[monday]

"Perhaps that is the justification for this decision by the British Court. I don't know, but I don't have to know."

From the article;

"Vice-Chancellor Sir Andrew Morritt ruled that the British Museum Act - which protects the collections for posterity - cannot be overridden by the ethical merit of a claim involving plundered art."

In other words, the Brits passed a law exempting museums from ordinary property law.

[gridlock]

In other words, the Brits passed a law exempting museums from ordinary property law.

Well, that makes sense to me. Good public policy, if you ask me.