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Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.

Friday, September 20, 2002

For those who think Uncle Ho's Paradise is a model of a forward-thinking developing country: Vietnam May Punish Movie Actor

By DAVID THURBER, Associated Press Writer

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnamese officials debated Friday whether the Vietnamese actor who starred with Mel Gibson in "We Were Soldiers" is a national traitor and should be punished.

Don Duong is accused of distorting the history and image of Vietnamese soldiers. Authorities in his hometown of Ho Chi Minh City have recommended he be fined and barred from acting and from leaving the country for five years.

Officials from the Ministry of Culture and Information were meeting Friday to consider the proposal, and will submit a recommendation to the ministry for a final decision, ministry Cinematic Department Director Nguyen Phuc Thanh said.

Vietnam's communist government has led a strident campaign against "We Were Soldiers" in the country's state-controlled media. [...]

Hey, maybe Alec Baldwin can more there!

posted by Terry at 8:31:00 AM

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