Hawaii Artifact dispute question? NEW UPDATE Page 5 - General Tiki

C christiki295 Member LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3837	C christiki295 Posted posted on Wed, Dec 14, 2005 6:17 PM After reviewing the article, I agree with the Court, who seems to have taken a practical stance. Relics will never stay buried. It seems the Court was justifiably concerned about grave robbers taking the arifacts. Tomb/Cave raiding has been going on since ancient Egypt, continues today in Italy and other places and I doubt it would stop now. Also, the group does not have clean hands and is not a very sympathetic group. It seems their latest ploy is to threaten the tikis themselves, by boobytrapping the cave, so as to risk its collapse by opening it. However, the most important reason is that after seeing the Akua and other tikis at issue, I want to see them for myself! (I could care less about the public good - although I do think it would do the public good to see them).

After reviewing the article, I agree with the Court, who seems to have taken a practical stance.

Relics will never stay buried. It seems the Court was justifiably concerned about grave robbers taking the arifacts. Tomb/Cave raiding has been going on since ancient Egypt, continues today in Italy and other places and I doubt it would stop now.

Also, the group does not have clean hands and is not a very sympathetic group. It seems their latest ploy is to threaten the tikis themselves, by boobytrapping the cave, so as to risk its collapse by opening it.

However, the most important reason is that after seeing the Akua and other tikis at issue, I want to see them for myself!

(I could care less about the public good - although I do think it would do the public good to see them).

Post #203148 by christiki295 on Wed, Dec 14, 2005 6:17 PM