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

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Wed, Jun 2, 2004 3:50 PM On 2004-06-02 15:17, christiki295 wrote:Characterizing the argument "We stole it fair and square" as just history, as your fine prime minsiter did, I think, is a bit too euphemistic. After all (as far as I known) it is not like the British Museum asked for permission or actually purchased the artifacts. Are you really saying that the British Museum went around the world stealing artifacts??? Dig a little deeper and you'll find that what it's gained over the years is above board and very well documented. Hey, as an example, a great many manuscripts from Chaucer, Shakespeare etc. etc. that are extraordinarily important to British history are now in American hands, bought fair and squre. No doubt in a hundred years time, these too will be seen as having been sold at a pittance. Our loss. The anger that those who value their own culture feel when it gets sold overseas should be directed at the people who sold it so readily. Not those who saw the true value of that culture and embraced it, and made it available to the rest of the world. Trader Woody

*On 2004-06-02 15:17, christiki295 wrote:*Characterizing the argument "We stole it fair and square" as just history, as your fine prime minsiter did, I think, is a bit too euphemistic.

After all (as far as I known) it is not like the British Museum asked for permission or actually purchased the artifacts.

Are you really saying that the British Museum went around the world stealing artifacts???

Dig a little deeper and you'll find that what it's gained over the years is above board and very well documented.

Hey, as an example, a great many manuscripts from Chaucer, Shakespeare etc. etc. that are extraordinarily important to British history are now in American hands, bought fair and squre. No doubt in a hundred years time, these too will be seen as having been sold at a pittance. Our loss.

The anger that those who value their own culture feel when it gets sold overseas should be directed at the people who sold it so readily. Not those who saw the true value of that culture and embraced it, and made it available to the rest of the world.

Trader Woody

Post #94209 by Trader Woody on Wed, Jun 2, 2004 3:50 PM