May 3 -- French Minister of Culture Philippe Douste-Blase, who is also
Mayor of Lourdes, was stabbed in the City of Miracles yesterday by some
twisted soul (or an armed editorialist who thinks the government spends
entirely too much on the Cannes Film Fest......), but will recover.
The Minister's assailant turned out to be an Albanian in his early thirties
who had already tried to stab Mr. Douste-Blazy in 1992, allegedly because
he had not been able to obtain seats to a show he wanted to attend.
Well, that explains right there why the United States doesn't have a Minister
of Culture. Can you imagine the on-going threat to his or her well-being
the intermittent scarcity of reasonably priced tickets to hit Broadway shows
would represent? Why, such a minister would have to be on guard constantly
for a low blow administered by a disgruntled tourist from Terre Haute.
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