Hanoi’s Hammurabi

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Nguyen Duc Chung, Chair of the Hanoi People’s Committee, former Chief of Police and all round legend.  Hanoi’s Hammurabi ?  The Moses of The Mekong ?  Super-Hero ?  Maybe.

Do you remember that scene in The Seven Samurai when Kanbê Shimada, (the leader of the Samurai), goes into a hostage situation and defuses it ?  That’s Nguyen Duc Chung, he did that too, but in real life.

Quite apart from feats of derring-do Nguyen Duc Chung also put together this code of conduct which we feel sure that both Hammurabi and Moses, (were they here), would nod approvingly at.

 

 

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Take note criminal elements and anti-social deviants (we think that covers most of you).

2 thoughts on “Hanoi’s Hammurabi”

  1. Hey Kristen and Billy
    Well I’m back to the top of your blog and won’t miss another post.
    Enjoyed every step of the way with you Babyboomer Travellers, you.
    Thank you for sharing the Nguyen Duc Chung Decision on Promulgating those Public Conduct Rules.
    Was entertaining myself wondering how I would translate some of that?
    Have to check in with Hammurabi and Moses?
    Love that you are on the Path
    Much love,
    Tailer Fish

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Kristen and Billy sprang from the loins of 4 heroic ancestors. They roamed the Earth separately for an Age, playing the zither, predicting earthquakes, calling bingo games, eating sponge cakes, and watching old movies on tv. They were schooled by the Dominicans and the Christian Bros, what taught them their letters and scribbling skills. So, rudely equipped, and with a missal full of hymns in their hearts they stepped forth into the world. Kristen and Billy tried to keep the hippy flame alive as they strove and stumbled through work, like Kane from Kung-Fu crossed with Pollyanna, finding both good and evil in the hearts of men, ( but mainly good). They filled out time sheets and instead of villains punched the clock over and over again. Finally, the dark clouds parted, the sun shone through, they met each other, stopped punching and started living. Now they are two wide eyed, clickety hipped, post career dislocated hippies looking to get lost in a big wide world.