Fw from TVN Re: Co* hoi cua Chu'a

["Hoa Nguyen" <thanhhuy@email.msn.com>]

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From: Tuan V Nguyen <rknguyen@yahoo.com>
Cha`o ba'c Ho`a & ca'c ba'c,

 A big thankyou for ba'c dda~ to'm lu+o+.c ca^u chuye^.n CHCC.
Cu~ng kho^ng xa nhu+~ng gi` tui ddoa'n sau khi ddo.c ba`i cu?a TMH.  Tui
mong co' nga`y ddo.c he^'t cuo^'n na`y va` la.i ba`n loa.n cho ba` con
chu+?i bo+'i cho+i\. :-)  Trong ba`i cu?a TMH, cuo^'n sa'ch CHCC ddu+o+.c
coi la` loa.i "mi` a(n lie^`n".  Nhu+ng co' le~ ddo' la` lo+`i mi?a mai,
ha. be^. re? tie^`n, chu+' tui nghe no'i cuo^'n sa'ch na`y thuo^.c loa.i
best-seller o+? VN ma`.  Mi` kho' nuo^'t thi` co', chu+' mi` a(n lie^`n
thi` kho^ng. :-)

 Ca'i nha` o^ng TMH na`y luo^n co' gio.ng ddie^.u phe^ bi`nh ra^'t
u+ la` gia'o ddie^`u socialist va` commanding cu?a mo^.t quan va(n nghe^..
Cu~ng cha(?ng sao, vi` mi`nh bie^'t ddu+o+.c the^m mo^.t y' kie^'n tu+`
mo^.t go^'c ddo^. kha'c.  Dda^y kho^ng pha?i la` la^`n dda^`u tie^n TMH
co' y' kie^'n negative ve^` mo^.t cuo^'n sa'ch ba'n cha.y dda^u.  Ne^'u
tui nho+' kho^ng la^`m thi` la^`n tru+o+'c o^?ng cu~ng co' la^`n "ne^.n"
CDVDT cu?a Tra^`n Dda(ng Khoa mo^.t cu' ro^`i.

 Ddo.c ba`i cu?a TMH phe^ bi`nh NHV la`m tui nho+' to+'i vu.
Rushdie va`i na(m tru+o+'c dda^y.  Cha('c ba'c co`n nho+' o^ng Salman
Rushdie, mo^.t nha` va(n thuo^.c loa.i black sheep (ddo^'i vo+'i
nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i theo dda.o Ho^`i), nhu+ng la` my favourite writer.
O^ng na`y no^?i tie^'ng vo+'i cuo^'n "The Satanic Verses" ("Nhu+~ng
va^`n tho+ cu?a quy? Satan").  Trong cuo^'n na`y, co' nhie^`u nha^n
va^.t gio^ng gio^'ng nhu+ trong CHCC cu?a VNH: Saladin ma^'t nie^`m
tin va`o thu+o+.ng dde^', cha.y theo nhu+~ng gia' tri. mo+'i cu?a Ta^y
phu+o+ng, nhu+ng cuo^'i cu`ng cu~ng vo+~ mo^.ng luo^n vo+'i nhu+~ng
gia' tri. mo+'i na`y; ngu+o+.c la.i, Gibreel ma^'t nie^`m tin va`o
thu+o+.ng dde^', nhu+ng la.i ghe't nhu+~ng gia' tri. Ta^y phu+o+ng ...
Cuo^'n sa'ch co`n dda? ddo^.ng va` cha^'t va^'n nhu+~ng nie^`m tin,
lo+`i hua^'n da.y ddu+o+.c xem la` thie^ng lie^ng trong Ho^`i gia'o.
Cuo^'n sa'ch dda~ mo^.t tho+`i ga^y ra so'ng gio' trong va(n ho.c va`
cho chi'nh ba?n tha^n o^ng ta\.  Nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i theo dda.o Ho^`i cho
la` o^ng ta la` ke? pha?n bo^.i, quy? su+', ke^'t a'n tu+? hi`nh.
Nhu+ng ngu+o+.c la.i, nho'm ngu+o+`i liberal, pha^`n ddo^ng la` Ta^y
phu+o+ng, cho la` cuo^'n sa'ch ddu+o+.c ca ngo+.i la` mo^.t tie^'ng
no'i gia?i thoa't cho nhu+~ng ai co`n tin tu+o+?ng va`o to^n gia'o
mo^.t ca'ch mu` qua'ng.

 Thu+.c ra, tie^?u thuye^'t co' theme cho^'ng la.i nhu+~ng ca'i
dda.o ddu+'c gia? (hypocrisy), cha^'t va^'n nhu+~ng gia' tri. ddu+o+.c
xem la` "truye^`n tho^'ng", pho+i ba`y nhu+~ng ddie^`u ca^'m ky. cu?a
xa~ ho^.i ... cha(?ng co' gi` la` mo+'i.  Ho^`i the^' ky? 19, bo.n nha`
va(n Ta^y dda~ "ta^'n co^ng" dda.o Christian va` kho^ng co`n tin va`o
ca'ch gia?i thi'ch ca'c hie^.n tu+o+.ng ba(`ng gia'o ddie^`u cu?a dda.o
na`y nu+~a.  Nga`y nay, co' ngu+o+`i co`n quan nie^.m to^n gia'o, gia'o
ddie^`u la` ke? thu` cu?a khoa ho.c va` tri thu+'c.  Ti'nh ra thi` VN
mi`nh ddi sau Ta^y ca? tra(m na(m ve^` ca'i khoa?n na`y.

 Theo nhu+ tui hie^?u thi` NVH chu+a ddi xa nhu+ Rushdie, chu+a
tru+.c tie^'p question gi` dde^'n establishment cu?a VN, ma` chi? no'i
dde^'n su+. ma^'t nie^`m tin cu?a gio+'i tri' thu+'c tho+`i mo+? cu+?a
tho^i.  Ma` ne^'u ddu'ng nhu+ va^.y thi` cu~ng ddu'ng lu'c va` ca`ng hay.
Tuo^?i tre? thi` lu'c na`o ma` cha? co' ngu+o+`i ma^'t nie^`m tin.
La^'y kinh nghie^.m cu?a chi'nh tui ho^`i xu+a cu~ng va^.y tho^i.  Ba^y
gio+` ddo.c ba'o o+? Ta^y phu+o+ng cu~ng tha^'y ngu+o+`i ta no'i dde^'n
chuye^.n "lost generation" na`y no..  Nhu+ng co' ngu+o+`i nhu+ NVH da'm
no'i ra mo+'i la` dda'ng khen.  Ta.i sao va(n chu+o+ng la.i chi? no'i
to+'i nhu+~ng ca'i hoa my~ cu?a xa~ ho^.i, ma` kho^ng va.ch tra^`n ca'i
gia? do^'i, phi dda.o ddu+'c cu?a nhu+~ng con ngu+o+`i so^'ng trong xa~
ho^.i ddo'?  Co' le~ o^ng TMH kho^ng quen vo+'i nhu+~ng tie^?u thuye^'t co'
no^.i dung phe^ pha'n establishment, nhu+ng ne^'u va(n chu+o+ng chi?
ddo^.c mo^.t gio.ng ddie^.u ca ngo+.i dda?ng va` nha` nu+o+'c hay la~nh
tu. hoa`i thi` cha('c cu~ng cha? la` va(n chu+o+ng gi` hay ddi to+'i
dda^u.  No'i ve^` su+. lie^n quan giu+~a va(n chu+o+ng va` xa~ ho^.i, tui
thi'ch ca^u no'i cu?a o^ng Solzhenitsyn nhu+ va^`y: "Literature that is
not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains
and fears of that society, that does not warn in time against threatening
moral and social dangers - such literature does not deserve the name of
literature; it is only a façade. Such literature loses the confidence of
its own people, and its published works are used as wastepaper instead of
being read."  Ta.m di.ch "Va(n chu+o+ng ma` kho^ng co' ca'i ti'nh khoa'ng
dda.t cu?a mo^.t xa~ ho^.i qua' ddo^.; kho^ng da'm truye^`n ddi nhu+~ng
ddau kho^?, lo nga.i cu?a xa~ ho^.i ddo'; kho^ng da'm ca?nh ca'o ddu'ng
lu'c su+. dde do.a ve^` dda.o ly' va` nguy co+ xa~ ho^.i, la` kho^ng
xu+'ng dda'ng hai chu+~ "va(n chu+o+ng" ma` chi? la` ma(.t ngoa`i gia?
ta.o cu?a va(n chu+o+ng.  Va(n chu+o+ng loa.i ddo' ma^'t su+. tin ca^.y
cu?a chi'nh ngu+o+`i da^n, nhu+~ng ta'c pha^?m cu?a ne^`n va(n chu+o+ng
nhu+ the^' chi? ddu+o+.c du`ng nhu+ nhu+~ng to+` gia^'y ra'c ru+o+?i
thay vi` ddu+o+.c ddo.c."

 Co`n no'i ve^` ca'ch vie^'t, tui don't care la` NVH tri'ch tie^'ng
Ta^y tie^'ng U bao nhie^u, va^'n dde^` chi'nh la` anh ta dda~ ta?
ddu+o+.c ca'i ma` anh ta muo^'n no'i.  Ma` ddo.c mo^.t va`i cuo^'n cu?a
Rushdies tui tha^'y o^ng na`y du`ng lo^'i vie^'t ra^'t illusive, kho'
hie^?u, cu~ng tri'ch kinh tha'nh kha' nhie^`u.  Ngoa`i ra, y' tu+o+?ng
thi` lu'c la` thu+.c, lu'c fantansy.  Ca^u chuye^.n ke^? cu~ng mixed
giu+~a ke^.ch co+~m va` trie^'t ly', chi'nh tri. va` su+? ti'nh ...
Ta^'t nhie^n, o^?ng dda^u co' vie^'t cho tre? em, ne^n ma^'y o^ng khoa
ba?ng ra^'t thi'ch Rushdie.  Kho^ng bie^'t NVH co' vie^'t theo kie^?u
na`y hay kho^ng, nhu+ng theo ba`i cu?a TMH thi` gio.ng va(n cu?a NVH
cu~ng not to far from that of Rushdie's!

 No'i to'm la.i, tui quan nie^.m ra(`ng va(n chu+o+ng la` ddi.a
ha.t da`nh cho ca'c nha` va(n dde^? ho. ddi tim` nhu+~ng gia' tri. cao
hay tha^'p nha^'t cu?a xa~ ho^.i, ddi explore ta^m tu+ tha^`m ki'n cu?a
con ngu+o+`i.  Tui cha(?ng mong ho. ti`m ddu+o+.c cha^n ly' cao sie^u
hay tuye^.t ddo^'i gi` ca?, nhu+ng chi? mong ddu+o+.c ddo.c va`i su+.
tha^.t cu?a ca'c ca^u chuye^.n ha`ng nga`y tho^i.  Va^.y la` OK ro^`i.
Tha`nh ra, tui u?ng ho^. NVH hai tay hai cha^n, khi anh ta da'm dda~
ki'ch bo.n tri' thu+'c ro+?m, ca` cho+'n. :-))

Ps. Tui co' ddo.c y' kie^'n cu?a ba'c TP ve^` TMH ma` trong ddo' co'
ddoa.n "To^i co' ca?m tu+o+?ng nhu+ nghe ma^'y ba` gia` ra(ng dden ngo^`i
xo^?m nho'p nhe'p nhai tra^`u va` phe^ bi`nh nha.c jazz ..." Hahaha, ba'c
TP ddoa'n kha' ddu'ng.  Trong CDVDT, Tran Dda(ng Khoa ta? TMH nhu+ sau:
"Ba` nha` que^ vu+`a bi. ba('t tro^.m ga`."   :-))
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Tuan V Nguyen