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> The recipient and re-seller of the stolen books - Schulman - was not only a member of the Antique Books Assoc he had served on its ethics and standards committee.

Not really that shocking... really it's no different than people who regularly attend Church every Sunday yet lie and cheat the rest of the week without batting an eye!



I think people have this internal moral scale where they're okay to sin if they throw a few bucks into the collection plate. So serving on the ethics board might've made him feel okay to cheat.




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