Horrifying news

It seems that the acting director of the National Film Archives of India, based in Pune, has decided to sell off the old films belonging to the archives. Evidently, the smell was unpleasant, and bothered said acting director.

How terrible, to work around an unpleasant smell! Yes, it makes perfect sense for the acting director to throw away film history, our cinematic heritage, to clear the air. Oh, I can hear you saying, but what if the NFAI contains a film, or films, thought to have been lost? It's happened before, in archives worldwide. What if the eternally-wise acting director sells off, or throws away, an irreplaceable screen gem?

Too bad! The smell cannot, must not, be tolerated! Out with the old, and in with the pleasantly-scented! The acting director can't be expected to simply put up with it. Really, how can anyone expect it?

Sarcasm aside, I'd cheer myself hoarse if the acting director were unceremoniously booted from the NFAI, desk contents thrown at him one by one, and forced to take a full-time, minimum-wage job in one of these positions:

Sewer worker
Morgue attendant
Night janitor in the emergency room of an inner-city hospital
Fat renderer
Wastewater plant peon
Cleaning up crime scenes (particularly messy ones, at that)

Really, if the person in charge of a piece of cinematic heritage has such delicate nostrils, he should get a whiff of something really unpleasant.