http://www.elginism.com/20080201/951/ Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Marbles or Sculptures) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:10:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.elginism.com/20080201/951/comment-page-1/#comment-4402 camille afurong Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:56:44 +0000 http://www.elginism.com/20080201/951/#comment-4402 i am not a citizen of Greece but i fully support many of Greece's actions in making laws such as was mentioned because even in my country or in any parts of the world i believe that we should not only care for what was "stolen" but because it is rightful for us to treasure something which is ours, and will remain ours for the end of time. as for the parthenon marbles, i hope they would be returned immediately to serve its real purpose and not because many people would want to see it for free. nothing is free in this world.the british people should know that fact. we cannot bribe people's minds to claim something--by saying that they are well taken care of so it needs to be there--not ours because i believe that that is the most grave kind of stealing. there is no honour in that. not in a million or billion years to come. i am not a citizen of Greece but i fully support many of Greece’s actions in making laws such as was mentioned because even in my country or in any parts of the world i believe that we should not only care for what was “stolen” but because it is rightful for us to treasure something which is ours, and will remain ours for the end of time. as for the parthenon marbles, i hope they would be returned immediately to serve its real purpose and not because many people would want to see it for free. nothing is free in this world.the british people should know that fact. we cannot bribe people’s minds to claim something–by saying that they are well taken care of so it needs to be there–not ours because i believe that that is the most grave kind of stealing. there is no honour in that. not in a million or billion years to come.

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