http://neveryetmelted.com/2005/12/01/peru-preparing-to-sue-yale/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 25 May 2012 04:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://neveryetmelted.com/2005/12/01/peru-preparing-to-sue-yale/comment-page-1/#comment-109 JDZ Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:32:25 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=201#comment-109 Sorry, you do have to find 'em first, a la Bingham; or buy 'em from the local authorities, a la Elgin. But if you do, I think it's perfectly cricket to take them home and put them on display in a museum in your own country. Sorry, you do have to find ‘em first, a la Bingham; or buy ‘em from the local authorities, a la Elgin. But if you do, I think it’s perfectly cricket to take them home and put them on display in a museum in your own country.

]]> http://neveryetmelted.com/2005/12/01/peru-preparing-to-sue-yale/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Dr. Bob Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:43:10 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=201#comment-108 It is suggested that a necessary condition for group ownership of cultural artifacts is that a group have a "real personal connection" to such artifacts. JDZ asserts that the current inhabitants of the contemporary nation of Greece (not to mention the Brits) have no such relation to the "Elgin" marbles, and therefore neither owns them. Can I have them? It is suggested that a necessary condition for group ownership of cultural artifacts is that a group have a “real personal connection” to such artifacts. JDZ asserts that the current inhabitants of the contemporary nation of Greece (not to mention the Brits) have no such relation to the “Elgin” marbles, and therefore neither owns them. Can I have them?

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