'Parodying the poem Nam Quoc Son Ha is an act of defamation'

The song "Nam quoc son ha" (Rivers and mountains of the South) was remixed with offensive lyrics and used by a group of young people to shout at drinking parties, causing outrage on social networks.

Insulting national history

Recently, a clip has been circulating on social media, recording a group of young people shouting slogans at a drinking table. It would not be worth mentioning if the powerful poems in the song "Nam quoc son ha" were suddenly parodied. Specifically, in the clip, this group of people added and changed some sentences, turning "Nam quoc son ha" into a parody poem used when drinking.

The poem "Nam Quoc Son Ha" was rewritten with offensive lyrics, causing outrage.

According to some historians, the poem "Nam Quoc Son Ha" had the effect of encouraging the soldiers' morale, helping Le Hoan fight the Song army in 981 and Ly Thuong Kiet fight the Song army in 1077. This is also considered the first declaration of independence of Vietnam, affirming the sovereignty of the Dai Viet state over its lands.

Therefore, the act of using the poem as a slogan to shout loudly at parties, drinking parties, and even pushing it onto social networks as a new trend has made many people angry and even strongly condemn it.

Most netizens believe that distorting and parodying literary poems is disrespectful and even violates history.

“Browsing TikTok, I see many young people using the words of this declaration of independence to stir up the atmosphere. It feels really uncomfortable. It seems that in this modern society, for a little joy, people accidentally forget the good values ​​of the nation…” - Facebook account Vi Anh commented.

Most netizens believe that parodying literary poems and distorting history is an insult: “There is no shortage of rhymes to make fun of. But poems and proclamations are national heritages, their immortal lyrics should not be parodied!”; “How many things are parodied, why do we have to parody sacred things? We know that parodying music is popular now, we know that parodying is mainly for fun, but really, things related to national culture and spirit should at least be respected!”…

Wrong on purpose

Commenting on this issue, social media expert Nguyen Ngoc Long said that it is not appropriate for young people to parody national poetry. Because this is like a "blasphemy" to the nation's history: "Previously, the music parody of the poem Luom was strongly condemned. I think this story is similar to the previous Luom story, but more unstable, the details are more serious, when touching on things that belong to the national spirit and essence of the nation.

If Luom's story can be considered an unintentional mistake, then this story is a deliberate one. Many people are turning abnormal things into normal ones. This is extremely dangerous, even morally and culturally corrupt" - The media expert emphasized.

Social media expert Nguyen Ngoc Long said that it is not advisable for young people to parody folk poetry.

In the face of the wave of outrage over Vietnam’s first declaration of independence being turned into a drinking song, there are still opinions defending that this poem was made a long time ago and is only being dug up now. And the parody is just a release, bringing joy to the drinking table, so there is no need to be too harsh.

However, according to expert Nguyen Ngoc Long, no matter what happens, there are positive and negative sides. Users cannot attribute the bad to the positive. The only positive thing in this story is the public's reaction to the wrong action: "It cannot be said that the parody of a poem considered the first declaration of independence of Vietnam is just for fun. That is a fallacy and I do not accept it."

According to social media expert Nguyen Ngoc Long, videos of parodying folk poetry when posted on social networks, then appearing on trends and being received by young people will be very harmful: “The current mechanism of social networks is in the form of post-control, which means we have to wait until there is a problem, then we go and check and remove it. However, the removal at that time is difficult to be effective when the toxic issues have spread. Therefore, there needs to be a close combination of pre-control and post-control. In terms of law, I think we need to be stronger to prevent videos with bad content from appearing on social networks.”

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