Time the Elgin marbles returned the Greece.

They have nothing to do with British cultural history.

As Lord Byron said in 1816, ‘ they were vandalised and looted’.

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The Turks were destroying such statues and things nearby for the lime. The British had written authority from the rulers of Greece to take the marbles. Perhaps Greece could pay the storage and maintenance fee for the decades they have been preserved?

SW-User

@Gumba1000 I’m sure the Greek people are more than capable of preserving them now.

I dont think British people queue up to see them anyway.

Gumba1000 · M

@SW-User Greeks need to pay for the past decades first. And British people do queue to see them. I did.

SW-User

@Gumba1000 You could do that in Athens.

Gumba1000 · M

@SW-User Greece could pay those fees I talked about and then have them in Athens. It's called "gratitude".

MethDozer · M

@Gumba1000 That sounds all well and good but if that's how it should work then the UK owes a shit ton of repayment for the lands it has raped and stolen from throughout history.

Gumba1000 · M

@MethDozer That logic is flawed. UK didn't do that to Greece. UK protected Greek artifacts, UK also helped Greece get independence from the Turks. Now if your logic is that today's generation should be responsible for the previous generations, then UK is due a lot of reparations from the world. For instance UK should be paid reparations from Africa for the Africans that fought to carry on trading their own citizens as slaves after UK abolished slavery. Britons died fighting these horrible slavers. Where's my reparations?

MethDozer · M

@Gumba1000A British apologist. Yeah your country and crown did so much good in the world.🤣

Especially Africa

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@MethDozer Please limit the replies to a discussion of the Elgin marbles.

Incidentally , I’ve added a post elsewhere concerning Lord Byron with one of his poems. As you know he strongly opposed them being brought to the UK in the first place.

Gumba1000 · M

@MethDozer You're trying to divert the point. UK did nothing to Greece except help it. You know it, which is why you're trying to move the topic towards other countries and other topics. So instead of being a Greek apologist, how about you thank Britain for helping Greece get its independence? How about you thank Britain for saving the Elgin Marbles from the Turks and preserving them so well? While you're at it, you can thank Britain for helping liberate Greece from occupation in WW2 as well.