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>>The world's only known piece of kyawthuite is currently housed safely at the National History Museum of Los Angeles County.<< A shame that it’s not housed in
by ada1981 2y ago
>>The world's only known piece of kyawthuite is currently housed safely at the National History Museum of Los Angeles County.<<
A shame that it’s not housed in a museum of its native origin.
- throwaway2562 2y agoWhy is it a shame exactly?
- ada1981 2y agoHave you been to LA?
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoDo you know any good museums in Myanmar worth visiting?
- ilya_m 2y ago[flagged]
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoHave you heard what’s happening in Myanmar? Does the term „military junta” ring a bell? Myanmar isn’t exactly a place where people fly to, have a breakfast at the hotel patio, then go around town contemplating museums an popping down a random Starbucks.
- ilya_m 2y agoIs having a stable, democratically elected government a requirement for permitting a nation to keep its heritage? What about having Starbucks on every corner - is this necessary or just optional? Greece or Egypt had their share of occupations, coup d'etats, and military juntas over the last 200 years. Does it mean that there's an open season on their treasures each time there's a regime change? Oh wait...
- kyawzazaw 2y agonone
- JadeNB 2y agoThis kind of reasoning is self-perpetuating, though: there are no good museums here, so interesting things need to be shipped abroad to be exhibited properly, so there are no good museums here because there's nothing interesting to put in them …. (I don't necessarily blame any individual for this—I think most of us are sometimes, or always, part of one system or another that everyone hates but that is the result of constant rational decisions.)
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoCould it be that the current political situation in Myanmar isn’t the most stable?
- lazide 2y agoEh, typically museums exist where there is a lot of money willing to be spent on showing things off, or spinning a narrative. Or capitals of empires that have done a lot of Looting. Many of these things are basically variants of the same thing. Myanmar, well…. doesn’t really have the wealth for most of those things.
- aithrowawaycomm 2y agoThis is really only a salient concern when foreigners abscond with things, but this was discovered by a Burmese geologist and it seems that it was his decision to house the mineral in the US. I would add that there is a big difference between natural science objects versus cultural artifacts.
- v3ss0n 2y agoIt's lucky that the founder decided to host it at LA. It could have been gone at war if it's today, we are at full scale war now. Or the junta Chief would had traded to get some more MIGs.
- ada1981 2y agoAs I said, it’s a shame.
- throwaway2562 2y agoDespite all evidence to the contrary.
- ada1981 2y agoYou are pleased with the current situation in Myanmar? Do tell.
- Rebelgecko 2y agoYou might be replying to the wrong person, they never said they are pleased
- ada1981 2y agoDespite all evidence to the contrary… Seems there is plenty to be concerned about in Myanmar.
- throwaway2562 2y agoSee comment above. You are replying to the wrong person
- ksymph 2y agoI believe the confusion here comes from the ambiguity of the "It's a shame" comment, as it could be "It's a shame [that the gem cannot be safely stored in its home country due to the political situation]" or "It's a shame [that the gem is not stored in its home country despite the political situation]". The "despite all evidence to the contrary" remark was in response to interpretation B when it seems interpretation A was the intended meaning.