Should the British Museum return the Easter Island statue?

[Shevin Keedy]

Well? What say you?

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www.theguardian.com

 

[malfosse]

@chicoazul
Oh, and first.

 

[chicoazul]

At least we made it to the second post I suppose.

 

[magicjuan]

Yes, and everything else we nicked

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Too easy

 

[DualityNSNO]

Yes, and everything else we nicked

Might have to shut the country down if you're going that route mate

 

[LostLegend]

 

[chicoazul]

Yes, and everything else we nicked

Give the Elgin Marbles back to the Greeks.

 

[tommye]

While we're at people to give things back, should Spadge send the fanny pics back to Sassy?

 

[tsubaki]

No, but with a caveat.

The British Museum should merge with the national museum of any country that wants to raise an issue about "getting stuff back", with the ultimate aim of establishing an international museum organization solely dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of historical and cultural artifacts. In that way these things would not be returned but they would be shared amongst all the member museums.

Hopefully this would lead to museums of the same kind as the British Museum - free to enter for all, with objects presented in a fair context (rather than associated with modern nationalistic sensibilities that would have seemed ludicrous to those who created them) and where we can be reminded that we live on a world where so much we think of as "ours" owes its being to influences from many other cultures - popping up across the world.

 

[coollino]

What a night, this is a like a 'what stick you got buddy', post from Carlos when someone just said they got divorced lol

 

[Nymzee]

Spitting image of you @chicoazul

 

[chicoazul]

Spitting image of you @chicoazul

It’s such a good rip I don’t even contest it. Spit.

 

[Clarky cat]

“Unlucky, we’re still looking at it!”. British Museum 1753-

An ancient civilisation that doomed itself by using every living and natural resource it had on the island, tbf they beat us to it

 

[malfosse]

Too easy

It was a tap in but I think I have to credit @Shevin Keedy with the assist.