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Amal Clooney should back off. Lord Elgin was a hero who saved the marbles for the world
The Telegraph ^
| 10-21-14
| Dominic Selwood
Posted on 10/21/2014 4:44:56 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: SunkenCiv
To: afraidfortherepublic
Thought for sure the headline said anal Clooney
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posted on
10/21/2014 4:46:07 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
If the British Museum had returned the Rossetta Stone to Egypt before the ‘Arab Spring’ today it would be bedrock beneath the Cairo-Capetown Highway.
Keep the Marbles in Britain.
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posted on
10/21/2014 4:50:10 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
Britain should send a message to Greece == “Marble Labe”
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posted on
10/21/2014 4:51:16 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
To: ClearCase_guy
We’ll take their marbles AND their cool slogans.
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posted on
10/21/2014 4:57:05 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: afraidfortherepublic
I guess that “m” in the first name is maybe a double “n”?
To: afraidfortherepublic
What is Anal Clooney and why do we care what it says?
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posted on
10/21/2014 4:59:32 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
So Greece lost their marbles; explains a lot.
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posted on
10/21/2014 5:00:57 PM PDT
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: BenLurkin
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
10/21/2014 5:05:43 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
10/21/2014 5:06:56 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: afraidfortherepublic
someone should give the Clooneys back their brains...
To: Tennessee Nana
I had to look up what these are to figure out why there is such an uproar over some round marbles. Turns out..they are something different.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02703/Elgin-Marbles_2703279b.jpg
To: afraidfortherepublic
I angered my Greek archeological guide on the Acropolis in Athens when I told her that not only was I glad Lord Elgin took the marbles to Britain but that I wish he had also taken the Venus di Milo before she lost her arms and the Victory of Samothrace befor she lost her arms and her head.
That didn't go over well with the guide.
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posted on
10/21/2014 7:28:11 PM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Elgin always claimed he had written “permission” to strip the Parthenon — no one can produce a such a document. And even if it existed, is it okay for the Turkish sultan who was in charge after the Ottomans conquered Greece to give away the artistic treasure of the Greeks? I don’t think so.
Even if you accept the argument that Elgin saved them from neglect and decay, Britain should now return the sculptures. And they should be restored to the temple frieze.
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posted on
10/21/2014 7:33:52 PM PDT
by
Blue Ink
To: skeeter
Greece is not in the same position as Egypt
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posted on
10/21/2014 10:48:14 PM PDT
by
Cronos
(ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: Cronos
And some people say Americans don’t have maps.
To: afraidfortherepublic
Hooray for Elgin, I say.
Britain should keep them.
To: skeeter
Well, indeed. And I am in agreement that Greece is far too unstable to guarantee the safety of the marbles.
Keep the Elgin Marbles in Britain!
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posted on
10/22/2014 2:06:03 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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