| I don't know, I think we tried a few times and are simply yelling over each other at this point. You're refusing to understand my argument. I don't think it will benefit either of us to continue on. So this will be my last reply. >I think Egyptians are capable of making decisions about their national belongings themselves and they have decided that they are better guardians than Brits. Inexplicably you seem to think they can not make this decision. I'm not saying that they're incapable. I'm saying they're not entitled to those artifacts because they never dug them up in the first place. I didn't steal from you because I went through your trash you left on the side of the road. The fact that I found something precious that you want back is frankly your entitlement being met with the reality that you didn't know what you had was valuable. That's entirely a "you" problem. Not a "me" problem. Modern Egyptians were looting and smashing tombs far before the British arrived, and in fact kept the practice up during and after the British left. >Ultimately you're view that British stole from 19th century Egyptians antiquities and now they belong to Britain is simply might is right thinking. I'm not saying "might is right thinking". I'm saying one man's trash is another man's treasure. The Egyptians never excavated the artifacts that are under hot contention. It was the British that went digging and excavating. Before the British, Egyptians were smashing and looting tombs and selling the gold and jewelry[0]. The British even built the national museum in Cairo in which Egyptian artifacts are stored, among the things they took back. >The idea that Brits are better caretakers of these items is not dissimilar original justification. Africans are too barbarous to look after their own assets. The justification isn't that Africans are too barbarous. Egypt is still a very corrupt country, that still sells artifacts on the black market for profit. A population of Egyptians still go out of their way to destroy these artifacts because they consider them blasphemous against their religion. When it comes to the question of stability, yes: the British would be better safekeepers. This one among other reasons why the Egyptians aren't entitled to those artifacts. They didn't dig them up. They didn't keep what they found safe. Now they want what the British have because the British dug their artifacts up and kept their artifacts safe. >The idea that Brits are better caretakers of these items is not dissimilar original justification. Africans are too barbarous to look after their own assets. Again, my point is that they don't own those assets. They never found them. The British did. Once more: Just because I went through your trash and found something valuable does not make you entitled to that trash. You threw it away. [0]https://nyupress.org/9781479820078/a-physician-on-the-nile/ |
Here's what you don't understand, if you break into my home. Beat me up. Raid my kitchen trash take and item and walk off. That item is not yours.
If I dump an item in international waters yes take salvage. But on my land it is mine.
And I agree this will be my last reply.
The Johnny Harris series is excellent on the mentality of imperialism that led to raids allover the world. Watch if you like it's from a couple days ago but critises the precise logic you're using to steal
https://youtu.be/9XECUXXbjhU