Government Shut Downs Blogs in Vietnam, That Talks Too Much (Politic)
The government of Vietnam targets political blogs (source: intellasia):
The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Culture and Information are to target bloggers and blog-hosting websites in the latest move by the government to restrict what Vietnamese write about and post on the internet.
The chief inspector of the Ministry of Culture and Information Vu Xuan Thanh said the two ministries would issue a joint circular to strictly control and monitor what is written in online blogs, especially views against the state.
My View
It is absolutely impossible, that internet can be ruled. Internet is free, freedom of speech of whatever we want to say, there is no “vietnam” internet, no “australian” internet, no “swedish” internet nor “brazilian” internet, there’s just Internet.
And when you think of all the possibilities to distribute informations on internet: the blogs, google, yahoo, msn, youtube, dailymotion, fickr, forums, IRC, ICQ, chats like yahoo messenger, MSN, AIM, all the talks in the RPG Games World when people feel like to chat, on internet debates, the all sorts of websites or pages that gives all kinds of messages, and those are just the public ones.
Now if you want to control what is going to happen on interweb about Vietnam or whatever, let me give you a piece of advice, try to own all those companies, softwares or search engines above and may be you’ll have a chance to fulfil that goal.
Or may be it is already done….
July 29th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
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August 1st, 2007 at 2:47 am
I really think these Vietnamese demonstrators are nothing, but a whole bunch of stupid hypocrites. Remember the man who put up a picture of Ho Chi Minh in his own shop and got yelled at, hit at and kicked at? He was exercising his rights this country provides him, but these clueless and hopeless leftover losers from the former South Vietnam army farts took it away from him. So what on their minds when they gather outside of the White House with their own mouths taped up, their arms and legs tied up, hoping to get freedom rights for the people of Vietnam? If they are trying to get their message acrossed, they should respect everyone for whatever they are doing regardless of their religious belief, political party and their origin. The United States of America has its own laws and policies of dealing with communist, so these old Vietnamese farts should just rest assure and again, focus on their own health and family. Well, apparently, they are just whole bunch stupid hypocrites. For those who oppose and demonstrate against Mr. Nguyen’s visit are ignorants; they do not have the education to further understand the politics nor they have the love for their country and the fellow Vietnamese; they selfishly seek for their own personal vengeance. Again, let’s tell them to focus on their own family and kids. Don’t desert your own kids to become gang bangers robbing and killing others in this wonderful country of the United States of America. Who are these Vietnamese Communists? Are they from a different country? They are also Vietnamese who had to choose side in order to unify their country. Unfortunately, the side they had chosen was not what the American would like them to. For all I know, the North Vietnamese could have chosen Liberal or Green Party instead of communist if there was a rich and strong ally to support their fight with the French and the American. China is the closest neighbor and was a good friend in supporting the fight. Soviet Union was another powerhouse in supporting the fight. So the North Vietnamese lead by uncle Ho had to take side with the communist in order to accomplish his goal unifying the country. We got to give credit to these fighters who sacrificed to give us the country unification today.
Few good women (like me) and brave men to form an organization to get my message to the old former South Army to give up their bullshit agenda! Ladies and gentlemen: i hear what you are saying… some of you are angry at what i say while majority of you agree. it’s all good for me… that proves we are all human. BUT let’s put all the past behind and move on for all of us. NO more fighting! one said if it wasn’t for these LOST South Viet Army people, i wouldn’t be here in the USA today. what if i said if it wasn’t for the VC, you wouldn’t have a united VN and you would not have a reason to be here in the USA, would you? we all have to look at both sides of the token to make good judgement for anything. at this point, we all should be glad that VN now is not like Korea; the people are all united and working hard for prosperity. don’t you want to see your friends and relatives live better? eventually, democracy will take place soon. here’s the reason why: Before 1975, my father’s family was torn apart; my father’s mother and brothers were fighting along side with the north to re-unite the country while my father was a soldier in the south. the pain and anger for those who lost their love ones in the battle will always linger in their mind for many years to come. these pain and anger are inevitable in any battle for anyone. my grand mother lost her son. my father lost his brother. who are we going to blame to, the north vietnamese or the south vietnamese or the intruders, the Chinese, the French and the American. it is clear for all of us to make up for the answer to forget the past, but improve the present. i’ve been receiving lots of responses from men from all walks of life. mostly viet men. i’d love to hear an opinion from a viet woman. but here’s a reply from a non viet man’s point of view: “I never respond to ads here but… Yours is the most brilliant analysis of this situation (Republic of Viet Nam die-hards) I’ve ever read virtually anywhere - among so-called Viet Kieu. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it expressed anywhere on VietFun or at least with such passion. I am of the same opinion concerning the old battle-ax guard parading around with the three red stripe yellow flags with such useless and pathetic fervor. I’m a journalist by training and editor of several books on Viet Nam and S.E. Asia. It would be nice to chat with you. Kind regards. Richard (aka: bao_ke)” ladies: i finally receive responses from you and thank you we have the same perspective and belief.
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