Seven dwarves / parties announce that they will "actively boycott" the local polls.

Postmodernism has arrived in Nepal - long time ago - but everyday brings new proofs:

"actively boycott"

I old fool thought "boycott" means passively take distance of something. Webster defines it as:

: to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a person, store, or organization) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions

And from the answers.com:

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.

In no way could it be construed as "beating-up everybody who doesn't listen to our dictat and walks toward the voting station!"

My favorite nepali politician, Kamal Thapa, warned the 7 dwarves:

In Morang, Home Minister Thapa said: ?The government will definitely ensure the people?s right to vote while taking stern action against the parties which boycott the polls.?
?The political parties, in an undemocratic manner, are attempting to thwart the people?s right
to vote,? he said. ?To say that people would not be allowed to vote amounts to attacking people?s voting rights. The parties are behaving in an undemocratic manner,? he added.
Challenging the seven political parties? claim that they will boycott the local polls, he said: ?As Home Minister, I would like to give them the message that the government is ready to take any action allowed by law if they try to scuttle the polls.?
Stating that the government is active in trying to create a conducive environment for the polls, Thapa said: ?The government is moving ahead in accordance with the peace roadmap and the election is part of the peace process.?
?The government will definitely step-in sternly if the political parties act against the people?s wishes,? he said.

And charge the bastards with sediton, and send them to Dolpo to build roads...