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Re:Museum Items Go Missing by AussieWog93 on Saturday December 16, 2023 @09:24AM (#38664395)
>2. There are over 300,000 enrolled tribal members of the Cherokee Nation (per Wikipedia). There are ~0 Picts, as far as I know.

Be careful with that logic! If we agree as a species that surviving conquered people have a right to reclaim their land and assets, but extinct ones don't, then the obvious course of action for the conquering force is to simply exterminate every native mercilessly.

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Re:Museum Items Go Missing by truculent on Saturday December 16, 2023 @11:41AM (#38665561)
> If we agree as a species that surviving conquered people have a right to reclaim their land and assets, but extinct ones don't

If?

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Re:Museum Items Go Missing by mistrial9 on Saturday December 16, 2023 @09:58AM (#38664668)
.. and that has happened more times than we talk about
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