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WTF? Seriously? This kind of thinking doesn't help anybody. A more reasonable solution: agree to the return in 50 years time. That provides sufficient time for
by kobeya 9y ago
WTF? Seriously? This kind of thinking doesn't help anybody.
A more reasonable solution: agree to the return in 50 years time. That provides sufficient time for even a reasonably funded small team to study the problem, design solutions and create the necessary technology (e.g. a macro-scale container with MEMS-rebalancing to smooth out even the smallest vibrations), while still providing a hard date with no back-outs. In the mean time, entrance to the museum or collection containing it is free or discounted to anyone carrying a Mexican passport.
That took me all of 3 seconds of serious thought to come up. We solve problems by working them, not acting on emotional responses.
- oh_sigh 9y agoSure it does - as I said, I bet the artifacts would be returned very quickly, and then we would find out that vibrations were not actually as big of an issue as claimed it would be. But hey, at least Austria is trying to think of a valid excuse for keeping the artifact. Unlike, say, the Elgin marbles and the UK.