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| S.F. supervisors in hot water over flag vote |
| 2003-07-22 |
| I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not that flag. San Francisco Supervisor Fiona Ma was trying to please local Vietnamese American activists when she got the city to honor a flag they said was a symbol of their community. What Ma and most of the other members of the Board of Supervisors did not realize, however, is that the yellow flag with three red stripes they unanimously voted to honor last Tuesday was that of the defeated government of South Vietnam. Snicker. "I did not know that this was the exact flag of South Vietnam," Ma said. "That was my bad." Ma’s resolution calls the old flag "the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag" and "the symbol of the Vietnamese American community." It urges the state Legislature to adopt a similar measure. Sounds good to me. Needless to say, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was not amused, and diplomatic representatives protested, sending letters and meeting with Mayor Willie Brown and some supervisors Monday. And lord knows, SF doesn’t want to upset their little red buddies. "Any resolution of displaying that flag does not help healing the war wounds," wrote acting Vietnam Consul General in San Francisco Dang The Hung to one supervisor. Dang The Hung? I’m not going to touch....sorry To appease the Vietnamese government, Ma was working with consular officials and the mayor’s office to formulate a second resolution that would state that San Francisco recognizes only one flag for the country of Vietnam: the red flag with the golden star. You’d think they’d remember what it looked like, they waved it enough in college. I guess drugs do affect your memory. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 No one has ever mistook the War in Viet Nam for any thing other than a tragedy. And part of healing the wounds of that war is recongnizig that there were people in the south who fought for another cause than the one of the North |
| Posted by: Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-7-22 11:19:28 PM |
| #8 The funny thing is that she did the right thing - I doubt local Vietnamese are interested in having the Communist flag represent their community. In fact, hanging up the commie flag would be an insult to that community. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-7-22 7:38:30 PM |
| #7 Dang The hung? Like a fieldmouse maybe.... |
| Posted by: wills 2003-7-22 6:18:19 PM |
| #6 So they want to put our Viets under the commie flag? That'll go over like a turd in the ol' punchbowl... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-7-22 4:16:23 PM |
| #5 Her web site says 36. Strange then, how she wouldn't know about the old South Vietnamese flag. Now if she was 20-something, then I'd understand. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-7-22 3:07:50 PM |
| #4 "Damn! They said you was hung!" "They was right..." -- Blazing Saddles |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-7-22 3:04:43 PM |
| #3 "That was my bad"? From a city supervisor? Obviously age and maturity do not mean the same thing. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-7-22 3:02:57 PM |
| #2 Her web site says 36. So she wouldn't have been involved in the VN protests. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-7-22 3:01:25 PM |
| #1 Question: How old is this Ma person? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-7-22 2:53:29 PM |