01-05-2002, 01:50 PM
I suspect that's reading too much of a conspiracy, but the papers here as everywhere like to get hte most sensational version of events they can, even hte braord sheets wiht htis sort of interest story. No doubt it was complete wiht a reconstruction of what a female gladiator looked like and plenty of heavy interpretation of the facts. No doubt the words 'could' and 'possible' were worked in where they weren't too noticable.<br>
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Museums are desperate for funding and any publicity is good publicity.Letting journalists write htis sort of nonsense can get htis sort of find half a page in the sunday times which is the biggest selling broadsheet at the weekend when people actually have the time, and reports of female gladiators are probably sensational enough to get coverage in the tabloids. Museums can't buy that, so providing no ones actually saying anything demonstrably wrong I suspect htey're quite happy <p><i>Unless the Persians fly away like birds, hide in the earth like mice, or leap into a lake like frogs, they will never see their homes again, but will die under our arrows</i></p><i></i>
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Museums are desperate for funding and any publicity is good publicity.Letting journalists write htis sort of nonsense can get htis sort of find half a page in the sunday times which is the biggest selling broadsheet at the weekend when people actually have the time, and reports of female gladiators are probably sensational enough to get coverage in the tabloids. Museums can't buy that, so providing no ones actually saying anything demonstrably wrong I suspect htey're quite happy <p><i>Unless the Persians fly away like birds, hide in the earth like mice, or leap into a lake like frogs, they will never see their homes again, but will die under our arrows</i></p><i></i>
In the name of heaven Catiline, how long do you propose to exploit our patience..
