From: nguyen@airmics.gatech.edu (Son Nguyen)
Subject: Re:  [EDUC] Private Lessons (for me:-((()
Originator: daemon@media.mit.edu
Reply-To: nguyen@airmics.gatech.edu
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 14:35:40 GMT


Dear Mr. Quang Le and other Folks,

 > I never think that writing comment to an article could cause such a problem.
 > Whom should netter send his comment to be censorred before posting? :-)
 > 

ME. :-)

 > 1. When comparing how a foreign magazine and US VN magazine/newspaper  write
 > their story I wrote:
 > 
 > >I strongly recommend netters to read "The Economist," a prestige magazine
 > >from  Great Britain. each issue of "The Economist" usually has one or two 
 > >articles about Vietnam and its people. Their correspondents come to Hanoi or
 > >Saigon to collect news and talk with people to compose the story, not sitting
 > >around Orange County, reading communist newspaper (Tuo^?i Tre?), then  making 
 > >a reciprocal story such as "Vietnamese miserable girls...
 > 

Your statement here really bothers me.  As the way I see it, what you
meant here is The Economist is reliable.  The Vietnamese (I assume)
magazines around Orange County are making up stories.  The key word I
understand here is "making up", i.e., not real, not true.  Did I
misunderstand you, Mr. Quang Le?  If so, please, explain the whole
sentence, not just the word "reciprocal", what you really mean.

I thank you.

So+n Nguye^~n

 > Anh Hoa`ng Nguye^~n and So*n Nguye^~n might misunderstand that "reciprocal story"
 > is a false story so that they are hurry to attack me either not symphasizing 
 > with those girls or etc... :-((
 > 
 > "Reciprocal" means "corresponding; matching; equivalent" ( Random House
 > Webster's College dictionary 1991). Because U.S. Vietnamese  newspapers 
 > and magazines have no correspondents in Vietnam they have to rely on foreign
 > press, communist Vietnamese newspapers, and story from people just leaving
 > VN for news sources. Many of US Vietnamese newspaper have one or many columns
 > to reprint articles from VN papers verbatim (For example, Va(n Nghe^. Tie^`n Phong,
 > Phu. Nu*~ Die^~n DDa`n, nga`y Nay-Houston, v.v...) in which "Tuo^?i Tre?"
 > is a popular source. Many others read news from VN newspaper, eliminate something
 > they think that is benefit for communist, add some spices for appetite of Vietnamese
 > here, and complete the story for their own paper. I called that a reciprocal story.
 > Is it right? 
 > 
 > 2. I don't know what mood anh Hoa`ng Nguye^~n is in  when he ascused that
 > I compliment VN communist government. Is it a war between 80486 (intel) and
 > 68040 (motorola) ? :-))) The following is what I wrote in the previous posting.
 > 
 > >A non-communist government, as in Thailand, never has the same mean with 
 > >democracy, development, and a literate population. Anyone can point out any
 > >nation in South East Asia have a real multiparty politics? The monopoly of
 > >power is a disease of any developing country. South-East Asia is no Eastern
 > >Europe. The communist government may be the worst choice, but it still lives
 >         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 > >comforable in a geopraphical area like that for a long time.
 > 
 > "The worst choice" is a compliment! Should I praise you by saying you
 > are the worst netter around? :-)) You got me! :-))
 > 
 > Chill out! Please.
 > 
 > Tha^n,
 > Quang Le
 > 
 > 
 > 


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