tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4015093004936131029..comments2024-03-29T07:29:53.513-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: When history becomes inconvenientPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70676935552311410872010-07-30T14:23:17.224-05:002010-07-30T14:23:17.224-05:00Having enthusiastically given up all vestiges of t...Having enthusiastically given up all vestiges of their own culture, the British Formerly Known As Great can scarcely afford to surrender that of a former outpost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91389003052921267712010-07-30T07:43:02.253-05:002010-07-30T07:43:02.253-05:00One mans looting is anothers spoils of war.
Let h...One mans looting is anothers spoils of war.<br /><br />Let he who is with out sin cast the first diamond.<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13517793906562165902010-07-30T07:30:01.672-05:002010-07-30T07:30:01.672-05:00One question I always have about returning "a...One question I always have about returning "aggressively collected" items is: how will they be protected/preserved/displayed/studied and curated? Given the political situations in some former colonized places, the precious items and artworks are a lot safer in the Louve, the British Museum, the Metropolitan and the Pergamon and the Hermitage than back "home." <br /><br />And as you point out, Peter - who claims them? The Turks ruled Greece when Elgin "borrowed the marbles for preservation and study" and when the Ishtar Gate et al were removed to Berlin. Do they go to Turkey, or Greece and Iraq? Should Iran get the Ishtar Gate because it was Persia once, even though they were built in the Time of Darkness before the coming of the Prophet?<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com