> So its ok if local thieves and looters take the treasures with no thought of their preservation or provenance? No. But two wrongs don't make a right. > a me

> So its ok if local thieves and looters take the treasures with no thought of their preservation or provenance? No. But two wrongs don't make a right. > a methodical effort of record-keeping and analysis is wrong, simply because of the thieves nationality? When the thieves illegally steal a nation's artifacts and illegally sell them to a private buyer? Yes. > One is 'better' than the other, only from a comfortable armchair far from the turmoil. ... he said, from a comfortable armchair far from the turmoil.