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	<title>Comments on: A manifesto for the Elgin Marbles</title>
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		<title>By: Jim Egan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Egan</dc:creator>
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		<description>I was initially hopeful but then disappointed by Peter Aspden’s fragmentary plan to reunite the Parthenon Marbles (Financial Times, Nov 29th, “A manifesto for the Marbles”).  His approach will perpetuate a game of slow-motion checkers.

Earlier this year my firm presented the Greek government with an audacious plan to trigger the British Museum’s willing release of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece while dramatically boosting tourism to both countries.  That plan will also provide corporate and / or sovereign sponsors with an iconic, once-in-history opportunity to promote and reinforce Europe’s common cultural and architectural heritage.

Our project can resolve Greece’s centuries-old pain over the loss of its magnificent heritage from Western Civilization’s hilltop cradle, and fill a major gap in Britain’s rich cultural tapestry with an iconic artifact that continues to inspire generations of people regardless of age or nationality.  This elegant remedy will enable Greece to:  achieve otherwise elusive moral highground; alter the status quo’s otherwise implacable physics; engage national and global psyches; finesse the reconciliation long-sought by a majority of the Greek and British public.

The real tragicomedy is why the Greek government cannot think strategically, learn chess, and checkmate the (secretly relieved) British Museum with a bold opening move.


Rx For Parthenon Woes:

Pity the Greeks
for their loss of ingenuity.
The end to their pain
lies in Poseidon’s treasury.

They could be home soon,
the Metopes and the Frieze,
Were a sovereign Jason
to return this lost Fleece.

Regards,

Jim Egan
President
FERRUMAR
info@ferrumar.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was initially hopeful but then disappointed by Peter Aspden’s fragmentary plan to reunite the Parthenon Marbles (Financial Times, Nov 29th, “A manifesto for the Marbles”).  His approach will perpetuate a game of slow-motion checkers.</p>
<p>Earlier this year my firm presented the Greek government with an audacious plan to trigger the British Museum’s willing release of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece while dramatically boosting tourism to both countries.  That plan will also provide corporate and / or sovereign sponsors with an iconic, once-in-history opportunity to promote and reinforce Europe’s common cultural and architectural heritage.</p>
<p>Our project can resolve Greece’s centuries-old pain over the loss of its magnificent heritage from Western Civilization’s hilltop cradle, and fill a major gap in Britain’s rich cultural tapestry with an iconic artifact that continues to inspire generations of people regardless of age or nationality.  This elegant remedy will enable Greece to:  achieve otherwise elusive moral highground; alter the status quo’s otherwise implacable physics; engage national and global psyches; finesse the reconciliation long-sought by a majority of the Greek and British public.</p>
<p>The real tragicomedy is why the Greek government cannot think strategically, learn chess, and checkmate the (secretly relieved) British Museum with a bold opening move.</p>
<p>Rx For Parthenon Woes:</p>
<p>Pity the Greeks<br />
for their loss of ingenuity.<br />
The end to their pain<br />
lies in Poseidon’s treasury.</p>
<p>They could be home soon,<br />
the Metopes and the Frieze,<br />
Were a sovereign Jason<br />
to return this lost Fleece.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Jim Egan<br />
President<br />
FERRUMAR<br />
<a href="mailto:info@ferrumar.com">info@ferrumar.com</a></p>
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