It is pleasing to see Nepali Times still publishing articles which are satirical and choosing to attack your targets through gentle humour rather than vitriol. You are right in your thinking that if you keep to the facts the politicians have little to rebuff you with and your humour will hold them up to the light for all to see. After 30 years of our own terrorist conflict in Northern Ireland we in the UK finally see the opportunity for peace in Ireland. It is clear that only when violence is stopped and people talk, are problems resolved. This is not a quick process. In Northern Ireland it took over 10 years to get to where we are today. The lesson for Nepal is that peace came from the will of the people and not by a political process. Political process merely followed the peoples' wish when the silent majority ceased being silent and made it clear that the freedom fighters, on both sides, were in fact just thugs and criminals.

Peter Thomson,
UK