AlvinofDiaspar
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Just came back from the ROM with the kids.
I was struck by how much less run-down the ROM was compared to the OSC.
I'd love a non-cynical, non-bitter, non-conspiracy theory explanation of why the AGO, ROM, ZOO were kept in way better repair than the OSC.
Is it a private, public thing? Is it an adult, kid thing? Is it a location thing?
Why was the OSC left to rot while those other institutions were well maintained. Why were they given care over the decades and the OSC was not?
Did the OSC have a lazy/corrupt board of governors or something?
Constructive answers only. Not looking for "Ford sucks etc..." That's all true, but not helpful to the question. This was decades of neglect and I'm baffled why.
Part of it is also patronage - if you look at the board of ROM or AGO, it's a A-list of money/power; also the artifacts themselves are worth money - OSC doesn't have this kind of asset. Neither ROM nor AGO are purely provincial constructs either.
I do note with a rather cynical sense of irony that it is the PCs that delivered the coup d'grace to the ideals of their predecessors. You know, spa and beers over nature and science as priorities of investments - you get who you voted for.
AoD
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