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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 22654255, member: 24754"]Well, there is definitely a line when it comes to these things, but these coins aren't anywhere near that line.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not something that I'm gonna go out of my way to protest, but I certainly empathize with Greeks and Egyptians wanting the Parthenon Marbles and Rosetta Stone back from British museums. Even if it's not a matter of cultural rights and so forth, there is the commercial value of these items that were essentially stolen from their countries of origin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If the British had managed to snatch the Declaration of Independence when they burned the capital in 1814, as an American, I'd probably detest having to cross an ocean to look at it!</p><p><br /></p><p>But ya, these coins..... not even in the same ballpark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 22654255, member: 24754"]Well, there is definitely a line when it comes to these things, but these coins aren't anywhere near that line. It's not something that I'm gonna go out of my way to protest, but I certainly empathize with Greeks and Egyptians wanting the Parthenon Marbles and Rosetta Stone back from British museums. Even if it's not a matter of cultural rights and so forth, there is the commercial value of these items that were essentially stolen from their countries of origin. :jimlad: If the British had managed to snatch the Declaration of Independence when they burned the capital in 1814, as an American, I'd probably detest having to cross an ocean to look at it! But ya, these coins..... not even in the same ballpark.[/QUOTE]
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