RE: Hotmail -Reply

[Frank Nguyen <frank.nguyen@medtronic.com>]

Hello anh Tuan Pham and all,

In response to your question, I would like to narrow my answer to the topic
of name changing only.  The other issues like SCV, fake account (a worst
case of anonymity) I already replied in previous messages including an
agree with anh Huy Duong's message.

My attitude is Vietnamese, Viet-American and American.  

I was born and named by my parents.  This name was not my choice but I am
still proud of it.  Then I went to school where my friends call me by
nickname; I reluctantly accepted it and got used to it.  I also heard
people called themselves chi. Hai, anh Ba, chu' Tu+, ba'c Na(m, di` Sa'u,
o^ng Ba?y, ca^.u Ta'm, du+o+.ng Chi'n .... and I rarely knew their real
names.  I learned Vietnamese attitude from experience.  

I acquired Viet-American attitude by practicing and living  when I came to
the US and became US citizen.  This time I had a choice to change my name
to fit with the environment (as you said :-))  Why changing?  The reason of
name changing I think you understood.  My VNmese name was not bad in term
of meaning and pronunciation, but I still wanted to change my first name. 
At least , everyone still knows my root by the common VNmese last name.

By observation you could see American change their names too.  In the first
few years living in this country, I did not know Bill is in short for
William, Matt for Matthew, Jeff for Jefferson, Tom for Thomas...  A woman
changes her last name at her will after getting married.

It's nothing wrong with name change as long as you protect it, honor it and
live with it.

Regards,
Frank Nguyen

PS:  By the way, just in case you do not know, Mr. Tuan Pham.  You just
changed your name at your will.  Your new name is Dinosaur, or Mr. Di in
short :-)

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FNguyen:  It's nothing wrong if one selects for him/herself a different
name.  Does anybody know my name is a real or faked one?

Any opinion should be heard, even an anonymous,

TPham: When did the rot set in? Is the attitude above typically American or
only Viet-American?

I grew up in a world where sending anonymous messages and using faked names
is simply unacceptable. Except when there are threats to one's safety or
livelihood, which doesn't apply to the majority of SCV participants.

The reasoning behind this rule of ethics is that anonymity leads to
irresponsibility. Just look at the back of any public toilet door - or SCV
:)

>>> Tuan Pham <tuan.pham@unsw.edu.au> - 4/3/97 8:46 PM >>>

Frank Nguyen asked

>By the way, I really do not understand what you mean by saying this:
>
>"When did the rot set in? Is the attitude above typically 
>American or only Viet-American?"
>
>Could you please explain a little bit more?
>

Well, it is not a Vietnamese attitude, and not an Australian 
attitude, as far as I know!

Call me a dinosaur if you like -
I participate in cyberspace but see no reason to change
my code of behaviour or moral beliefs just because it's 
a different environment.


Cheers
Tuan Pham