Russia happy Greeks mad

[Osiris]

http://news.sky.com/story/1386068/greek-pm-elgin-marbles-loan-an-affront

The Greek prime minister has hit out at the British Museum's loan of one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia, calling it an "affront" to his country's people.

Antonis Samaras said the sculptures, which have been loaned for the first time to the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, had been "looted" from Athens.

Are you getting your protest on Panos?

The British Museum's director Neil MacGregor indicated that he would be willing to consider a similar loan of a statue to Greece - but only if the authorities there promised to return it to London.

Mr MacGregor said he hoped the Greek government would be "delighted" that the sculpture would be on display to a new audience.

But Mr Samaras said: "The decision by the British Museum to give out on loan one of the Parthenon sculptures for exhibit in St Petersburg is an affront to the Greek people.

"The British argument held until recently - that the Parthenon Marbles cannot be moved - is no longer valid; just as the existence of the new Acropolis Museum invalidated the other British argument that there was no appropriate space for exhibiting the sculptures.

"The Parthenon and its marbles have been looted. The sculptures are priceless.

"We Greeks are one with our history and civilization, which cannot be broken up, loaned out, or conceded."

[Prpavi]

U vot m8¨!

Golden dawn ftw!

[darmaster]

"Hey WE did it give us back!"

[Kafein]

It's hilarious how they can claim ownership over things made many centuries ago by people barely related to current day Greeks. Same with Egyptians and Italians. People move, land mostly doesn't. If they want to be mad over it, why don't they make a museum about how the British looted everything from them.

[Casimir]

We stole that fair and square   

[Kafein]

I'm so glad we no longer think Stonehenge was built by Minoan travelers, imagine trying to give Stonehenge back xD

The history of Stonehenge is relatively straightforward compared to that of Malta. Imagine trying to sort out who the megalithic temples "belong" to.