http://www.elginism.com/20090710/2230/ Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Marbles - Sculptures from the Greek Acropolis) reunification campaign news Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:04:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.elginism.com/20090710/2230/comment-page-1/#comment-5529 DR. KWAME OPOKU Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:33:23 +0000 http://www.elginism.com/?p=2230#comment-5529 This is rather sad and becoming somewhat farcical: “The real question is about how the Greek and British governments can work together so that the sculptures can be seen in China and Africa". Who told MacGregor that we Africans are dying to see the Parthenon Marbles? We would be happy if the British Museum could return some of the looted African artefacts like the Benin bronzes. He should not underestimate the intelligence of mankind. Everybody can see how the British Museum Director and his supporters are now lost for argument. For decades, the British Museum had argued that Athens did not have a suitable place for the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles. Now that the Greeks have built a first class museum, Neil MacGregor says the issue of return of the Marbles to Athens is an issue of the past. For the love of humanity, the British Museum should spare us such absolutely baseless arguments. If the British Museum director was not even courteous enough to attend the opening of the new museum, he has really no right to talk about the conduct of the Greek government. Whatever else the British Museum does in this matter, I plead fervently that they leave the Chinese and the Africans out of this matter. Our peoples have always supported the Greeks in this matter just as the majority of the British people are in favour of returning the Marbles.. The Scottish Parliament has also spoken in favour of the Greeks. In the end, this inflexible and unjustified position of the British Museum does more harm than good Kwame Opoku This is rather sad and becoming somewhat farcical: “The real question is about how the Greek and British governments can work together so that the sculptures can be seen in China and Africa”. Who told MacGregor that we Africans are dying to see the Parthenon Marbles? We would be happy if the British Museum could return some of the looted African artefacts like the Benin bronzes. He should not underestimate the intelligence of mankind. Everybody can see how the British Museum Director and his supporters are now lost for argument. For decades, the British Museum had argued that Athens did not have a suitable place for the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles. Now that the Greeks have built a first class museum, Neil MacGregor says the issue of return of the Marbles to Athens is an issue of the past. For the love of humanity, the British Museum should spare us such absolutely baseless arguments. If the British Museum director was not even courteous enough to attend the opening of the new museum, he has really no right to talk about the conduct of the Greek government. Whatever else the British Museum does in this matter, I plead fervently that they leave the Chinese and the Africans out of this matter. Our peoples have always supported the Greeks in this matter just as the majority of the British people are in favour of returning the Marbles.. The Scottish Parliament has also spoken in favour of the Greeks. In the end, this inflexible and unjustified position of the British Museum does more harm than good
Kwame Opoku

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