bidhan, as much as i find it funny, it amazes me to see you dedicating new thread each time to point out these incidents that maoists bring about. as far as i believe, i have transparently explained umpteen times in sajha about my stance on maoism and why i see them how i actually am seeing them. so i don't want to waste my time and san's server space on repeatedly iterating the same thing. it's not fun! - http://sajha.com/sajha/html/OpenThread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=35092 - http://sajha.com/sajha/html/OpenThread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=32487 if you don't get the bigger picture, then i cannot help you. your prejudices about them is not helping and is not gonna help. period. ==================== it's been fun discussing the arm management issues with other sajhaians. this is what i have gathered. 1) everyone wants NA to remain neutral. and 2) everyone wants maoists to disarm. WHEN? --ASAP. and for that, SPA and maoists both have to come into agreement. the sooner the better. as far as i see, congress still want monarchy. i don't know if they are presenting that rhetoric to bargain with maoists but that is not gonna help. maoists are ready for disarmament but as long as maoists leaders don't see that NA could well impede their cause, they are not gonna disarm. so it's high time we move on and do the necessary mutation of NA and create a feasible environment for a violence free and unbiased CA. the more time we take the better it will be for royalists and other external forces to manipulate terms. LooTe