Peter Kurilecz wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Jan Hargreaves
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> I'd have thought that theft of any nation state's archives by another
> nation state was cause for concern amongst archivists.
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> of course another viewpoint would be that the materials are being
> protected for posterity. If the materials had been left in the Iraq
> would they have been preserved.
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> of course I don't see much hue and cry from archivists and librarians
> for the return of the Elgin Marbles ;-)
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Paternalistic attitudes towards "the Iraq" and emotive language
notwithstanding, those who are interested in information and discussion
relating to the Parthenon Marbles can find it at Elginism:
http://www.elginism.com .
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