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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Foxy Brown on August 18, 2006, 08:51:43 AM

Title: Hermitage curator sold art works for medicine: husband
Post by: Foxy Brown on August 18, 2006, 08:51:43 AM

The late curator accused of stealing priceless objects from Russia's Hermitage Museum was a diabetic who used the money to buy insulin, her husband has told authorities. (http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/08/13/hermitage-curator.html)

Title: Hermitage curator sold art works for medicine: husband
Post by: Kulkulkan on August 19, 2006, 08:21:27 AM

Perhaps instead of spending on security, they should focus and actually providing a basic living for their people?  It's like getting mad at a starving man for stealing bread.