During the face-off at Baan Nong Chan in a disputed area yesterday, besides the fact that children should not be used as human shields in dangerous and unsafe situations, we should also avoid distortion. The first picture is the original, real photo, which does not show any Thai soldiers pointing their guns at the Cambodian woman holding the young child in her arm and a wooden stuck on one hand during the confrontation.
When it was adapted into an anime or cartoon in the second picture, the image was distorted to show a Thai soldier pointing a gun straight at the Cambodian woman and her child. Also, in the anime, the rest of the Thai soldiers stare at her, as if the all try to subdue or harm or, while in the real photo, they were not even looking at her.
After that, the distorted cartoon image was reproduced without the original photo in the srcond photo, with the intention of creating a misunderstanding about the Thai soldiers in this case.
This is an intentional distortion, unnecessarily creating more misunderstanding and hatred. I urge all parties to be more responsible as the conflict persist so it doesn’t needlessly blow out of proportion.
Where will the ceasefire agreement end up?
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