Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: MrsEmmaPeel
You are either a intellectually dishonest person or a dingbat.

My post to you dealt with the subject of the thread, namely Egypt's demand that England return the Rosetta stone to them. I didn't mention the Elgin marbles, you brought them into the discussion.

You failed to address my argument that a Greek king ruled Egypt at the time the Rosetta stone was carved and that the inscriptions on the stone are a tribute to him.

This being the case doesn't logic dictate that the Greek people have as much of a claim to the stone as the Egyptians?

I also asked you what would be the repercussion's if every museum in the world were forced to return every artifact to its country of origin? You failed to address this as well.

I said that I found the argument of returning the Rosetta stone to Egypt rather naive because

1.A Greece ruled Egypt at the time of the stone's inception and the Greek's could also lay claim to ownership.

2.It is naive to believe that every museum in the world should return all their artifacts to their country of origin, which is what your position leads to.

I also commented on your choice of a screen name "Mrs Emma Peel" being curious because your posts exhibit a disdain for England and Emma Peel was a British agent on the show "The Avengers".

226 posted on 12/30/2004 4:45:29 PM PST by MarIboro
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 221 | View Replies ]


To: MarIboro
You are either a intellectually dishonest person or a dingbat.

Wow -- what a winning line. That's really inspiring me to want to truly communicate with you -- NOT ...

228 posted on 12/31/2004 5:38:29 AM PST by MrsEmmaPeel
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 226 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson