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| ashu |
Posted
on 05-Jun-01 08:28 AM
King Gyanendra is a clever, decisive man.
But his oversmartness will do him no good.
Some examples:
1) It now appears that when he was the Regent a couple
of days ago, he basically LIED to the nation and
the world when he said that the guns had gone off
automatically, on their own. There was no reason
for him to lie or even tell the whole truth then.
He could have then said, "Let's pray for Dipendra's
health, and, let there be an investigation soon."
That would have been enough of a true statement
from him then. That he misspoke first, insulting out
intelligence, and has now cleverly framed it all
to "legal and constritutional restrictions" does NOT
bode well at all.
2) King Gyanendra is a smart man, but not too smart.
When Paras killed Prabin Gurung last year, and there
was all that damage-control thing going on (i.e.
the standing up of some Bhujel guy to take the
blame), who did all the thinking?
Then HRH Gyanendra, of course. And we all know how
UNCONVINCING the whole cover-up was. If that is an
indication of how King G will rule, then that doesn't
bode well.
King Birendra, though not a great King, was at least
an honest, sincere man who NEVER manipulated public
opinion to his advantage or tried to fool the public
with stupid nonsense. That is why, King B is still
respected.
3) King Gyanendra appears to have formed the three-member
probe panel WITHOUT first asking the members themselves.
(This needs to be verified!). After all, how can a neta
like Madav Nepal has the guts to say that what King
asked him to did not follow constritutional procdures?
If King G had indeed appointed the panel without
careful thought, then this also means that King G is
someone who rushes to decisions and judgements,
trying to be clever, but NOT too smart . . . and all
this, again, does not bode well for Nepal's
constitutional monarchy.
To his credit, all these speak in his favor in that
a person this clever to rush to decisions and judgments
but not that smart (like a chess player who can outline
every step) simply could NOT have hatched the big
massacre which -- assuming it was planned --
the probability of success was way, way too low
versus the probability of failures.
As events have turned out, King G and his family
have been unwitting beneficiaries of a horrible
accident.
Then again, if King G continues on with this charade
of fooling the people, this stupid cleverness of trying
to outsmart Nepali janata and this disregard for
constitutional procedures, then all these do not bode well for his reign.
oohi
"don't know how long I can keep on writing statements
like th above."
ashu
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| concerned nepali |
Posted
on 05-Jun-01 09:48 AM
>oohi
>"don't know how long I can keep on writing
>statements
>like th above."
>ashu
Ashu,
I appreciate your boldness and critical observation.
1. I have heard that a local vernacular has quoted the GBNC website (I don't know the name of magazine) so this site may be under scrutiny. If King G does not like to see your kind of remarks, you may be in trouble.
2. If King G appreciates being pointed out his short comings, then there may be a possibility of you being appointed as a royal advisor!
Concerned Nepali
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| ashu |
Posted
on 06-Jun-01 08:10 AM
>I appreciate your boldness and critical
>observation.
Thank you for your kind words.
Yes, the unspeakable tragedy did happen.
We all have our own pet theories of what's what.
And that's fine.
But it would be a tragedy if we got, as most of us
seemed to be, forever stuck at the emotional
level of finger-pointing ONLY.
That's because, in times like these, when emotions
are running high, and when uncertainties are rife,
we all need to ask: What are the implications
for Nepal's democracy, society, foreign relations,
economy and so forth?
As such, there is a greater need for OPEN and
CRITICAL dialogues and discussions -- and I am aware
that msome of us may not appreciate that.
But this is where Nepal's politically
independent people can play their
parts: i.e. speak up their mind fearlessly,
with a sense of fairness and concern for
the nation.
>1. I have heard that a local vernacular has
>quoted the GBNC website (I don't know the
>name of magazine) so this site may be under
>scrutiny. If King G does not like to see
>your kind of remarks, you may be in trouble.
I agree.
Then again, whenever possible, I've always tried
to take risks and NOT play-it-safe for things I
have believed in. Let this be a continuation
of that.
>2. If King G appreciates being pointed out
>his short comings, then there may be a
>possibility of you being appointed as a
>royal advisor!
That's a nice thought, but I doubt that'll
happen :-)
oohi
ashu
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| Concerned Nepali |
Posted
on 06-Jun-01 10:36 AM
Dear Mr. Tiwari,
>He could have then said, "Let's pray for Dipendra's health, and, >let there be an investigation soon." That would have been enough >of a true statement from him then.
Instead of saying "could, should or would", try to think from the other side of the story as well. I don't think anyone whose brother and his entire family were killed and whose relatives, including his wife, were critically would be in sane mind to analyze the words and come up with politically correct statement.
>King Gyanendra is a smart man, but not too smart. When Paras >killed Prabin Gurung last year, and there was all that damage->control thing going on (i.e. the standing up of some Bhujel guy >to take the blame), who did all the thinking? Then HRH >Gyanendra, of course.
Do you have any proof of this? If you do, why didn’t you come up with it at that time? It’s always easy to point the finger saying, “I knew it all along”.
>King Birendra, though not a great King, was at least an honest, >sincere man who NEVER manipulated public opinion to his >advantage or tried to fool the public with stupid nonsense. >That is why, King B is still respected.
No Doubt.
>King Gyanendra appears to have formed the three-member probe >panel WITHOUT first asking the members themselves. (This needs >to be verified!).
At this moment, we need patience and wait for the investigation team to come up with the truth. MKN is a coward who encourages (?) innocent people for Nepal Bandhs and other violent demonstrations, and then in time of need and duty towards country and king, runs away saying that investigation team is “unconstitutional”
>As events have turned out, King G and his family have been >unwitting beneficiaries of a horrible accident.
You can call it King G’s fortune or misfortune.
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