[kingsurfer]

"The family are very upset by the outcome but nevertheless they have confidence in the British Museum's commitment to restitution. The government needs to move swiftly."

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Naturally they should be returned but those bloody Elgin Marbles really screw things up time and time again.

[Caipirabob]

More of the Elgin's Marbles reference (I got edu-macated on this mahself...)

Will Britain lose its Marbles?

[Banjoguy]

Strictly bogus.

[muawiyah]

The Greeks didn't know those marble pieces existed until they were dug out of the ground by the Brits.

This family knows very well that the British Museum is holding its property.

I'm sure someone there is convinced that it's a good thing to steal plundered loot from European Jews.

[chainsaw]

I see they have activist judges in Great Britain too.

[Savage Beast]

The artworks should be returned to the Feldmann family.

However the Elgin Marbles should not be returned to Greece. As I told my Greek guide when she complained about their being in the British Museum: "I wish the British had gotten the Victoire de Samothrace and the Venus de Milo before they got their arms knocked off.

If the Elgin Marbles should be returned to Greece, should the Mona Lisa be returned to Italy? The Rosetta Stone to Egypt? That lion-chase friese to Babylonia (where is Babylonia anyway)? The answer is No.