see if you have a moisthidden in there. And even though they are searching everywhere, helpers are slaying their elderly house owners. All of this when I was there just for a year. I still feel the hurt for the 14 year old boy who had to drive his father to the hospital who had been shot by the maoists. The bodyguard was hiding under a car all the time when the maoist shot the man several times. Do u think people would be willing to go back? If it was something like the Indian revolution for freedom then there might have been some people willing to help. But when it is an act of killing the chilren, old folks and other innocent people what can be done? Would anyone like to go there knowing that there is almost nothing that can be done? Well harsh as it might sound, it is true! I have not really stayed in Nepal long. the time I was there it was hard for me to understand and later when I did understand I was in a boarding school. I would say that I can die for my country. I think I exaggerated. I admit that I might go back had the conditions been different but they are not. Humans are too selfish guided by an instnct of survival. What more can I say?
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