i don't believe in communism. like i said before the only thing i fear abotu the present revolution is if the maoists come to power and establish a communst regime, tesh pachi ta its really over. what i am hoping is that if king is forced to give up power, then the governmnet will go the hands of parties. and the loose alliance between teh parites and the maosits will create an environment for dialgue through which the maoists get recognition of thier parties and all the eight or more parites agree to hold elections. just becasue the maoists' party wins does not allow them to establish a communist regime. u know in recent days they have said, well prachanda has said he and his party is willing to do in concoradance wiht the peoplels' wills. he even went as far as saying he is willing to keep the monarchy intact if the peoples insist. how much of this statement prachanda really means i dont' know, but as an average, nepali citizen who only wishes well for the country,i am really hoping that the moaists will keep thier promise. i might be sounding foolish to you here, but i am desparate. i agree with you that just because there are thousands of people involved does not justify thier crimes. not one bit. but how long can we sit and put blames on another as innocent peoples get killed? its not worth it. what will happen if we send maoists to international court of hague? may be prachanda will get accused, but we cannot send thousands of maoists to hague? what will they end up doing? we ought to think about those consequences too. sending prachanda to hague...all right, how will that make this situation any better? i don't have a crystal ball. i don't know what is going to happen. like i said before, i am only hoping..everything i have said is wishful thinking. if the maosits come into power and establish a state like peru, columbia or cambodia, i would rather live under the represseive system of the king. but wiht recent developmetns and wanting to be in par wiht democracy, i hope my wishful thinking will turn into a reality. i