To: NRx
It turns out that it was a good thing that some Westerners "absconded" with the cultural treasures of third world countries.
The West's "ill gotten gains" are more safely preserved than they would have been in their countries of origin.
To: who_would_fardels_bear
The burglar saying “I can take better care of your stuff than you can” is not a very good defense for theft.
9 posted on
09/02/2018 9:44:57 PM PDT by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Brazil, in this case, was “the West”.
They had a large Egyptian collection there, burned now.
32 posted on
09/03/2018 8:33:14 AM PDT by
buwaya
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