On Sat, 1 Apr 2000 12:51:09 -0600 Kyle McQuilkin
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> The argument goes that these stolen objects become the cultural patrimony
> of the  victorious country; that they constitute an historical identity to
> the people of the nation.  Some would say that the host country is simply
> protecting the object; that the "little, brown" country of origin is ill
> equipped to manage its own cultural patrimony.
>
I have wondered why this attitude did not emerge in the
discussion of whether to return a captured battle flag from
the American Civil war from what is now one state to
another.  America is one country now, but it was a war, and
one side lost.  Much property changed hands illegally
during that conflict.
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Vincent Lyon
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