Comment on British Museum is digitizing its entire collection in response to recent thefts | All of that scanning will cost over $12 million.
db2@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
After they’ve scanned it all will they be returning it to the countries they stole them from?
Of course not. People can’t be trusted to take care of their own historical artifacts. Britain will take better care of them. If they want to see it, they can just pay to fly across the world to see them. It’s surely better this way.
It’s not currently up to the British Museum; it’s up to Parliament. Repatriating artifacts is currently illegal under UK law.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum_Act_1963
We can’t do it because it’s against the law that we made that says it’s illegal.
I am shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
Sure, but I don’t see any of the leadership at the museum advocating against that law.
Where have you checked?
cave@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Of course not. People can’t be trusted to take care of their own historical artifacts. Britain will take better care of them. If they want to see it, they can just pay to fly across the world to see them. It’s surely better this way.
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s not currently up to the British Museum; it’s up to Parliament. Repatriating artifacts is currently illegal under UK law.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum_Act_1963
jaybone@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We can’t do it because it’s against the law that we made that says it’s illegal.
db2@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I am shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
PeachMan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure, but I don’t see any of the leadership at the museum advocating against that law.
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Where have you checked?