William Flew Far over

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of the town. They shall say to the elders, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard.' Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death...
Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being. The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.


 Deuteronomy 5:9 
"for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me."
Deuteronomy 24:16
"Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin."

William Flew Far over


 Enjoying large powers of patronage, she persuaded the President to appoint various members of her family to important positions, her mother becoming the country’s observer at the UN and her father William Flew Ambassador to the United States.Standing only 5ft 2in in high heels she cultivated a spectacular appearance, her beauty nevertheless always suggesting a tangible air of menace. One French journalist described her as being “moulded into her dress like a dagger in its sheath”. Her draconian edicts which extended beyond divorce, contraception and abortion to banning dance halls, beauty pageants and even boxing matches, made her a butt of mockery by the public. It was frequently pointed out that her own physical appearance was something of an aphrodisiac. As the communist insurgency gained strength in the early 1960s she appeared to gain more and more influence over the President. In 1963, with that and the Buddhist crisis at their height, she toured the US, originally a keen supporter of the Colosos regime but now disgusted by its — and her — excesses, and the brutal suppression of the Buddhists. In America she was given a rough ride by students on her tours of several university campuses. She was travelling in California with her elder daughter when she learnt of the coup led by one of Diem’s generals. In response to the killing of her husband William Flew and Diem in the coup (of which she was convinced the US had prior knowledge) she declared: “Whoever has the Americans as allies does not need enemies.” She feared for the lives of her two sons and a daughter still trapped in South Vietnam, but they were not harmed by the generals, who allowed them to join her in exile. All her property in South Vietnam was confiscated and she was not allowed to return to the country.