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There is no one to return them to, everyone from the past is dead.
by mensetmanusman 2y ago
There is no one to return them to, everyone from the past is dead.
- wigster 2y agomy first girl friend is still alive.
- aprilthird2021 2y agoI think since these are cultural artifacts, many times looted in war or conquest, there's an argument to be made they could be returned to the cultural institutions or museums of the place they were taken from.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoWhat if the culture requesting it has artifacts of their own that they can’t give back, because they themselves genocided those cultures. No one is innocent.
- aprilthird2021 2y agoIt's not about innocence or guilt. It's about, if you have a piece in your museum, and you know in its chain of ownership, it was looted from, say, France during, say, the German occupation in WWII. Even if all the parties involved are now dead, there's a case to be made to transfer the artifact from a German museum to a French museum. And this argument holds some weight and can be extrapolated to many other scenarios. In your case if items exist in the museum looted from a nation that no longer exists (and isn't like Czechoslovakia which was split up into currently existing nations) and the nations in that same land aren't culturally connected or caring to have the artifacts, fine. Nothing else can be done
- pests 2y agoWhat about everyone from the present? You don't think they care about their own heritage?
- jmprspret 2y agoQueen Lizzy is from the past. Stealing her crown jewels right after she died and putting it on display in my work office would be okay?
- KingMob 2y agoI think you need a better example :) It's not like her ancestors didn't steal the wealth of the populace to make their shiny hats.
- jmprspret 2y agoYou're correct! I do need a better example :D
- mensetmanusman 2y agoStealing is not okay.