Nazi help Brits find morality again?

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Pg 354, Vol 1a.

But that isn't as detailed as The New Cambridge Modern History.

MarkG is right.
it doesnt say anything of the sort... wow

http://print.google.com/print?id=e9_yuM3i2VUC&pg=354&lpg=354&prev=http://print.google.com/print%3Fq%3Dvenetians%26id%3De9_yuM3i2VUC%26ie%3DUTF-8%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN%26start%3D10&sig=niHKMwQkXDrLLkk3ybvYqiYff0s

[ahasverus]

Well its an interesting question: Should the Germans return the Nydam-boat they got after the 1864 war with Denmark: It was a part of the peacedeal, but Denmark was in no position to deny the Germans anything.

Also Denmark has an etruscian bronzechariot stolen from an Italian excavation in 1964. That should probably be returned.

But the problem is, besides the possible snowball-effect, that some countries that have had returned artifacts, have sold them to private collectors. I know this would'nt probably happen in Europe, but the possible snowball-effect could make more corrupt countries demand artifacts home, just to be sold afterwards, and then nobody would have joy of them.

And besides sometime the way the artifacts has got to their present home-country, tells about the history at that time. Wars, colonizations, etc.

[MarkG]

Pg 354, Vol 1a.

a link would help.

[Bereta_Eder]

i gave the link!

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by paiktis22


MarkG is right.
it doesnt say anything of the sort... wow

http://print.google.com/print?id=e9_...kk3ybvYqiYff0s

It hints at it.

[Bereta_Eder]

Yes it says Greeks in Morea suffered heavily under catholic rule.
BTW see how it is written from the "western"point of view. and has many ay8eresies (in english ??) in the way it describes things and persons. (xaraktirismous ktl)That's common to most such works. (brom both sides though)

[Drogue]

Originally posted by MarkG
yes, the british museum gets tons of cash every year due to their display

The British Museum is free.

Personally I favour returning them, though I believe they were offered before with conditions of them being on public show and in conditions that would preserve them, and it was rejected. I think them being preserved and on show is more important than the actual location, though I would favour them being in Greece.

[Bereta_Eder]

You don't pay a dime to visit the british museum are you sure?

BTW this

I believe they were offered before with conditions of them being on public show and in conditions that would preserve them

is a local myth i'm afraid. never heard of it. very difficult to imagine this happening.

[chequita guevara]

Frankly, if I were Greece, I'd turn down any conditions also. The Marbles are not Britains to give, with or without conditions. They belong to Greece, rightfully, and should be returned unconditionally, no matter how much fun it is to tease Greeks.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by paiktis22
You don't pay a dime to visit the british museum are you sure?

I didn't pay a dime to enter. I did pay for the audio tour, but most people don't do that.

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, you don't have to pay anything. There is a "suggested donation" of $10, but people can "pay whatever they can afford" to get in.

Regardless, neither the Met nor the BM nor any other public museum is for-profit, anway.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


I didn't pay a dime to enter.

Are you sure you didnt visit at a "Free day"?

[Imran Siddiqui]

The British Museum is free.

Yep, it was when I was there in the mid 90s. You could just walk in without paying a cent.

[chequita guevara]

You see, paiktiss, in civilized countries, museums are free. Maybe yours will be free also, one day.

[Bereta_Eder]

I retain my reservations about it being free untill I see some link!

that doesnt change much (gets its money from gov and selling souvenirs and can again institute a ticket in the future) but of course it is a great system. leads more people to museums. in greece museums are free on sundays IIRC. the louvre is not free last time i checked.

and civilized countries have their own artifacts to show che and they dont steal

[chequita guevara]

In Chicago, you have to pay to get in to the museums also, but they do have free days.