This one is rather long, so please bear with me. Lootekukur, Your arguments are valid in more ways than one; nonetheless I’d argue it only propagates the angle of the narrator, i.e., you. We have plethora of other problems, all of which can not be solved by mutilation, murder and mayhem. A quick deconstruction on few of your statements: You said, “Maoists don't kill people without any rhyme or reason.” Now who is to determine what reasons/crime/suppression would justify "killing"? Where is the due process, a chance to defend, and an opportunity to live? Having one god in Nepal was hard enough, does your statement justify having 20000 god/desses? As you have put forth quite rightly, we of course do not want to be governed by Nepali Castro, or Kim Jong, or Polpot. Maoist’s action has been subscribing the very observation that they might be able to present us that nightmare. Anything other than their absolute control such that they can bring sweeping "reform" (here I am using reform rather loosely) at their whim would make them use their brutal force, threat; which in turn will coerce the other inept parties to cry foul. Alas that's all they’ll be able to do. It is true that there have been immense suppression and few rightwing fanatics have allowed and participated in pathetic acts. The poor and suppressed could not find justice, and if they did, it was not adequate for the crime exercised against them. I concur. However I would like to ask you that how is it any different, or moreover is it not even gruesome that what it was than before? Now, it is more direct, brutal. Consider this: if Maoists are generous they simply take your home/you have to either live in "Goth" or migrate from the village. If their feet bumps in to something and they are mildly irate then they will only break your leg, hand, and every possible bone in your body that even WWE wrestler would be proud of their expertise. And then there are those who, in their eyes are "bali ko boka" to please their version of KALI and Chandi (Prachanda and Babu rame) and their sacrosanct coterie.