Change. Have we really changed?

I've been following heart-breaking news of Bangkok for the past week. I have to admit that at first, long before things got this (obviously) bad, I had a side.

I despised the former prime minister who put my beloved country in jeopardy for his own good. I got angry at the rumors and news that he's been insulting the King who has worked so hard for the past 60 years (I won't get into the part where I also see him as a human-being, not perfect, of course, but undeniably has sacrificed his life to the glory of the world's hardest working king). I agreed with the coup that took away political power, ok.. LESSEN political power, of a corrupted man. And I thought I was on the right side.

I can see now that there are too many sides. And as far as being RIGHT goes, who am I to say what's right? I don't have all the informations. NOBODY has all the information now even to say who did what, who's planning what. I realize now that it doesn't even matter what I think. What matters is now my hometown has turned into a war zone. There are far too many people holding on to the idea that they are right, so much that they are willing to shed blood of those who they believe they are wrong. There are enemies among us. How did that even happen?

The way I see it is that if you enjoy a person's death, if you celebrate the loss of another human's life, that puts you in a really bad position. A flag is needed to be raised. It is not normal! We are not gladiators who take away the opponent's lives for survival. We can survive without killing each other!!

It's true that it will pain me to see our country does not do well economically, or even diplomatically. However, what will shred my heart to pieces is to witness Thai people hunt other Thais down just to justify their cause. May I say again? It's not right!

Death is a part of life, so is compassion. Without it, we'd be laughing at each other in the face when life gets tough. And it does get tough. Disease, illness, natural disaster, not to mention mistakes in life we keep making. Are we reverting back to the animals we were thousands of years ago when we didn't know better?

Own our revolution! Be the human we are made to be. What's the point in hurting and killing? Life is short enough as it is.