Hoi Nghi Dien Hong: The Roles and Duties of ALL Vietnamese Intellectuals regarding the Situation in Vietnam

The Roles and Duties of ALL Vietnamese Intellectuals regarding the Situation in
Vietnam
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wissai on 11/07/2009 19:21:00
 
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The Roles and Duties of ALL Vietnamese Intellectuals regarding the Situation in
Vietnam
The title (and the way it is styled) of this mental excursion of mine sums up my
view of the situation in Vietnam. I am going to talk about the roles and duties
of all Vietnamese intellectuals, no matter where they are—inland or overseas,
in prison at the courtesy of Vietnamese Communist party (VCP ) or in the comfort
of their homes, regarding the existential crisis facing Vietnam.
I am an old-fashioned, conservative guy. I believe in old verities, such as the
Confucian roles and duties of intellectuals.. What I have is an understanding
that as a self-regarded intellectual, I have not only a role, but also a sacred
duty, to act in defense of my country of birth when it is in danger of being
swallowed up by its historical enemy. This understanding is shaped by my
upbringing steeped in Confucian values. I was taught and I agreed that a society
would be harmonious and prosperous if the members act in accordance with their
perceived and self-perceived roles. That is to say rulers must act like rulers
and that is to provide the security and to protect the welfare of the ruled; the
educated class must be the leaders and provide the leadership and examples for
the masses to follow.
Now let examine the crisis facing Vietnam. We have the rulers--- the VCP and all
of its manifestations and apparitions of apparatus of government---who have not
provided the security to the land. Instead, they have slavishly ceded to the
demands of their patrons, the Chinese who are our historical enemy, and given
AWAY our land and sea so that they can cling to power. They also failed to
provide protection to the fishermen and the citizens in the highlands when these
people were attacked by the Chinese. The current rulers of Vietnam have proven
that they have failed in their role as rulers. They have failed in their
expected role of providing the security of the land and the protection of the
citizens. They have proven that they don’t have any legitimacy to rule. And
for that reason, they must be thrown out. Some dissident intellectuals in
Vietnam have the courage to stand up and stick their necks out and demand of the
change of leadership. These intellectuals have fulfilled their roles and duties.
And I salute them. And I concurred with many others that they should be honored
and respected, not ridiculed or laughed at. There is nothing unfathomable about
their acts. Their acts are clear and transparent. The Viet Cong are not
invincible. It does not really matter these intellectuals are now imprisoned for
their political views. If more and more intellectuals rise up, without fear, and
answer to the call of their conscience and if the intellectuals overseas all
support their fellow compatriots at home, the current regime in Vietnam will
fall. The regime cannot imprison all of its concerned citizens. Only fear is
what holding the people back. The Vietnamese have proven that they could have no
fear. They did that in the past against numerous invasions of the Chinese. They
did that against the French. They can do that against the inept, money-hungry,
deceitful, unpatriotic Viet Cong.
Contrary to some individuals who contend that the Vietnamese don’t understand
Communism, I beg to differ. Precisely because the Vietnamese people understand
Communism too well, there exists a current public voicing of discontent and
protest and demand for regime change. They understand that communists are
nothing but a bunch of greedy liars who have thoroughly become dehumanized, who
don’t care for anybody else but themselves, and they must be resisted to the
end. The people in Eastern Europe have thrown out the communists. They also
understood Communism too well. I also understand Communism. After visiting
Vietnam four times, starting in 1994, I have seen the harmful effects of having
the dehumanized Viet Cong in power. They have destroyed the morals of the
people, and the educational system, the health care system, and the environment
of the land. The longer they are in power, the higher the risk that Vietnam will
be a province of China. It is far easier to throw out the Viet Cong than to
throw out the Chinese. The educated members of Vietnamese society, privileged
sons and daughters of Vietnam, look at Tibet and Xinjang and learn something
from history. Rise up and prevent Vietnam from the prospect of being ruled by
the Han Chinese. Find the inspiration from those Uighur women who shouted in the
face of the Chinese security men, demanding the release of their loved ones.
Those Uighur women have no fear and neither should we. The only fear we should
have is that one day, unless we act NOW, we will find ourselves the
minority---surrounded by a sea of the Han Chinese--- in the land that was used
to be ours, the land that was used to be called Vietnam.
Long live Vietnam!
Wissai
July 9, 2009