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Re:$35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was looted from... by __turbobrew__ on Friday May 06, 2022 @03:08AM (#31282211)
I have a hard time categorizing ISIS destroying thousands of years old ruins and artefacts as “self-determination”. If I had the choice between stealing these artefacts and putting them in a museum versus letting a radical group of religious fundamentalists destroy a valuable part of ancient history I would chose the former.
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Re:$35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was looted from... by stormbrew on Friday May 06, 2022 @03:41PM (#31288949)
You can have a hard time categorizing it all you want, that's still what it is. People making choices and doing things that have consequences.

You just don't like it, and that's fine. I can't say I really like it either. But it doesn't mean it's your job to fix it or that you have a right to just take the things preemptively. Continuing to perpetuate colonial abuse is not going to somehow Magically Fix Everything This Time For Sure, it's just going to keep making things worse.

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