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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 24546150, member: 91820&quot;]Stolen goods? Stolen from what? A modern government claiming ownership based on”cultural patrimony” or some such nonsense? Many of the places where these items are found suffer from grinding poverty and the government basically take these items from people who could use the sale to feed their families.&nbsp; What right does a modern government - Syria for example, assuming there is a government there - have to objects made thousands of years ago. Or Iran? None at all - it is a fabricated concept. And why should we support these laws which do nothing for us but waste resources.&nbsp; Stolen from people - that’s something. “Stolen” from a government that has no right other a nonsensical claim of cultural patrimony is something else. Did the Romans steal items from Greece two millennia ago that should be returned?&nbsp; Or is there a statute of limitations on these things?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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