so , as long as the stoking of tensions does not ignite into full civil war conflagrations in which the involvement of foreign insurgents with a proclivity for any type of revolution causes the government to order the exodus or imprisonment of all agitators , foreign or thai ( especially those writing on their own blogs , as i do ) -- claims of true power , especially in light of charges of corruption , emanating from populist and oligarch factions no clearer here than in days of the late roman republic52 -- here i stay , for i do not relish dismantling my thatched hut along waldens pond,53 or the best that i can do here , a cheap apartment along a canal and a livelihood that allows for contemplative discernment if i plan my life accordingly , foregoing the pleasures of the moment for something richer albeit intensely painful to execute , and perhaps , if i can , to help others along the way .