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by ocodo 692 days ago
Looted. Happy?
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No? I have an Edo-era plate I bought from an antique store in Japan which I then gave to my mother. Did I steal it from Japan? If someone did the same thing 200 years ago then put it in a British museum is it a stolen item? Is my mother in possession of stolen goods?