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Re:The Great Chinese Art Heist by ng12 on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:45PM (#17784904)
I'm inclined to agree with you, however you also have to consider all the history destroyed civil strife: ISIS destroying ancient statues in Iraq, rebels in Timbuktu, the Chinese government destroying Lhasa, etc. There's an argument that we need to geographically distribute history to ensure its survival.
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Re:The Great Chinese Art Heist by anon84598 on Friday August 17, 2018 @05:16PM (#17785620)
I think most people would agree with your reasoning here, but there is a difference between a country voluntarily gifting their artifacts / artwork to other countries as opposed to other countries obtaining them through morally questionable means and then claiming it's better to keep things that way.
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Re:The Great Chinese Art Heist by justicezyx on Friday August 17, 2018 @04:52PM (#17785524)
Who did induce the Syria Civil war?
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Re:The Great Chinese Art Heist by sexydefinesher on Friday August 17, 2018 @05:39PM (#17785693)
Even more reason for them to safekeep foreign history, since they won't incite conflict in their own country.
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Re:The Great Chinese Art Heist by justicezyx on Friday August 17, 2018 @08:26PM (#17786252)
Actually, this is a good point!
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