Posted on 05/05/2016 6:02:14 AM PDT by NRx
Well the problem for Britain is that the Elgin marbles aren’t theirs.
They stole them from Greece’s Parthenon.
You totally forgot about Iran.
NUKE MADRID!
True sort of.
The Ottomans gave them permission to take them, and they paid for them.
So they have a “legit” claim, albeit one that is less than kosher in light of how it all went down.
TRUE 100%.
The Greeks who made the Parthenon created them.
Britain stole them.
You have taken up the mantle of Bill Clinton, who said,
“That depends on what the meaning of the word is is.”
Range: the globe
Armaments: 154 Tomahawk missilies...enough to wreck Madrid
I take it that you're in favor of returning Cleopatra's needle from Central Park in New York to Egypt or all the artwork that was stolen by the Nazis and auctioned off to support their war effort much of which is spread out over US museums?
how-a-french-masterpiece-stolen-by-nazis-came-to-st
Or how about returning California and Texas to Mexico which were "stolen" more recently than the Elgin marbles.
I take you are in favor of letting every criminal keep his stolen goods.
Keep up the deep thinking, Tim.
Good call.
The Spanish crew probably thought it was a UK sub and not a US sub.
Also, “HMS Sabre”??? I don’t think the USN puts names on anything that small. The Royal Navy must be pretty hard up when they’re putting names on glorified fishing boats.
“I take you are in favor of letting every criminal keep his stolen goods.”
Marvin, you should set a moral example for Tim by giving your home back to whatever native tribe it was stolen from.
That’ll show him how it’s done!
I’ll let him do it first.
By the way, what does that have to do with Britain stealing the Elgin marbles?
Statute of Limitations
You realize that Elgin's motive in acquiring the marbles, for which he had permission from the Turks to do, was preservation of the artifacts. The Turks had been using the stone from the Parthenon as building material for the mosque that was built inside the Parthenon and for other projects.
As you apparently approve of the return of Texas and California to Mexico how do you feel about returning Manhattan island to the Canarsees ?.
Keep up the deep thinking, Tim.
Ah! Ad Hominem, sorry you lose.
Yea, and skipper gets courts martialed for dinging a billion dollar US Naval asset and endangering his crew.
I understand the sentiment, but please.
Tim justifies the theft of the Elgin marbles.
What a loser.
It's a matter of legalities. The HMS designation means it is a warship under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea which means it can be used to enforce British claims on Gibraltar. Using larger ships for this purpose is pointless - and would also be potentially provocative towards the Spanish (it's no accident that the Guardia Civil patrol boat is of similar tonnage - while it is important to both countries that they maintain their claims, Spain and the UK do not want to wind up accidentally in conflict, so an arms race is to be avoided).
HMS Sabre was originally MV Grey Wolf when it was in a role that didn't require that legal status.
Americans gonna lecture us on theft, really?.
Britain holds the record for theft all over the world.
Have you seen the Elgin [Parthenon] marbles?
I have no doubt you’re right.
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