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February 23rd, 2009So now at least we know where the slogan came from.
The gentleman in the video is Neil Nguyen, an attorney. His Vietnamese name is Nguyễn Xuân Nghĩa (not to be confused with the isonymous but better known columnist for Nguoi Viet and Viet Bao daily newspapers).
Just a couple of weeks ago he and his non-profit organization were marching in the Tet Parade without carrying the yellow flag, and immediately afterwards were accused of being commies. (If you can read Vietnamese, click here.)
Maybe this is his way to redeem himself or something….
Tags: Brian Doan, protest
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 am
** The Redemption of the Father **
Darth Vader never stopped believing the SVN Military Force, and never spoke against it; in fact, he did the opposite, quenching down all uprising and rebellions with protests and rallies , chastising and punishing Vietnamese who were derisive of his beliefs, and making clear he remained an adherent of his “anti-communist religion”.
Darth Vader was also a crucial actor in the destruction of the Empire’s power structure , he did what no other Jedi could do — destroy the Sith Order completely and restore balance to the Force, allowing the Order to rise again through his son, Luke.
Terrible as they are what Darth Vader did in the past, are not unforgivable, and Darth Vader is still eligible for redemption and salvation, at the last moment of his life.
** Darth Vade, after taking of the mask, returned to humanity **
** All Fathers, take off your mask now, to return to humanity, take off your military facades **
** Resign from your cocoon of revenge and hatred to start your redemption **
** Your ancestral forefathers awaiting for your empathy awakening **
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:08 am
What do you call elected officials going around accusing others of being “commies” when he/they himself has relatives in the Party back home? Holding the SVN flag makes him anticommunist? Like someone said, the guy screaming fire may be the actual fire starter. Where are the people to call him/them on it?
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:18 am
** Bến Tre Logic. **
One of the most famous quotes of the Vietnam War was a statement attributed to an unnamed U.S. Air Force Major by AP correspondent Peter Arnett. Writing about the provincial capital, Ben Tre, on February 7, 1968, Arnett said: “‘it became necessary to destroy the town to save it,’ a U.S. major says.”
To this day, “Ben Tre logic” is a common saying for whenever a “logical” conclusion is to destroy something out of the perceived best interests of everyone involved.
All Vietnamese diversity and differences must be destroyed in order to save Vietnam.
** Bến Tre Logic being applied by same Vietnanese **
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
bolsavik,
I lost my phone. can you email me your number again.
Paul Lucas
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Nghia’s young-enough-to-be-his-grandchild bride is missing in this video. Man, that is just sick. Imagine that when Nghia was 30, she wasn’t even born. And when he was 40, she was only 10. Oh, the humanity!
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Why am I so sick of all of these nonsense in the Vietnamese/Bolsa community?
February 24th, 2009 at 6:43 am
let bygone be bygone.
The war was over a long time ago.
Let ’s live in peace !
February 24th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Thu Nguyen,
Bygone lingers as fleshing pain.
War blood still red and not washing away.
Ghost of war rains nightly sweats.
Waking up, I see myself and war on the mirror.
I am a prisoner of the past into the future.
The day of redemption still unseen.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Your peace from heaven, my peace in hell.
February 24th, 2009 at 9:57 am
The battle might be over a long time ago, but the war will not go away.
Real men will revenge his honor till last drop of blood, this life or the next.
Just because you re offered comforts now doesn t mean you should forget the bitter past. And that seperates men from boy.
You can insult a boy, give him some candies…and all is forgiven.
You can insult a woman, give her lots of money….and all is forgiven.
But insult a real man?..Better give him your blood. And i m talking about REAL men, not keyboard warriors.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Sonny, good one - keyboard warrior…
That’s me!
February 24th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Haha….Wassup Saigon man.
Sad to see our older folks fighting a losing war but….
gotta admire and be proud of their spirit man, and that s what make us Vietnamese different from other race, and let s hope some fools will not butt in and call me racist.
What i mean is……What s wrong with our current generation?..Some act like they are not related to our heritage?..Compared to others, we Vietnamese are doing pretty good here since 1975?..Ofcourse you can t explain what i mean to a younger Vietnamese kid dying blond hair, boop job and speaking broken English with an Asian accent?…. but insisting they are not Vietnamese?..What are they so ashamed of?..
And what s the deal with this Bonsevik and these VAALA chicks and these “so call” artists wanna teach them older folks how to live here?..
They might be fighting the wrong battle but the moral here is…they are fighting, not folding and given up?..See?….That should be a good sign of survival.
February 24th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Oh and Chau Nguyen?..Let s just assume you are a girl then.
On your comment on Nghia s young-enough-to-be-his-grandchild-bride?..It s called trophy wife or mail-order bride here, a very common even though not endorsed practice…..It shows the success of a male businessman.
If you do good enough, maybe when you turn 50, you can afford your own 18 years old boy-toy… and nobody can say anything about it. Good luck
February 24th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I guess both sides still fighting ” . . . my right is better than your right …. ” huh ? I don’t see why is it so hard for them to come up with the compromise . . let says . . . if Brian D. just remove that one picture of that girl out of his art collection, I think that will solve the problem or is it too much to ask ???
February 24th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Called male ego problem M&M….
I first thought Brian was smart to market his arts, now i really think he s just like any unreasonable fools fighting for no-good goal….sort of a puppet.
Anyway, if Brian Doan ever notices the difference in communication effect between him and let s say…….National Geographic Photographers?..Day and night there?..And they don t have to choose a controversal subject to promote their names?…….the picture quality tells all.
You just don t take a picture of an old man sitting in a modern living room and called Freedom Fighter?..Maybe the same old man in a Afgan back, riffle in hand, a dark look on his face?…….and an Army tank in the back ground?…Then the audience would really know what Freedom Fighter really is?..IMHO.
February 24th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Sometimes too much freedom can be a bad thing , especially when you don’t know how to use it wisely. It’s not good thing to be smart without being sensible or reasonable !
February 24th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Sonny, I can understand the alienation, but as they grow older they will realize how miniscule the experience is compared to being an one-person sovereignity. How does one define one’s identity, culturally and ethnically. Only time can mend and heal.
I have come to define my heritage culturally. Any and all can be VN as long as one recognizes and identifies with the culture. I do not mean living in the States using VN customs. No, realizing the pros and cons of the VN culture and using the best to apply to greater society and do the reverse, adapting all the best traits of US culture on the older VNs.
Some of the great strengths of the American culture are forgiveness and tolerance. In time, most people will come around to seeing what most people here already observe and practice. As long as extreme acts are not carried out, everything is AOK. I am OK and you are OK. Let’s have a good time hanging out and shooting the breeze.
With that in mind, the community should not tolerate bad people going around calling others names, such as commie this and that, and pro communist without proof. Those people accusing others should be castigated or brought to court because that is what they deserve.
Too bad we have so many VN aholes in the local government carrying out such tactic.
February 24th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
That s exactly why i said these older folks are fighting a losing war, sad to see they never will blend in the main stream…..
And like you say Saigon man” Those people accusing others should be castigated….” or is it like… you should say “castrated” if this s Vietnam right?..A very simple example of difference between Commy and Uncle Sam?.
And yes, too many aholes in the local goverment here……A rat is a rat, doesn t matter whether it s black or white.
February 24th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Vengeful Father, threatened by the rise of the younger generations, trying to challenge the Father’s past world of rules and orders.
The Father then launches a horrifying conflict with the Youths.
The Youth must find a way to reach out to the humanity of The Father.
The Father must recognize the illusion of his past world, and a change of heart would dissolves all hateful images, and restore him to humanity.
It is a natural human transformation : Redemption and Atonement.
February 24th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
This is a non issue to 99% of the Viets who don’t live in Lil Saigon.
February 24th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
The Father cannot have a change of heart and cannot be atoned with.
The Youth cannot find a way to reach out to the humanity of the Father.
He should love his hateful Father unconditionally and should continue their journey into the free world.
Eventually, the Father will die bringing with him all hatreds to the other world.
The Youth will feel sad for many years because of the Father’s death.
He will always remember his Father so as to remind himself not to oppress his children as the Father did.
February 24th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
The Youth thought he was ways smarter than his old fashioned Father.
He taught his children Freedom of Speech.
He taught his children to not fear anything but telling the Truth.
Eventually, the son of the Youth one day looking straight up in the Youth s eyes and tell him: ” Hey Dad, you better learn how to behave as a human first before calling yourself an artist?..You don t even know how to take a nice picture man”.
The Youth feels sad for a minutes because he now realizes a Degree here and there don t mean anything compared to family bond.
He will always remember to buy a yellow and three red stripes flag for his Father s annual Praying as he always lived and died under that color.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Sonny, beautiful story…
February 24th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
“It shows the success of a male businessman.”
Really? So when a Catholic priest molests a young boy, he was only showing his God-inspired love to that boy? Well, Nguyen Xuan Nghia and you do have a twisted sense of morality. That sure explains a lot about these protests.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Look at life a little more on the positive side, then you won t be so uptight sis…
A boy-toy for woman like Cheer s a good sign of success for a woman.
A trophy doll blond like Anna Nichol Smith is a good sign of success for an old millionair.
Even three playboy girlfriends is a good sign of success for a businessman Hugh Hefner.
A beautiful geisha s a definite success sign for a Japanese businessman.
But comparing some ill-minded Catholic priests to those mentioned above?….Come on…How old are you sis.? That s called abuse of power, like a cop using his gun and badge playing God with innocent people….not even remotely related.
Twisted sense of morality?….Good thing you hide behind a computer, because you might get bitch-slapped all the way back to Vietnam if you re my wife?..
Did you see me wishing you doing well in society so some day you can afford your own boytoy?..Didn t read right?.
February 24th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Huh, you didn’t just call pedophiles ill-minded, as if they have some kind of disease that they can’t control. What kind of people would show sympathy to a pedophile? It’s the kind of people who think boys are their sex toys and women are just breeding machines that they can abuse anyway they wish. I belive they’re called Catholic priests and their apologists. Damn, they’re sick but the sickest of them all was John Paul. He condoned the abuse of women and children and when asked about it, he pretended it was no big deal. Who’s to say that he didn’t abuse boys himself, since he didn’t consider it a crime. Now I understand why Ngo Dinh Diem didn’t have a wife. Maybe his brothers supplied him with plenty of boys for him to play with.
February 25th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Advices for the Father :
* Having a quarrel with your own children in public is a sure sign of division and discord, you have to find a better way to handle family disputes. NOT IN PUBLIC ! ! !
* If you can not convince your our children of your own bitter experience, then you are not qualified to convince general public of your political views. YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO HANDLE POLITICS.
* Fighting for freedom in Vietnam is about the Vietnam NOW, not so much about your past MILITARY GLORY, not about your past kingdom.
The Oracle knows your future.
February 25th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Chau Nguyen, why did you bring up the topic of religion? How is that related to the protest?
February 25th, 2009 at 8:31 am
* A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny *
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
February 25th, 2009 at 10:09 am
“why did you bring up the topic of religion?”
You don’t see the link? Nguyen Xuan Nghia abuses his mail-order bride who’s young enough to be his grandchild. Cathlic priests sexually abuse(d) boys. Sonny thinks it’s okay to buy and beat women as if they’re objects and Catholic priests who sexually abuse boys deserves our sympathy. Sonny is the missing link that connects Nguyen Xuan Nghia to the Catholic priests. There you go.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:25 am
You re the perfect example of a typical Vietnamese mentality Chau, how do you expect those protestors to sit down and do a civilized talk when they do have the exact same mindset like you?..You practice what you preach?..No?..
Let me put things in a simple and eazy to understand format here.
You label ALL Catholic Priests molesters?..That s not a very educated assumption girl.
I said only SOME ill-minded Priests, the key word s “some”.
You label me and that Nguyen Nghia guy are somehow related, let me get this straight……If i m rich enough to afford a young mistress?..I will.
And do you live in his house to know for sure how he treats his wife?…If you don t and you keep using the words “abuse” and “molested”?…That makes the readers think you re a retard.
Let me explain the relationships of those 2 words, hope you re old enough to understand.
If the Catholic priests just hugging the altar boys, some might say he s a loving caring priest, but the lawyer might translate it as inappropriate sexual contacts, or “molested” as you say.
If he handcuffs the poor guy to his bed, leather whipped the crap out of him, then trying to insert his reproductive organ in the kid s poophole?…There you go, abused and sexual molestation there?..See the difference?.
If a guy like me got handcuffed to bed and a beautiful chick like Beyonce riding me like a horse all night?..I will say it s a sexual fantasy, but if i wanna blackmailed her to make money?…and you know what the law translate that same act?..Sexually molested….See the difference again?.
And how do you know the past President Ngo Dinh Diem onle like boys?..What about girls?..Not a stubborn uptight dumb-dumb kind like you, but beautiful and smart ones?
And i m not Catholic, but since you re slamming Priests so bad?..If there re a FEW crooked monks outthere doing bad things?..Can i say ALL Buddists and even Budda are all perverts?.. See the difference between a logical convo and a street talk?..
February 25th, 2009 at 11:33 am
You act just like that guy Jose s. Chau, resort to name calling and avoiding direct answer….never spend enough time to read THOROUGHLY what others real intention was…..Sad sad sad…You know why God create mankind with two ears but only one mouth right?..
Oh….I might be wrong here…..Woman have two mouths?..Explained why they like talking and preaching more than listening?.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Isn’t it apparent that Nguyen Xuan Nghia is a child abuser? Look at the way he was handling that child at the protest and look at her body language. She was as stiff as a board and he was grabbing her hand as if his life depends on it. She was practically paralyzed by fears. Somebody who was at the protest has suggested that she was reluctant to trample on vn communist flag. From the look of the pictures out there on the net, she was scared to death to be there. Her face was obscured by her hat and het dark eyeglasses, obviously on purpose. So it’s been suggested that Nguyen Xuan Nghia had threatened her with bodily harm. That’s how the Catholic priests and people like Nghia operate, using their authority, intimidation, violence to force children to do what they don’t want to do. You never hear anyone ever complaining about Ngo Dinh Diem abusing them when they were children, do you? You know why? It’s because Diem supporters have become strong once again in Little Saigon. Just read Nguoi Viet and their many flattering articles about him. If it took the victims of Catholic priests that long to speak up about the abuses, then you can see that victims of Ngo Dinh Diem’s abuses are still fearful. It’s been exposed that the Catholic church and John Paul knew about these abuses and yet they did nothing until forced to do so. But in the meantime, they shifted these priests aroudn, allowing them to abuse more chilren. If that’s not condoning child abuses, then pigs can fly.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Hey Sonny, are we still debating about the subject ” Freedom of Speech ” or has it switch to ” Freedom of Religion ” without my knowledge ? BTW, If anybody really know ” communism ” then they will realize that if there were any fears were shown by Mr. Nguyen’s bride is because she were afraid of what communists might do to her & her families back home if they happen to see the picture or the video.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Chau Nguyen, when does Nguyễn Xuân Nghĩa’s personal life become a subject of conversation? Until the man brings it up, can we talk about the real issue, Freedom of Speech? Can we be civil?
February 25th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Sorry guys….Don t know why the debate shifts to Religion and somebody s personal life either……
But it actually does have a good point…..See how Chau N. just jumped to conclution and assume all Priests are bad based on a few “pedophiles” according to her?..That s exactly what these protesters are doing. Assumtion…. A person must be a Communist if that person doesn t have a yellow and red stripes displayed at their business?..She also believes an older man with a younger wife must be a wife beater or abuser?..No concrete evidence whatsoever?..And a single man, civilians or President alike, must have more fun with young boys only?..
That s the root of all problems with our older generation, assumption and guessing only…no logical evidences needed.
I don t think this girl Chau s not one of those screaming protestor, do you?.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
And i wanna get this cleared too…
I DON T WANNA TALK ABOUT RELIGION..PERIOD.
No topic can draw more heat than religion.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
These protesters were truly hurt from Bastard Brian Doan’s perversed art project display …….he is lucky not being physically whipped by his own father.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Jack, Sonny was the one who said Nguyen Xuan Nghia paid for his oh-so-young wife. Sonny was the one who said it was ok for him to beat women. Sonny was the one who said the Catholic priests who abused boys had mental illness which implied that their sexual abuses of boys were not entirely the priests’ faults. Sonny was the one who suggested that Ngo Dinh Diem might have also abused young girls. Sonny has been the one supportive of the protestors. Nguyen Xuan Nghia’s bride’s body language suggested that she might have been forced to be there and I’m not the first one to suggest that. Who else could have influenced her. Hmm, hadn’t her husband been accused of being a communist just before this protest?
So, these are the people who are not practicing what they preach. That’s a very twisted sense of morality.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
And one more thing, that Nghia guy s wife is not a child……..
She s a grown-up woman. And i m willing to bet anything you re younger than her, based on your posts here.
I m not assuming?..Guessing?..
February 25th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Where in all my posts here did you see the word “beat” woman Chau?..
February 25th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
http://www.nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=91023&z=3
pic caption: Luật Sư Nguyễn Xuân Nghĩa (phải) nắm tay một cô gái giẫm lên cờ CSVN.
Look at that iron grip. Didn’t someone say Nguyen Xuan Nghia is a martial arts expert. His bride must have been scared to death.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
“because you might get bitch-slapped all the way back to Vietnam if you re my wife”
February 25th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Nguyen Xuan Nghia’s iron grip on his young wife.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3294099495_06c7f59e7d.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3294924340_86ef5d46bd_o.jpg
February 25th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Chau,
You really love to use the words “abused” and “molested”?..What was wrong with you when you were young? Why are you so in love to label others “abusers” and “molesters”..So apparently my explaining of being abused and accusing of being abused didn t go through your head?.
An educated convo only happens if other party try not to assume things just based purely on observation?..And you show the mentality of those you critisized?..
February 25th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
All right, I’ll quit hahaha.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
“because you might get bitch-slapped all the way back to Vietnam if you re my wife”
My wife have always talked to me as a friend, everything based on concrete evidences…She never assumes or imagines stuffs like you. Keep that in mind if you happen to get married.
And yes, i d be scared shitless like that girl if i got caught on camera knowing that my family still back in Vietnam…But beating her?..No way.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
So it was all miscommunication and misunderstanding. okie dokie
Everyone, just remember:martial art expert Nguyen Xuan Nghia’s IRON GRIP.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Don t go yet cutie…You haven t answered my quetion yet about those monks?..
If i give you a few examples of crooked monks?..Is this OKed to call all Buddists and the big guy Buddha perverts?..Wanna hear it from you so i can paste and repost it again?..I m doing exactly what you re doing. Assumption.
February 25th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Maybe she’s not scare, just embarrassed to be associated with something that is ridiculous.
Viet people are good at tearing each other down but are not very good at being supportive to each other.
February 25th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Viet people are good at tearing each other down but are not very good at being supportive to each other.
Sad but appreciate the honest talk there Ryan. We re the very opposite of Jewish people.
February 25th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Well, now that I have seen the picture . . . I really don’t think that she neither scared or embarrassed. I thought she was having fun, really !
February 25th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
“Is this OKed to call all Buddists and the big guy Buddha perverts?”
Go ahead, it’s a free world.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
single men & women over 18 can freely marry whomever they choose regardless of age differences as long as they are over 18. Whoever against this premise must be a jealous old raisin face! That’s for you too Chau Nguyen!!
February 26th, 2009 at 6:18 am
to NV : You will be a liar if your statement prefer for your daughters or your sisters .
February 26th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Ugly side of protests, and intransigence :
Thailand’s economy, marred by political turmoil and a global economic recession.
Over the last three years, Thailand has been in the news most of the time for the wrong reasons. It was political turmoil followed by military coup, botched elections, re-elections, protests, airport siege, resignation, another government, capped finally by the inhuman treatment meted out to refugees on the boat from Myanmar.
Today, Thousands of anti-government protesters marched to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s office to demand he call an election. The rally underscores the challenges faced by the two-month-old administration overseeing an economy in recession.
Signs of political turmoil are everywhere, as former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has not given up hopes of returning to the country and recapturing the seat of power. He is mobilizing his supporters to wage more aggressive protests.
The military leadership is ripe with rumors of coup d’tate. Those who has gun and/or money, has power.
February 26th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
To Brian Doan, Letter From An Elder
Michael Do
To “Artist” Brian Doan,
Based on your interview with Robert Chang of OC Register recently, I am sending you my response ( can be considered the response of a 1st generation man who has half century of experience in dealing with Communists).
· You said you aren’t anti-communist. I am so surprised, but I believe you are honest.
· You said you are neither pro-communist. Who knows?.
· You said you are simply an artist. I doubt it.
I doubt that you understand what a true artist is.
Here is what you need to learn:
Everyone can be an artist. You look out the window, seeing the cloud, feeling the freshness of the early morning, you are inspired and make a verse, sing a song. You are an artist.
Artists create art works for themselves. They don’t sell for food; don’t display for comments; don’t use them to promote or criticize a way of life or a political view. If they do the above things, art becomes the tool to serve an ideology, though good or bad.
Talented artists are inborn. They don’t need to go to college to learn how to sing songs, to write poem or to draw pictures. Having a degree in Art only means that person learns enough knowledge in Art history and technology; learns how Art interacts with other fields in real life… Learning can make a man “Art Technician” not an Artist.
We all know that an image can speak thousands of words. It takes hours to make a child know what a water buffalo looks like; but takes only a second if the child is presented a photo of the animal. When the picture you shot is not able to convey the real meaning you put in it; you fail as an artist. When the picture needs some explanation to make the viewers understand, you fail as an artist. You should reconsider your talent and change the way you think and work.
At 40, with an M.A. degree, being an assistant professor, still you don’t understand why the people react so strongly and harshly against your work. You are lacking the common sense and the social conscience to behave in the community.
You should never forget that you are a part of the Vietnamese Refugee Community who for years ago, risked their life to escape the Communism to seek for freedom – or at least better life – in the United States. As you said: “We went through a lot of hardship under the communists.” It’s shameful that you don’t feel the pain as other Viet refugees do. It is your choice to be anti or pro-communist. But if you are frank enough, you should identify yourself, and we will treat you appropriately.
You said, you are sorry and thought you did wrong. But you challenge your fellow Vietnamese American by planning another exhibition with the picture that sparked the protest. You said if you didn’t do it, “they will win”. Who are “they” if not your parents, your siblings, your fellow Viet refugees who for decades, share with you the same memories of hardship in Vietnam and happiness in this country?
You said you were exercising your freedom of expression.
Freedom of expression is people can do whatever they want provided they do not violate the laws and are not insulting or causing harm to others.
Nothing is absolute. There are limits that men should be concerned about. Furthermore, you must distinguish between codes of law and norms of morality. There are things allowed by laws might be prohibited by the social morality, and vice versa. For instance, it’s OK for you to watch pornography, but you can not show it at a celebration, say, your graduation. You can hang a picture of your wife naked in your house; but not in your office. I challenge you to show a photo of chopped pork ribs in front of an Islam temple.
To you, the Vietnam War ended in 1975. To us, the war still exists, but in another form. Prior 1975, there were rivals between South Nationalists and North Communists; today, between democratic movements overseas and dictatorship in Vietnam. Still between the symbols of Yellow flag with Red stripes and Red flag with yellow star. People can stay out of trouble by taking no side; but cannot stand in between.
You are still young and can learn from mistake. Don’t be silly and overreact to get deeper in trouble. Communists never believe you, they use you for their purpose and dispose you when you are not needed. The Viet Refugee Community is your family, will never reject you if you know right from wrong.
Hope this helps to open your eyes.
Michael Do, Austin, TX
Feb. 4,
February 26th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Thank you Michael Do….
So i m not the only one doubting this “artist” s ability then.
I wonder if Brian Doan ever compares his photos to other professional s yet?….I must have watched the Planet Earth Series a hundred times, and still amazed by most still shots those photographers took, and as far as i remembered?..Most if not all of them do not require no diptych explaination crap to capture your heart?…
February 26th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
“Nothing is absolute. There are limits that men should be concerned about. Furthermore, you must distinguish between codes of law and norms of morality. There are things allowed by laws might be prohibited by the social morality, and vice versa. For instance, it’s OK for you to watch pornography, but you can not show it at a celebration, say, your graduation. You can hang a picture of your wife naked in your house; but not in your office. I challenge you to show a photo of chopped pork ribs in front of an Islam temple”
I really like this quote, should be Emailed to VAALA chicks.
February 26th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
“We all know that an image can speak thousands of words. It takes hours to make a child know what a water buffalo looks like; but takes only a second if the child is presented a photo of the animal. When the picture you shot is not able to convey the real meaning you put in it; you fail as an artist. When the picture needs some explanation to make the viewers understand, you fail as an artist. You should reconsider your talent and change the way you think and work.”
And this one s really true too….I did have a question or two about his intention, and got drilled for asking?..Wtf?..I did suggest VAALA should post a sign at the front door saying: You The Viewers Must Have A Degree In Art To Understand Our Junks……………..and also got drilled?..Holy smoke?..
February 26th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
The above quote is AN ACT OF FORCED SHOWING to an audience
Brian Doan’s showing, AUDIENCE HAS TO GO TO SEE, voluntarily.
The comparison is between apple and orange.
That is the difference between freedom and oppression.
February 26th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
“Communists never believe you”, said Micheal Do
This is the reality.
Neither the communists nor the anti-communist movements believe in you.
Not over there, and not here.
Older generations of both sides are on a witch hunt to discredit and destroy younger generations.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Sonny Tran:
Watch out for Chau Chuot, get a tube of vaseline and get ready to be drilled for implying that you like to watch porno in private. It won’t be long before Chau Chuot ascuse you of commiting … just like the ascused Nguyen Xuan Nghia and others.
Chau Chuot:
Jealousy can destroy your life, it can cause your mind to be twisted and therefore your viewpoints also out of place. The first step to get well is: Don’t be jealous!
Michael Do:
Well said, my hat off to you!
February 26th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Cambodian Dictator Pol-Pot thought if he can start fresh with all younger generation kids, brutally got rid of older folks at any cost….to jump start his Country to be ahead of all Southeast Asian Country within 10 years?..
And the whole world knows how that process turned out?.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Thank you for your post of Michael Do VN.
And i don t mind lowering myself to sub-human level once in awhile to open a “conversation” with Chau…All cool.
And yes…..It s all about jealousy, VN.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I have to disagreed with you Monty Python about what you said ” Older generations …………..destroy younger generations. ” , I think they are only trying to remind us to remember who we are, and why are we here. Eventhough many of us are now Vietnamese American citizens, we should learn the good things about American culture and avoid the bad ones. Just because we can call ourselves ” Americans ” doesn’t mean we have to be ” white trashes ” .
February 26th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
“Talented artists are inborn. They don’t need to go to college to learn how to sing songs, to write poem or to draw pictures.”
WOW…REALLY??? Most artists have to go to school to learn different techniques of the medium they choice to express themselves with. Painters have to learn how to mix colors, learn different paint strokes. Photographers have to learn how to use a camera and how different lights and shades will change the way the picture will turn out
“When the picture you shot is not able to convey the real meaning you put in it; you fail as an artist. When the picture needs some explanation to make the viewers understand, you fail as an artist.”
In my humble opinion, I thought art is one form of expression that is always open to interpretation. One could look at the Sisten Chapel and admire it because it was beautifully painted. Another could look at it and admire it because of the religious implication. And yet someone else can look at it and though that it is nothing special.. And all three are right.
I don’t have a problem with Brian Doan’s picture. Like I don’t have a problem with the protesters doing what they are doing right now. We live in a free society which allows them these rights. I however have a problem when people protesting about every minor thing that is going on. It’s like the story of a kid that cries wolf too many times. No one believes him when a wolf did truly appear.
February 26th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
M&M,
The word “destroy” might be too excessive.
I see the current conflicts ( San Jose and Santa Ana ) as generational, and not so much ideological.
February 26th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
cheap picture ,cheap people and cheap fight .
February 27th, 2009 at 8:00 am
“single men & women over 18 can freely marry whomever they choose regardless of age differences as long as they are over 18″
I don’t think you’ve been following much. Sonny has suggested that Nghia paid for his young bride. Buying another human is not only morally wrong, it’s illegal. It is also morally wrong and illegal to beat women, which Sonny condones. It is also morally wrong and illegal for Catholic priests to molest young boys, although Sonny might be sympathetic to the Catholic priests, calling them ‘ill-minded’. But in the case of Ngo Dinh Diem who also had been abusing young girls as suggested by Sonny, it was morally wrong but probably not illegal since Diem ran the country. Or maybe it was his Catholic priest brother who was running the country and might have been abusing young boys. Who knows what they did, since the sexual abuses of young boys by the Catholic priests didn’t surface until much later. Maybe John Paul did his best to hide the sexual abuses from the enraged public. Or maybe people found out about Ngo Dinh Diem and the sexual abuse and then shot him. Maybe John Paul didn’t die of old age but was assassinated by a victim of a Catholic priest. Who knows what goes on in the Catholic church since they’re pretty good at hiding dirty laundry with poop stains. Maybe lots of people in Little Saigon knew about Ngo Dinh Diem’s abuses but still revered him, I think that explains the popularity of Ngo Dinh Diem lately.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:19 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_sex_abuse_cases_by_country
According to this wiki page, Vietnam is not on the list of countries with Catholic priests sexually abusing young boys. I believe that the Catholic priests over there got scared after Ngo Dinh Diem was killed for the abuses. Or maybe it was the communists’ control of the church that put a stop to this. Or maybe the priests might have been better at covering their asses (or the young boys’ asses.) Any one of those reasons might be valid.
February 27th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Let me explain the relationships of those 2 words, hope you re old enough to understand.
“If the Catholic priests just hugging the altar boys, some might say he s a loving caring priest, but the lawyer might translate it as inappropriate sexual contacts, or “molested” as you say.
If he handcuffs the poor guy to his bed, leather whipped the crap out of him, then trying to insert his reproductive organ in the kid s poophole?…There you go, abused and sexual molestation there?..See the difference?.
If a guy like me got handcuffed to bed and a beautiful chick like Beyonce riding me like a horse all night?..I will say it s a sexual fantasy, but if i wanna blackmailed her to make money?…and you know what the law translate that same act?..Sexually molested….See the difference again?.”
You still don t know the real meaning of the word “abused” and “molested” heh Chau?..Can you read my post above?..
You re one of those lonely girl sitting at home watching TV and believe everything CNN and the Media tell you, then you think you re so smart, you must start preaching others what you ve seen and heard right?..
February 27th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
2009 Economic Freedom index
http://www.heritage.org/Index/pdf/Index09_ExecSum.pdf
Vietnam ranks 144 out of 180 countries.
The 10 Components of Economic Freedom
• Business Freedom
• Trade Freedom
• Fiscal Freedom
• Government Size
• Monetary Freedom
• Investment Freedom
• Financial Freedom
• Property Rights
• Freedom fromCorruption
• Labor Freedom
February 27th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Chau, to be fair I really don’t think Sonny indicated anything like you said in his comments. I think that you’ve misunderstood what he wrote. Since you and a few others have preached about ” Freedom of Speech ” , Sonny just wanted to make a point that the same freedom that you all referring to could also allowed LS Nghia his legal right to marry a young girl who is half his senior, but if you were talking morally then that would be a different story, depend on whose opinion you seeked. So you do have a good point but under a wrong topic. No one can control what other people do but we can control what we do so just hope that God will bless us the wisdom to be able to see right from wrong, the compassion for one another and a good heart to reach out to whomever we could help.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Thank you for defending my answers M&M,
But this girl Chau just simply doesn t understand my words, and the funny thing is she s one of those strongly critizing them older folks how to behave?..
I don t really give a sh.t about how many mistresses a man can afford, but certainly don t wanna preach whether it s legal or not?..And i surely don t just say all Catholic Priests are sexually abusers?….and that s what an uneducated person would do?.Just guessing without any evidence?..
All boiled down to jealousy M&M, and if you re a fair observer?..Who the hell in the right mind would call that woman a child?..
February 27th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
The line between the freedom and the right for two consenting adults to marry each other and sex trafficking is pretty thin. On one hand, you have a bunch of Korean (and some Taiwanese) men ,some old, who go to Vietnam to buy their wives. On the other hand, you have Nghia marrying a young “mail-order” bride, also from Vietnam. On one hand, we have a whole bunch of these Korean and Taiwanese men who beat the crap out of their Vietnamese mail-order brides. On the other hand, we have Nghia maintaining an IRON GRIP on his reluctant and terrified young bride. Think about it. If we don’t condemn these acts, who will? The commies? Again, if we don’t protect the children from abusive Catholic priests, then who else? John Paul? Please! As for Ngo Dinh Diem and his brothers, they’re dead, so there’s no need to protect any more children from them. If we don’t protect Brian Doan’s rights to exhibit nude photographs, who will? Oh wait, there’s no need. Mainstream America has no problem with it. Only some dirty old men at the protest had an issue with it. Tell the pharmacists not to see them anymore Viagra. We must protect our children from the protesters.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Chau, are the protesters protesting the picture that has the girl with the communist flag or are they protesting the nude photographs ?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
chau nguyen, you are one humorous person…that last entry was funny as heck! I don’t know what are you getting at but the rambling had me rolling on the floor.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Me too Jack……
Good luck M&M.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Sex trafficking is always going to happen in any form of society or in any country, just go down to Harbor Blvd then you will know what I’m talking about . Everybody have a right in America, not necessary means my right is better your right though. Brian Doan is still showing his photograhs and the protesters are still protesting, some of us do not like what we’re seeing but honestly neither sides are doing anything wrong ( legally anyway ) . So unless one side is willing to take the first step to compromise each other then there’s nothing any of us could do. We could sit in this forum all day and debating back & forth and still we would be back to where we started.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I m dreaming to be abused by Brittney Spear, then molested by Beyonce……………..then abused again by Trisha Yearwood…then molested by Nicole Kidman…..then abused again by Catherines Zeta-Jones…Oh but wait a minute?..What s that dude Douglas doing with a shotgun?..
February 27th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
“chau nguyen Says:
February 25th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
“Is this OKed to call all Buddists and the big guy Buddha perverts?”
Go ahead, it’s a free world.”
Chau wants to be Buddha to save the whole world out of sorrows and sufferings, but at the same time?..If a human monk or two commit anything wrong?..Then they are all considered perverts…And that s her words.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
You’re a sl*t now, Sonny. Hahaha.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Hey Sonny, don’t you leave me here by myself now ! Giving up on Chau already ?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Oh Gosh, look what Chau has turned you into. Stop it Sonny !
February 27th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I m still waiting for Chuot to pop in….should be here anytime now.
But maybe since he s Chuot?..Hopefully he doesn t run into a fricking Cat on the way here?…
February 27th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Is that what it is? Chuot - mouse. I thought it was Uncle Hot Chili…Can we “Anglocize” some of these names, so there is little or no misunderstanding?
February 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Yep Jack, Chuot s definitely Jerry Mouse…Don t you even see most of his replies?..Cheap people, cheap picture, cheap fight?…
The words “cheap” “cheap”….and repeately saying it over and over again is the diptych way in mouse language?…See?..
February 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Good observation, bro Sonny. I am curious to know if Little Saigon could have an informal get-together because I think that these protests are an excuse for the Viets to hang out at various places. We should find an affordable place, rent it, and have a giant BBQ and talk about anything, prostesting, art, crafts, good o’ days back in ‘Nam, or whatever.
Chuot and Chau could share their views on various topics. I am definitely for that.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Man oh man, i gotta headache from laughing so hard, wonder if it s a good idea to take a Viagra pill instead of Tylenol?..Maybe pharmacist Chau s gonna drill me again heh?..
February 27th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Sonny, if you read chau’s entries, you will find the repetitive reference to the “Iron Grip”. I think this Chau person is a dude because only guys are fixated on martial arts and the many lethal moves.
If chau is that detail oriented, how come he misses the major point of the entire blog, Freedom of Expression? I think he may be an undercover agent trying to destroy any good dialogue between people defending B. Doan’s right to display his art and the protesters’ right to protest.
It is possible that chau wants the two groups to contest over the “Iron Grip” move and the winner gets to claim his view being correct and address the eventuality of the mystery on the confusion over the art work.
Where is Chuot (Jerry Mouse, not Uncle Chili) to voice his opinion on this proposal?
February 27th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
A very nice but not a good idea Jack, tell you why.
You know why your first love s always the best in memory right?..It doesn t matter how nice or beatifull your current wife s treating you?..You as a man always remember your first high school love, ofcourse it applies to woman too, but nobody will admit it?.Human greed my friend. I used to be a member of this Motorcycle club, got an on-line riding buddy in Vegas, and for years we chat like share every topics and both thought we met our other half, untill i met his ass?..Holy cheap bastard, who the hell in the world would tip topless dancer 2 lousy dollars and ask for a lap dance?..I still regrete meeting that fool in person.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
That s no Iron Grip….it s just “her” way to steer the conversation away from the real issue.
And yeh, Chau s a guy, young guy too…fricking f.o.b kind.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Sonny, my long lost riding buddy! Is that really you? It’s me - the dude from Vegas. How can you blast me like that on this forum? Vegas women are cheap man; most are housewives making nickels and dimes to pay for their kids’ shool supplies. They don’t need much.
What about you asking me to slow down when we were riding? I saved you on numerous occasions. The love was definitely there then, and now you dog me. That’s cruel, bro. Hahaha.
If you can, please connect the get-together picnic with your long lost riding buddy experience. I am completely clueless.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Hahaha…Good one, slow me down heh?..Don t ride crotch rocket much anymore but still pull wheelie like crazy on my Duc ST4 with the old lady behind?..
And yes, this forum s so so lame, the Mod would let anybody pop in, saying stupid shit to discourage other posters then disappear?..
February 27th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I have heard ho chi minh had a young girl for love .I hope not the young girl would be your mother ,guys .Boys without a good decent mother end sh1t .
February 27th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Cheap cheap cheap cheap….
February 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
After reading almost 100 comments on this topic, I came to the conclusion that Chau/Chuot only supplied cheap shots.
Hey Sonny, don’t think that your good deeds have gone unoticed, you have many good points. I still remember a while back you spent a half a day, just kidding!, a half an hour to write a piece about communism for our amigo, even though he didn’t get it but I’m sure a lot of other people got it! Keep up the good work!
February 27th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Thanks for reading all my ramblings NV, and sorry for this cluttering stuff guys….Still don t know why this topic draw this many comments, mostly offtrack, either.
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
“If chau is that detail oriented, how come he misses the major point of the entire blog, Freedom of Expression? I think he may be an undercover agent trying to destroy any good dialogue between people defending B. Doan’s right to display his art and the protesters’ right to protest”
Hey, you’re not using that Little Saigon’s “commie here, commie there, commie everywhere” rhetoric, are you? Don’t you think it’s a little lame? Who else in Little Saigon hasn’t been called a commie at least once? And you’re wrong on the “major point” of this blog’s reporting on the whole fiasco because I believe you haven’t read the Bolsavik’s Vietnamese blog. If you have, you’d come to the conclusion that the Bolsavik is really mocking the protesters and their hypocracy because this whole thing is not about Brian’s right to display his art and the protesters’ rights to protest. It’s really about Brian Doan’s rights to display his art and the delusional and decrepit protesters’ perceived rights to CENSOR him. It’s all about CENSORSHIP.
Sonny, the mod is not gonna CENSOR any comment on this blog, so you might as well go beat up your wife or girlfriend and stop whining. You have got to be a descendant of the losers that ran in 75. It explains your mentality.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Chau, I did not call you a commie or pro-commie. That would be wrong. The major difference is my joking around, while people’s reputation are being destroyed by the few idiots accusing others falsely.
Bolsavik supports B. Doan’s right to display his work and mocks the protestors, but he also supports their right to protest as long as these indivduals do not break the law. If Mr. Bolsavik were to deprive these individuals the opportunity to express their view, then he would not be any better than the people he writes about, right? Go to all the Register articles and read his interview. You will see proof.
Good to hear from you, Chau.