Easter Islanders want their moai returned - General Tiki

T tikitube Grand Member (1 year) Ozark Underwater Cliffs Joined: Apr 25, 2017 Posts: 279	T tikitube Posted posted on Mon, Nov 19, 2018 3:30 PM Seems to me like their offer to replace it with an exact replica makes this a no-brainer for the museum. Just because it was a common practice to steal cultural artifacts at one point in time doesn't make it right. I remember reading Aku Aku and thinking that Heyerdahl was a bit of an asshole when he kept bragging about tricking the natives into giving him their ancestral carvings, even though I thought Heyerdahl was a pretty cool guy. The real question is this...if the museum refuses and the Easter Islanders were to find a way to steal it back, would they be in the wrong? :wink: [ Edited by: tikitube 2018-11-19 15:30 ]

Seems to me like their offer to replace it with an exact replica makes this a no-brainer for the museum.

Just because it was a common practice to steal cultural artifacts at one point in time doesn't make it right.

I remember reading Aku Aku and thinking that Heyerdahl was a bit of an asshole when he kept bragging about tricking the natives into giving him their ancestral carvings, even though I thought Heyerdahl was a pretty cool guy.

The real question is this...if the museum refuses and the Easter Islanders were to find a way to steal it back, would they be in the wrong?
:wink:

[ Edited by: tikitube 2018-11-19 15:30 ]

Post #791277 by tikitube on Mon, Nov 19, 2018 3:30 PM