Tom, Ron,
That WSJ story raises more questions than it answers. It is mildly bizarre as reproduced in your post, which is, I presume, taken from the Journal. Why exactly did it take 27 years to clear up this great "mystery"? Especially if the stamps were so rare, as it is alleged? There are missing details here. We don't know if, for example, the second collector bought the stamps from Armstrong.
And in any case, even if the innuendos that Journal tries to express are true, Armstrong's age at the time must be taken into account. What people do in their 20s should not necessarily be held against them 30 years later--even if the people are, e.g., Martin Armstrong or George W. Bush (which is another reason for opposing the law Bush through and believing him to be an ass for not answer the coke question, but nevermind, that is another tale which I won't comment further on).
This is not to defend the man, he may be guilty as charged for all I know. And he may not be. We'll see if there is any convincing evidence presented.
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EDIT:
Just read Ron's post previous to this one. Agreed. Add his questions to the ones asked above. |
