Originally posted by BrilloPad
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Originally posted by GlenW View PostIf we want them that much why don't we offer to buy them from the Greeks properly?
They are so skint they'd probably let us have them at a knock down price.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostNo.
If you read further than the headline, it's only one of the statues that has been loaned, so even if the loan is never returned, we still have the rest.
They are so skint they'd probably let us have them at a knock down price.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostFunny how it's always the same people who spout the politically correct party line. Not an original thought among them.
It's not original because it's an old story but artifacts were taken (or 'bought' by imperialists from people who didn't own them in the first place) from countries of origin. It's only right that they are returned.
I suppose artworks taken from the Jews during the war should be retained by the Nazis going by your reasoning? /Godwins
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Originally posted by Batcher View PostThey're not 'ours' anyway. Artifacts like this should be given back from where they were stolen from so they can be displayed in museums in the country of origin.
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Originally posted by Batcher View PostThey're not 'ours' anyway. Artifacts like this should be given back from where they were stolen from so they can be displayed in museums in the country of origin.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostThe Elgin Marbles leave Britain for first time - Telegraph
Of course Putin will give them back at the end of the loan....
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Elgin marbles gone for good?
The Elgin Marbles leave Britain for first time - Telegraph
Of course Putin will give them back at the end of the loan....Tags: None
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