caress

Yes, the word “nụng” was quietly born until one day it was heated up when it slipped out of the mouth of a former official in the judicial sector who had just left the seat of power to become a “good person” for a few months. The incident was recorded in a situation where the word “nụng” could not be more spectacular. People were as disgusted by the behavior as they were by the deception. A public servant of the upper class, who used to work in the judicial sector, used the knowledge he was trained in from the budget to turn around and make things difficult for the public authority, putting those who were trying to protect the law in an offside position. Talented, it was so difficult that he could think of “nụng” - a verb of only 4 letters that turned the situation so miraculously, so quickly, so dangerously. Turning the tables in broad daylight in the blink of an eye. From an act that seemed clearly illegal, it could magically transform into an act… beautiful and surprisingly noble! Nụng! Good, I must say our cadres are incredibly good, maybe even world champions. No need to ask, no need to argue, just need… vocabulary. Dirty becomes clean, turbid becomes clear, evil becomes kind, vulgar becomes elegant. People admire him for his resourcefulness as much as they shudder at his hypocrisy. If they are angry about his despicable behavior, they are ten times more angry about how he escaped punishment.

Those who accidentally saw the clip of a little girl being molested in an elevator in District 4, Ho Chi Minh City, probably couldn’t help but be haunted. The tiny, innocent and naive little girl was forcefully pulled in by a strong old man, who held her neck and kissed her passionately. Pity her innocent and pretty mouth, she must have just sung something like“Don't cry so mom can plant fruit trees/ Dad can go to the factory so grandparents can happily plant and plow”He had to endure such a forced sniffing of a fragrant thing. But to say it was “pampering” was so clever, was it really a pampering? Oh, anyone would believe it, except for skeptical people like us. Oh, I forgot, the Ho Chi Minh City Association for the Protection of Children’s Rights didn’t believe it either, nor did the Deputy Delegation of the National Assembly of Ho Chi Minh City.

The world is cursing and seems to be in a frenzy just because people imagine a scenario similar to the case of forced kissing of a female student in Hanoi a few weeks ago, and this case is expected to be even worse. If compared, the case in Hanoi was at least convicted of the act, and the punishment, though light, was still 200,000 VND as proof of admission. But this man, who used to be the deputy director of the institute, did not force a kiss, never molested, only caressed, and caressing was "not on the table"! He was both pampered to satisfy his thirst for caressing and did not have to pay a penny. Some people who were far-sighted were even afraid that this man would denounce those who had "falsely accused" him. How bitter!

Equality is a legitimate aspiration of all ages. It seems that in this case, justice is stuck between concepts that are not clear enough and legal terms that have more than one interpretation. Fondling is an act of “affection for a child through words and gestures”. So is there an element of fondling here? It’s a dead end! There is not even a thousandth of a gesture to show affection. No questions, no tact, one hand holding the phone to say hello, the other hand using a professional move like a martial arts move to lock the child into an irresistible situation, then… kissing and waving. But to call it fondling, he is truly a genius wordsmith.

People threw dirt and sprayed letters on his gate. Those extreme reactions are certainly condemnable, but I hope he can sympathize with them. They cannot control their emotions, just like sometimes you cannot control your emotions.“A hundred years of stone stele will wear away/A thousand years of oral stele will still stand.”There are rumors on the internet like “Nung has been prosecuted”, “Nung’s family was pelted with dirt”, oh, a verb has become a proper noun to refer to a specific person. Yes, just calling him “Mr. Nung” will probably make millions of people recognize who he is. If this nickname stays with him for the rest of his life, it will be much more painful than a temporary handcuff. He is talented, he is also “originally” virtuous, he is just unlucky. Hopefully so.

Talking about the word "nụng" suddenly reminds me of a phenomenon that many people are trying to explain, that is, a group of people suddenly went crazy because of gangsters. They praised the tattooed tigers who burned cars for advertising as a hero on earth. They hunted them down, they asked for their autographs, they looked for similar costumes, and strangely enough, the word "Bánh" even entered the Literature exam. Scared the hell out of me. A kind of unpaid promotion for potential gangsters. What is happening, a crisis of idols or simply a complication of the word "nụng"?

There is another story that is not nonsense, the press is carrying many articles about a former provincial standing member who "occupied more than 40 hectares of forest land, was disciplined with a warning but was still "quietly" awarded the Second Class Labor Medal". See, virtual living is not only for the young and the only way is not through social networks. During the time of being disciplined with a warning but still "pleasantly" with a labor medal, it's too virtual. He is virtual, but the people who "made" the medal dossier for him were also very diligent in preserving and developing the word "nụng" in an unusual new meaning.

There was also the uproar over the announcement of the list of cheaters in the exam scores. Netizens were wondering what is humane? Humane with dozens of perpetrators or humane with millions of victims. Yes, if this was a scam, the whole country would be victims, right? Netizens were not malicious when they raised the question: It is possible not to announce the candidates, but why not announce the parents' identities? Those who have had influence through power or material influence to cheat, blatantly robbing the opportunities of so many others. Disregarding the law, trampling on the most elementary principles of fairness. Saying that announcing the parents will affect the children's psychology, so why not apply this "humane" principle in other cases? Duong Chi D., Trinh Xuan T., even former Politburo member Dinh La T., they also have children and families. Their children also suffer, also suffer terrible injuries. “Military law is impartial”, those who deliberately violate the law must be held responsible before the law and their families must of course accept that misfortune. It has been like this from ancient times to the present, from East to West. That is not to say that in this case, those half-baked students are not innocent. They know very well that they got into the school through deception, we teach them to resolutely fight against wrongdoing. In terms of moral principles, they should have protested, spoken up to deny what does not belong to them. “Modest, honest, brave”. But they remain silent, even smugly accepting the false title of valedictorian when their real scores are not even enough to round up to a point. Let me ask you, are they victims or accomplices?

Remember, a child over 14 years old has to face the penalties of the law if he commits a crime. In this case, you are all almost finished your first year of university. You are citizens with the right to hold a ballot, so of course you are old enough to be responsible for everything you have colluded in. Vietnamese law stipulates that children are those under 16 years old. Obviously, none of the dozens of candidates involved in the exam cheating case are children anymore, and if they are not children, there is no need to… pamper them.