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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7990837, member: 110350&quot;]My point, of course, is that the Italians are hypocrites in claiming ownership of any object that ever spent time in their territory. I know perfectly well that they would fight tooth and nail to resist the same sort of claims that they usually make themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do, however now believe -- I have changed my mind about the issue -- that the UK should return the Elgin Marbles to Greece. They were ripped from the Parthenon, quite literally, and should be restored to the place they belong and reunited with the pieces that weren&#039;t taken. The argument that used to be made that the Greeks can&#039;t be trusted to take proper care of them is no longer valid in my opinion. The case of the Elgin Marbles is basically <i>sui generis</i>, and I don&#039;t ascribe to the fear that their return will inevitably lead down the slippery slope to the destruction of the British Museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you&#039;re an artifact, I don&#039;t think your family history is particularly relevant. In that regard, though, even though I was born in the USA, I was granted restored German citizenship four years ago (as was my son, in turn) in the interest of restitution and reparations, based on what the Nazis did to my mother and her family. As far as I&#039;m concerned, it&#039;s the least the present German state could do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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