Mouldy13
Ephemeral Spectre
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- Sep 26, 2006
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a) Because we acquired them legally, and have cherished and preserved them.
b) Because if we establish a precedent by returning them, what's next? Our museums would be virtually empty.
maximus otter
Elgin bought them off the Ottomans who were occupying Greece, the legality of this is dubious at best
So what?
Always the ambassador for foreign relations that he is, I think Max is suggesting that the Greek Government should take a note from the aforementioned case, viz;
our reply is as follows: fuck off.
Yeah i'm aware of that famous case. I suppose I believe there is a morality that transcends law. Trying very hard not to stray into politics here but nonsense like that makes it hard not to.