The Strange Case of Nguyễn Thái Bình

Nguyễn Thái Bình was a South Vietnamese student activist who posthumously had the canalside district of downtown HCMC named after him.

Here is the story of his strange life:

https://saigoneer.com/saigon-heritage/18331-street-cred-dauntless-antiwar-icon-nguyen-thai-binh-and-his-tragic-death

A very strange life. How naïve.

I guess one can take my last sentence any way he wants to.

Tom

Yes, hijacking a plane to Hanoi does not seem to be the idea of someone in touch with reality.

Well, they were advocating an end to a war in order for there to be freedom while seeming to not take into account that a cessation of the war would only mean a Communist take over, and thus no freedom...

Well put, Darby.

Tom