'Bring love to places of hatred'

(Baonghean.vn) - The extremely humane tradition of our nation is "hit the one who runs away, no one hits the one who runs back". Vietnamese people, whether Catholic or non-Catholic, are all born from the same mother, and all carry the heavy burden of the two words "compatriot".

After so many times of inciting people to protest, blocking vehicles, causing trouble to show off power, then slandering the government, distorting the truth... people have gradually recognized the true faces of those who, in the name of "environmental protection", specialize in doing wrong things, disturbing the peaceful life of everyone.

As a citizen of a country, regardless of who or what class they belong to, they must live and work according to the Constitution and the law. Citizens have the right to do what is not prohibited by law, while civil servants and representatives of public agencies can only do what is prescribed by law. That is to say, in the series of recent incidents of crowds gathering to "file complaints" and "demand people", regardless of whose name they are speaking in, regardless of the disguised motive or purpose, the way they cause disturbances, block vehicles and cause traffic jams on National Highway 1A, invade and occupy administrative agency headquarters, and throw rocks and soil to injure people on duty are also acts that violate the law.

Priest Nguyen Dinh Thuc incited parishioners to file a complaint on February 14, 2017.

Except for the majority of participants who were gullible and incited by some bad elements to "pity and cry for hire", the people behind it, those who took advantage of trust and obedience to incite harassment; those who were greedy for fame and had illusions about some political force outside to fight against the regime, have gradually revealed themselves.

Therefore, the police agency's prosecution and arrest of those who violate the law in these cases means representing the State to ensure that the law is enforced.

It is worth mentioning that while the two arrested subjects, Nguyen Van Hoa (Ha Tinh) and Hoang Duc Binh (Nghe An), bowed their heads and admitted their crimes to the investigation agency, Nguyen Dinh Thuc still frantically used sophistry, slandering the government for oppressing parishioners, and taking advantage of the mass to incite.

Some people were incited by Nguyen Dinh Thuc to use trees to block Highway 1A to demand "release of people", May 15, 2017. Photo cut from clip

Looking at the image of Nguyen Dinh Thuc holding a loudspeaker and shouting at the crowd, listening to the inciting words in the clips posted on social media by his own henchmen, we can see that these are organized protests with clear motives. Why is Nguyen Dinh Thuc so frantically demanding that the police release the criminal Hoang Duc Binh? He is afraid that his true identity will be revealed when Hoang Duc Binh realizes that he has broken his promise by not being able to mobilize opposing forces abroad to intervene! Or is he afraid that Hoang Duc Binh will reveal his dark deeds?!

Caring for people's lives is the responsibility of the Government, Party committees and local authorities. The fight to protect justice for people in areas affected by the marine environmental incident is the work of the Government and specialized agencies that has been, is and will continue to be done thoroughly, in accordance with legal procedures, with legal basis and scientific basis. It is not enough to hang banners on the street to block traffic to call it "caring for the people". It is even more impossible to demand rights for the people by cursing, insulting and throwing bricks and stones, causing injuries to others.

The joy of fishermen in Quynh Nghia commune (Quynh Luu) when they caught a big catch of stork fish and many other types of fish on May 30, 2017.

Therefore, when realizing that their pastor in front of the altar of God had incited hatred, distorted information, clearly showed a spiteful and anti-government attitude, and destroyed the peace of life, the people of Son Hai commune, Quynh Luu district rang the alarm bell, gathered to surround Van Thai church, and protested Nguyen Dinh Thuc's actions.

“The rope will break when the old man is old”, unable to endure the acts of selling conscience and disregarding the law of those who bear the name of God, Thuc's alarm bells have become out of place and irrelevant to those who have a conscience and love a peaceful life!

Speaking ill of the government, always claiming that the government is useless, but when he was in a bind, Nguyen Dinh Thuc had to rely on the government’s help to save his life. Then, just after being rescued, a few minutes later he went online to shout that the government was oppressing and arresting him! Such actions were seen by the world as “Nguyen Dinh Thuc slapping himself in the face!”

The Provincial Military Command coordinated with the Department of Transport, Nghe An Provincial Youth Union and localities to build new rural roads in An Hoa commune, Quynh Luu district.

From the status of a slave nation, under the flag of Viet Minh, the Vietnamese people, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or religion, unanimously rose up to listen to the sacred call of the Fatherland, overthrowing the domination of feudal colonialism and building a revolutionary state.

Ignoring the mistakes of betrayal and selling out the nation by some individuals, Viet Minh made every effort to protect the lives and property of Catholic people in Catholic regions and the safety of Catholic dignitaries. During the two resistance wars against French colonialism and American imperialism, many young people and Catholics were ready to join the Viet Minh, becoming soldiers to participate in the resistance with the spirit of "God and Fatherland". Their sacrifices contributed to making the flag of independence more beautiful, recognized by the country and people.

In peacetime, there are more and more examples of parishioners, priests, and parish priests who promote the spirit of living the gospel in the hearts of the people, encourage parishioners to live a good life and practice their religion, enthusiastically participate in socio-economic development movements, build new rural areas, and bring a peaceful life to everyone.

Mr. Le Duc Thinh - the first Vietnamese Catholic and also the first Asian Catholic to receive the title of Knight Grand Cross from Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.

Therefore, the reckless and personally motivated actions of Nguyen Dinh Thuc and people like him are only fertile ground for bad guys to exploit to divide the solidarity between Catholics and non-Catholics in the community, especially to sabotage the religious freedom policy of the Party and State.

Live the gospel as the Lord commanded. “Where there is hatred, sow love; where there is injury, sow pardon; where there is doubt, sow peace; where there is error, sow truth” as St. Francis taught in the Prayer for Peace. Because every dispute can be resolved; every wrong can be forgiven.

The extremely humane tradition of our nation is “hit the one who runs away, no one hits the one who runs back”. Vietnamese people, whether Catholic or non-Catholic, are all born from the same mother, and all carry the heavy burden of the two words “compatriot”. Conflicts and questions can be resolved if everyone has goodwill for a friendly and harmonious life./.