• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    The museum has now said most are Greek and Roman gems and jewellery, and shared pictures of similar items.

    Sooooo…

    Help, someone stole a tiny fraction of the shit we stole!

    What’s the statue of limitations before the most recent thieves are the legal owners?

  • Carlos Solís@communities.azkware.net
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    9 months ago

    In my native Latin America we have this saying, “ladrón que roba a ladrón tiene cien años de perdón” (“a thief that steals from a thief has a hundred years of forgiveness”) and… yeah guess it may apply here

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      9 months ago

      Ever heard of “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind?”

      Latin America as a whole has absolutely zero advice to offer the rest of the world regarding domestic moral principles, I’m afraid.

  • shermozle@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 months ago

    These failed state countries can’t be trusted to look after priceless artifacts. I propose they be moved to responsible countries like Nigeria and Greece for safekeeping.