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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (70263)	5/8/2003 4:42:59 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) of 70976

make permanent recordings and/or copies of the artifacts to be kept for posterity, sell the artifacts to the highest bidder, and use the money to improve the lot of the world and its people. (1) Not everything is money, you know. Some of us would say that enabling millions of visitors to see the cultural heritage of the world in museums has no price. (2) What does "Improve the world & its people" mean exactly? Sell archeological treasures, get money. And then, uh, build schools? factories? food aid? Is there no money available for such charitable work in the world? British Museum in London and Louvre in Paris are the literal centers of cultural life, not to mention the millions of tourists whose lives are richer after the two days or so it takes to visit these museums. In fact, these museums do the exact opposite of your proposition - they keep the originals and sell exact copies. Isn't that a better idea?

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