Last night the House finally passed the Syria airstrike proposal by Prime Minister David Cameron and the Tory after a lengthy debate against the opposite side represented by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

On Facebook hashtags ‪#‎SyriaVote‬ or ‪#‎DontBombSyria‬ have become the most viral. Many of my friends have joined the protest against bombing Syria along with numerous people either of British citizenships or living in the Great Britain — people whom the Prime Minister has called “terrorist sympathiser”, people who “died-in” outside of the Parliament Square for the tremendous frustration with the voting result.

Even now that the voting is done and the UK’s airstrikes to Syria can initiate anytime soon, debates are yet to cool down.

Although the bombing was voted yes by the majority of the House (65%), Cameron’s posts on Facebook have been given much less favour than Corbyn’s. For each of Cameron’s statuses, most top-liked comments are filled with disappointment, exasperation, and probably worst personal insults towards the Prime Minister.

Obviously they have more than one reasons to do so. Most of the people who #‎VoteNo‬ oppose the bombing plan as they are pacifists with a humane perspective on innocent Syrians. Many others are afraid that violence will feed violence, that it will only be a good reason for the Islamic State to attack the UK and to recruit more jihadists, and that there will be even more refugees running away to the Europe. And definitely they are infuriated with being called by the disheartening “terrorist sympathisers”.

I am with the Labour leader this time, but at the same time enjoy reading the opposite’s comments. Contrary to common belief, they often begin with “No one wants war”.

Anyways, it’s important that the poll was done, well at least there was a poll. And it’s important that everybody could express his or her opinions, even if only on social media.

Don’t laugh, it’s a good thing that you can discuss your ideas on social media.

This story reminds me of a friend in Vietnam. He is highly patriotic, very passionate and knowledgable about History and Politics of our country. He writes a lot, and the way he writes about History and Politics is attractive to the youth.

He used to, for more than two years, nourish the plan to kindle a “Dumbledore’s Army” using his writings on social media. And I could see that he was step by step on the right track.

But yesterday the will died down.

I almost couldn’t believe in my eyes when I browsed his Facebook and saw such lines as “I don’t give a damn about Politics”, “I will only write about Vietnam’s feudatory history”, “Don’t ever misinterpret my writings” as an entry he wrote about the Bach Dang Victory in 938 was posted on Patriots Diary, a pro-human rights and democracy activism page in Vietnam.

My friend never worked for any organisation, never joined any protests, never cause harm to anyone. He only wrote.

And now he is yet to be mistreated, and his family are still secure. But a will already faded away.

In Vietnam, there’s no way you could see the same comments addressed to number 10 Downing Street on David Cameron’s posts in regard to Vietnam’s Communist Party.

Not even on social media.