dc, I have difficulty agreeing with you due to two reasons. I think Maoists are nothing but terrorists. Anybody who uses terror to gain their political power is terrorists. Maoists are those who were rejected by the people in the first election. Therefore they went to the jungle. You might ask what to do with Maoists. I think they need to be taken to Hague so that these "so-called" leaders know that they can not incite violence in a society and still grab the power. The second point is about the argument that you made about teachers, doctors and engineers etc being a part of this movement. Well, the fact of the matter is that the corrupt leaders introduced politics everywhere, even to those places that should be politics free, like hospitals, schools, etc. etc. I feel that it is a result of 12 years of brainwashing and nothing else.