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 Dr. Ha Thuc Nhon [1], Hero or criminal ?  "Bác Sĩ ̣(BS) Hà Thúc Nhơn" in Vietnamese, with "Bác Sĩ = BS" meaning "Medical Doctor / Physician" Updated:. First version: 2019.08.29

“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” Franklin D. Roosevelt “Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies.” Arab proverb “You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies.” Oscar Wilde “A man with no enemies is a man with no character.” Paul Newman

Do you call Robin Hood, who robbed the rich to give to the poor, a hero or a criminal ?

Do you call the "108 anh hùng Lương Sơn Bạc" (108 Stars of Destiny), in the classic novel "Thủy Hử"

(Water Margin), who “chống triều đình mà trở thành giặc cướp” (who rebelled against the imperial court), heroes or criminals ?

Do you call

Nguyển Thái Học, who unsuccessfully led the Yên Bái mutiny and was decapitated by the French colonialists, a hero or a criminal ?

Do you call George Washington, who led The American Revolution against the British King George III, a hero or an outlaw and a traitor ?

Your answer depends on which side you are.

I recently received a forwarded email with the subject header “Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 1:16:47 PM CDT Subject: Fwd: HỒI KÝ CỦA BÁC SĨ B : CUỘC NỔI LOẠN CỦA BÁC SĨ Hà thúc Nhơn” (meaning “Memoir of Dr. B: The rebellion of Dr. Ha Thuc Nhon”). This forwarded email included another email with the same subject header that had been previously forwarded multiple times in some mailing lists: “Date: Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 4:20 AM Subject: Fwd: Fw: Fwd: HỒI KÝ CỦA BÁC SĨ B : CUỘC NỔI LOẠN CỦA BÁC SĨ Hà thúc Nhơn”.

This article provides supporting documents and analysis of what happened in defense of Dr. Ha Thuc Nhon, who died 50 years ago, and thus cannot defend himself.

Major American newspapers, such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, have high journalistic standards, and are thus more reliable. Let’s look at a few articles that I collected in 2016 about the uprising of Dr. Ha Thuc Nhon in 1970 in Nha Trang.

So was BS Luong, a friend of BS Nhon, a hero, or just dumb and stupid ?

And the “Ha Thuc Nhon group, a small nucleus of South Vietnamese determined to end the corruption they feel is poisoning their country and people”, were they dumb and stupid ? (More about this group in the future.)