let me rephrase your statement:

You should have said: We (nono and vigilante) should be in the disaster managment team. Get out of the cocoon of expecting others to do all the time…. since u surely seemed concerned … why dont you …start by saying… Mr. Vigilante… i have an idea to aid disaster management … please join me.

1. The Solidarity walk

Nobel in intent : questionable (people have different perceptions to it) It may have been infused by emotionally charged personalities (with genuine concerns), but then following the many questions posed to the Government by the group (kuensel story cover on the walk)suggests revolutionary antics.

Participation in the walk: overwhelming majority from the media (this suggests that the stories on the chukha tragedy could be baised …possibly speaking the media’s opinion)

Positive lessons: Bhutanese people generally donot believe in such antics (hooliginism or noble)

2. What next?: Its about time the Government takes issues like disaster management, public security, ensuring safety nets…. more seriously.

3. What we are forgetting?: Possibly a well researched solution to the Dam’s water retention capacity. With unpredictible climatic conditions yet to come …. there is a need to rethink the technicalities of our hydro power dams so that we donot have another six, sixty or six hundred lives, farms, families succumbing to the wrath of natures fury.

You miss the point completely and since I understand that arguments are not going to get us anywhere, this will be the last I will respond to you.

I am not discussing Tenzin Rigden the person – I am discussing Tenzin Rigden the CEO. At a personal level, he can go perform a tango at the Clock Tower – I give a rat’s ass. But Tenzin Rigden the CEO should be the concern of all Bhutanese people. The reason being that as the CEO of Bhutan Times, and particularly given that he is in-charge of the news section of the paper, he is in a position to cause great harm to the country if he cannot exercise restraint in his public posture.

I do not see any logic behind aggravating one disaster with another one.

Also, please do not make cheap digs at the DPT supporters – I am one myself. But unlike what you believe, I too am dead against the CDG. I have said it so many times and I continue to say so. I am a DPT supporter for reasons I believe are good for the country and yet, I have an open mind to visit the OL’s blog and comment here – because I believe the OL has been reasonable and useful in his stand during the assembly sessions as well as in his postings here on his blog. So far, I have nothing to oppose the OL on – neither on his stands in the NA nor here on what he writes. On the other hand, I have been vehemently opposing a few of the DPT’s programs.

Coming back to Tenzin Rigden, trust me, I am not hitting him – no way. I have nothing to gain by it. But if he continues to occupy that very influential chair, I am trying to point out that he needs to be lot more responsible than allow his personal emotions to undermine his professional responsibilities.

Here again, before you make another mistake, I would like to point out that I am NOT discussing the right or wrong of the Walk. You and I will never agree on that one – you have said your bit, I have said mine – let others decide on our behalf. I am strictly talking of Rigden’s professional ethics and the moral responsibility he has to foster a credible and trust worthy media.