British Museum shows its the safest place for world treasures by having 2000 items stolen and sold on e bay

[Tommy Tainant]

Thefts expose British Museum’s ‘ridiculous’ stance on return of artefacts, says MP

Chair of parliamentary reparations group hits out at law preventing return of Parthenon marbles and Benin bronzes

www.theguardian.com

2000 is an eztimate. they dont actually know what they have.

One of the imperialist argumentss made for keeping stolen treasure is that London is the safest place for these items.

That rings hollow today as the scale of the pilfering becomes clear. The items were not even on display. they were stored "safely" in the warehouse and were nicked by staff.

Perhaps now is the time to hand back the stolen loot and STFU ?

 

[okfine]

Thefts expose British Museum’s ‘ridiculous’ stance on return of artefacts, says MP

Chair of parliamentary reparations group hits out at law preventing return of Parthenon marbles and Benin bronzes

www.theguardian.com

2000 is an eztimate. they dont actually know what they have.

One of the imperialist argumentss made for keeping stolen treasure is that London is the safest place for these items.

That rings hollow today as the scale of the pilfering becomes clear. The items were not even on display. they were stored "safely" in the warehouse and were nicked by staff.

Perhaps now is the time to hand back the stolen loot and STFU ?

So much for finders keepers?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

So much for finders keepers?

Its a farce. An antique dealer tipped them off when he spotted stuff on ebay.

 

[odanny]

It's happening in the U.S., not so much the theft part (because criminals here are too stupid to know anything about all these artifacts) but the calls from other countries to return these artifacts to where they originated. There are museums that have many collections donated to them by now dead people who basically looted them out of their home countries.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

It's happening in the U.S., not so much the theft part (because criminals here are too stupid to know anything about all these artifacts) but the calls from other countries to return these artifacts to where they originated. There are museums that have many collections donated to them by now dead people who basically looted them out of their home countries.

"Collections" is an elastic word isnt it ?

 

[marvin martian]

Thefts expose British Museum’s ‘ridiculous’ stance on return of artefacts, says MP

Chair of parliamentary reparations group hits out at law preventing return of Parthenon marbles and Benin bronzes

www.theguardian.com

2000 is an eztimate. they dont actually know what they have.

One of the imperialist argumentss made for keeping stolen treasure is that London is the safest place for these items.

That rings hollow today as the scale of the pilfering becomes clear. The items were not even on display. they were stored "safely" in the warehouse and were nicked by staff.

Perhaps now is the time to hand back the stolen loot and STFU ?

Your country is a shithole.

 

[Zebra]

Your country is a shithole.

not nice

 

[Deadstick]

Thefts expose British Museum’s ‘ridiculous’ stance on return of artefacts, says MP

Chair of parliamentary reparations group hits out at law preventing return of Parthenon marbles and Benin bronzes

www.theguardian.com

2000 is an eztimate. they dont actually know what they have.

One of the imperialist argumentss made for keeping stolen treasure is that London is the safest place for these items.

That rings hollow today as the scale of the pilfering becomes clear. The items were not even on display. they were stored "safely" in the warehouse and were nicked by staff.

Perhaps now is the time to hand back the stolen loot and STFU ?

Many will have been stolen to start with from our Colonial days.

 

[Deadstick]

Your country is a shithole.

Have you seen El Paso lately?

 

[marvin martian]

Have you seen El Paso lately?
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That's the Mexican side, dipshit. Your fellow socialists.

 

[Deadstick]

That's the Mexican side, dipshit. Your fellow socialists.

It's Texas where you live.

 

[ronald b nottingham]

"Safe" takes on a whole new meaning when you distinguish between visitors/consumers versus the staff. The majority of theft in retail is done by employees.