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[โ€“] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 32 minutes ago
[โ€“] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 4 hours ago

Remember, it's never theft If you steal from the British Museum.

What are they going to do, really? Demand you return their stolen shit?

[โ€“] hansolo@lemmy.today 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Would be a better story if they were Egyptian. The Greeks have more archaeological sites and museums than anyone can visit. The British, and even the Ancient Greeks and Romans, pillaged Egypt for everything they could carry away.

[โ€“] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The British Museum has the facade of the Parthenon and refuses to return it. Trust, the Greeks deserve to steal from there.

[โ€“] zikzak025@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

More information on that for those curious:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Marbles

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 5 hours ago
[โ€“] saltesc@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

tbf, there's still a whole lot of ancient artefacts just lying around in Greece. Almost as many cats. Ya kind of get used to walking to the store and passing ancient ruins between a couple apartment blocks.

[โ€“] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 39 minutes ago

That may be so, but if I came to your home and stole a bunch of your stuff on the basis that "it's fine, they still have loads left, so it's okay to steal this", that would be a dick move.