Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who wants the Parthenon Sculptures returned, is "disappointed" the meeting has been called off.
  • rainynight65@feddit.deEnglish
    202·
    7 months ago

    So, a modicum of looking into the background of this renders the following:

    • These statues were removed from Greece by Lord Elgin in the early 1800s, while Greece was under Ottoman occupation
    • The legality and legitimacy of these removals is, at the very least, questionable
    • No watertight evidence exists to corroborate the claim of Lord Elgin that he had official permission
    • Greece has been repeatedly requesting a return of these statues since 1835
    • In 2021 UNESCO concluded that the UK government had an obligation to return these statues
    • Negotiations between Greece and the UK are ongoing

    Sorry, the only person who has squandered anything here is Rishi Sunak.

    • letsgocrazyEnglish
      110·
      7 months ago

      So this is your first time looking into this topic, and yet you feel confident to give out a strong opinion and feel smug about it?

      Guess what you didn’t do and modicum or research into? All the other more important topics.

      • rainynight65@feddit.deEnglish
        7·
        7 months ago

        Are you referring to all the other more important topics that the Greek PM wanted to talk about, but didn’t get a chance to because Sunak was being petty over an ostensibly unimportant topic?

        • letsgocrazyEnglish
          15·
          7 months ago

          If you can’t think of any geopolitical issues more important than some ancient statues then I can’t take you seriously as an adult.

          • Devi@kbin.social
            2·
            7 months ago

            What a fabulous explanation of your point. You’ll go far with that attitude. Maybe start by reading the article you’re ranting about?