Indisguise, as i already mentioned, no revolution is possible without bloodbath. if we digested huge loss of lives during the national integration/unification league initiated by prithvi narayan shah, then why can't we digest maoists violence? prithive narayan shah united nepal politically, so we can call ourselves nepali. The maoists are fighting for a balanced and unjust society which is more pivotal for country's progress. It should be understood that it requires a brute force to remove some 250 yrs old autocratic regime. maosits are catering for that force. accept it. so maoists rock!! Lootekukur, I accept! By choice, or by fear is by Maoist’s definition, irrelevant. If autocratic old regime requires a brute force, let us also spare a thought on how much of a bloodbath we have to shed to get rid of doomed atrocious communist ideology. I am actually very eager to see what people would decide in the coming CA, and moreover, by sheer miracle, if Maoists decides to contest an election, how many seats would they win. Either ways, people’s verdict has to be respected. Maoist’s are fighting for balanced and unjust society? Philosophically, perhaps! I’ve always believed that one is what one does. One can have infinite theories, policies, roadmap and such, but the actions, the path that they choose to come to the summit determines who they are. Also, two negatives do not add up to be a positive. By the way that huge loss of life, significant in every way, was 250 years ago. Geopolitical, as well as sociopolitical factors were vague and raw; hence we can not juxtapose two scenarios for rational arguments. Henceforth, I hope they do rock the nation in constructive way. Else we have seen Al Queda rocking world trade centre, and Taliban’s rocking huge national monuments of Buddha and others. Maoists have not done too bad a job, I must say. Time is ripe, and circumstances appropriate; all I can do is hope that the ballots will decide the fate of the nation, rather than coercing, brutality and massacre. For peace and nous prevails.