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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 699803, member: 3011&quot;]It&#039;s really a matter of how you view things and how you choose to use the word &quot;plunder&quot; vs recover.&nbsp; Much of archeology is technically grave-robbing.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet many of the surviving World War II vets [there are so few left] would flock to an exhibit of artifacts recovered from ships lost at Guadalcanal and wouldn&#039;t really care who recovered them.&nbsp; On the other hand, there were people who wanted to burn the US flag recovered from the World Trade Center because it was damaged, and damaged flags are to be burned.&nbsp; I suppose some folks would have preferred to burn the Star Spangled Banner on display in Washington too.&nbsp; A lot of what we know about history is based on treasure hunting and breaking the &quot;rules.&quot;&nbsp; Very few expeditions would be funded if there was no prospect of a financial return.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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