Talk:Norman Morrison
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Should we change the external links? Even though the material on Norman Morrison is good, some of the other material on the same pages does not have a neutral POV.
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[edit] Stamp
Is there a reference for this statement: "a postage stamp, possession of which was prohibited in the US"? I googled around and couldn't find anything.
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- Norman was honoured all over the world for his sacrifice, but especially in North Vietnam where the government issued a postage stamp in his honour. This stamp was considered a danger to American citizens, especially children, so it was declared contraband. It was against the law to import or posses this postage stamp while on American soil. Upon the establishment of diplomatic relations wiith Vietnam this ban was removed - http://www.davidsettinoscott.com/walk-05.htm
- That's the only reference I can find, I agree it sounds odd, but don't fully support removing the line either since there is a reference to it, however debateable. I may eMail the webmaster of that site and ask if he has any references however. Sherurcij 19:54, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
- Interesting. It might be a good idea to add this to the Censorship_in_the_United_States article.--Timtak 23:53, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
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- I'm a librarian with access to a large set of expensive online databases including the full text of the New York Times going back to 1851. I couldn't find reference to the prohibition of the Vietnamese Norman Morrison stamp anywhere. I looked in several other databases and also did some Google searching. I also am hesitant to remove the line, since it may eventually lead to someone verifying this as absolutely false or absolutely true. I don't think its true but would love to know for sure.
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- As an amateur philatelist, I know that US citizens are not permitted to have stamps, no matter the subject, from certain countries that are under US embargo (Cuba and N. Korea come to mind, but N. Vietnam would not surprise me at all - I'm pretty sure that Soviet stamps are allowed). This is why US-based catalogues, such as the Scott catalogue don't have list prices, or lists of stamps for these countries. So, it isn't the subject matter that's verboten, it's the country of issue. (BTW, as a Canadian, I'm not subject to the same restraints, and I have a few N. Korean, Cuban (and possibly N. Vietnamese, I'd have to check) in my collection. Don't know what I'd do if I had to move down south ... ) --Canuckguy 02:57, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] External Link
The first external link [[1]] has a POV conclusion.
[edit] WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 02:09, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Normanmorrison.jpg
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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MorrisonTribute.jpg
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