Elgin Marbles

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  1. Marc

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    #61 Marc, Nov 28, 2023
    Okey doke. However the technical inaccuracy you pointed out, was challenging the notion that they were stolen. A cynical mind might suggest that's because you don't believe they were stolen. But if that's not what you're saying, and you actually do agree they were stolen, fair dos.
     
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    #62 Tarntyke, Nov 28, 2023
    Tories never miss an opportunity to try and Stoke up something to create Nationalist outrage especially if there’s an election on the horizon
     
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    #63 Watcher_Of_The_Skies, Nov 28, 2023
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    Edit: Beaten to it.
     
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    #64 Gimson&theBarnsleys, Nov 28, 2023
    Didn't bubonic plague come from Europe? Let's give them that back, that should show em. Johnny foreigner coming over here, demanding we give things back.
     
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    #65 Redblueunwhite, Nov 28, 2023
    I don't why we called em that wa only young ,probably cos they wa small.
     
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    #66 Durkar Red, Nov 28, 2023
    It’s all confusing Turkey was Greek then Greece was Turkish for 400yrs
     
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    #67 SuperTyke, Nov 28, 2023
    I don't get why we care.

    We all know that morally they should be in Greece even if legally we own them. So why not just give them anyway? Do people flock to the UK in their millions to see this one exhibit?
     
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    #68 arabian_ian, Nov 28, 2023
    I think we illegally own them.
     
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    #69 Marc, Nov 28, 2023
    The utter irony is that one of the biggest arguments has been that 'we can guarantee their safety', and there was concern that other countries weren't big enough or grown up enough to look after their own things. Until around August, when it actually turns out the inventory system is written in crayon, and literally thousands of artefacts have been pilfered by Museum staff.
     
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    #70 exiled, Nov 28, 2023
    I thought our government had decided that we did actually legally own them. Can't say fairer than that. Must be reight.
     
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    #71 Jay, Nov 28, 2023
    I've conducted an inquiry into the whole affair and it turns out I own them.
     
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    #72 Durkar Red, Nov 28, 2023
    To be fair it’s the British Museums biggest draw
     
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    #73 Abruzzo Red, Nov 28, 2023
    Surely that must be the pencil collection :D
     
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    #74 Marc, Nov 28, 2023
    What lead you to that conclusion?
     
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    #75 Abruzzo Red, Nov 28, 2023
    2B honest, I’m not sure
     
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    #76 Marc, Nov 28, 2023
    You win.
     
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    #77 Gordon Owen, Nov 28, 2023
    Including what they have nicked off the English. They won't let you in there though.. imagine the gossip of folk walking out after a visit "fuçk me, so there isn't a god then"
     
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    #78 Didcot Red, Nov 28, 2023
    why not have a game of chock nudge. Winner takes all.
     
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