White House loot anchors fight over sunken bounty [War of 1812]

The Hamilton Spectator ^ | 22. September 2006 | Alison Auld

[1rudeboy]

Related 2005 thread:

White House loot may be in shipwreck.

[1rudeboy]

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[digger48]

Will our great-great-great-great grandchildren find all the silverware (and W's) buried in the ruins at Chappaqua?

[ConservativeMind]

Ping.

[Jotmo]

bttt

[fanfan]

Right after 'Talk like a Pirate Day" too!

Canada ping.

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[Arkinsaw]

According to the Treaty of Ghent, the British are supposed to return seized property. The ship is property of the British government...they have a treaty obligation to return the contents to the United States government.

[GMMAC]

OK America, here's the deal:

Take whatever you like provided you also take back every last stinking Vietnam-era draft dodger & military deserter infesting Canada for the past over 3 decades!

No, didn't think you would.

[Enterprise]

Well, give us all the loot first as a sign of good faith, and then we'll enter into negotiations for the rest.

[Former Proud Canadian]

You don't get the Treaty of Ghent quoted on many other internet forums. Isn't FR great?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

De loot belongs to me country und not de scurvy limeys aarrrgghhh

[GMMAC]

"Well, give us all the loot first as a sign of good faith, and then we'll enter into negotiations for the rest."

Sounds fair.
Can "the rest" include some of them there famous Yankee magic beans, h'yuk ????

[ozzymandus]

Nice to see crime not paying, for once.

[Enterprise]

Gimme the loot first, and then we'll talk later about any peripheral issues.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Well, since the Brits "stole it" from US. Don't we have some claim to it?
I mean some of this stuff would be great in the Smithsonian?

[1rudeboy]

It would make an excellent property/admiralty/international law exam question, I'll tell you that.

[GMMAC]

H'mmmm ... guess I'll instruct the former dregs of American society to stop packing their bags.

(... but sure woulda liked to have had them magic beans)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[SunkenCiv]

The British are arguing that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea gives them title to the Royal Navy warships and that the Nova Scotia government cannot hand out licences to companies hoping to dive on the sites. Curtis Sprouse of Sovereign said his company is rejecting the claim that international law gives ownership to the British.

Oh, and while we're on the subject, centuries-old sunken Spanish treasure ships are from the Spanish Navy and property of Spain, and Roman Empire naval wrecks are the property of Italy, and...

[Professional Engineer]

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