Because the British Empire acquired it ultimately from the Empire that plundered the entire country of Greece, that makes the Greek claim invalid and the British acquisition morally justified.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Paul Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > Despite the fact that they were legally acquired from the then owners, the > Ottoman empire. That is quite a loose thread... > (Note that the biggest flaw in the moral argument for repatriation is that > they wouldn't be restored onto the Parthenon but would instead end up in a > Greek museum and would thus see fewer visitors than they would in the British > Museum). > > On 30 Apr 2014, at 3:20 am, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> In fact, the more "ethical museums" have been returning items for some >>>> time now. >>> >>> Were are the "Elgin Marbles"? >> >> They are considered in the Top 10 of plundered artifacts: >> http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1883142_1883129_1883001,00.html >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
