AsianSensation1087 t1_it05vzk wrote on October 19, 2022 at 11:40 PM

Reply to comment by corrado33 in UC Berkeley is repatriating cultural artifacts, including ancestral remains, to Indigenous tribes by KTnash

Yes. Give it back. It's theirs. They'll take care of it.

corrado33 t1_it0dvvg wrote on October 20, 2022 at 12:41 AM

And if they don't?

And an important artifact is destroyed/lost/stolen?

What then? We say "Whoops! That's their right, even though it's part of our history now too!"

AsianSensation1087 t1_it0jcjf wrote on October 20, 2022 at 1:22 AM

"If".

Just give it back already.

machinegunsyphilis t1_it3nay5 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 6:17 PM

What if UC Berkeley caught and fire and everything they had burned down? What if aliens crashed their ship into their storage? We can go on all day with nonsensical what ifs.

corrado33 t1_it4hncc wrote on October 20, 2022 at 9:34 PM

UC Berkeley has top of the line fire suppression systems, ESPECIALLY wherever they'd hold artifacts.

That's.... literally the advantage of keeping artifacts in museums where they're well taken care of.

You're arguing my point here.