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VyrPlan t1_j13ynft wrote

>Germany’s foreign minister...“It was wrong to steal these bronzes. It was wrong to keep these bronzes and it is long overdue to return these bronzes to their home”

nice to hear a clear admission and actual contrition without the usual equivocation and deflection we've grown to expect

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Javamac8 t1_j15g277 wrote

When Germany fucks up, they admit it. Eventually.

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Ynwe t1_j16cio9 wrote

Which makes us pretty unique, given how no one else ever seems to admit their past fuck ups

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TwitchyCake t1_j16pzwo wrote

tbf they only admitted Nazism was bad after they got merc'd by the allies

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derpaherpa t1_j17spug wrote

Who exactly, speaking for Germany, was supposed to admit it before that? The Nazi government?

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XxHavanaHoneyxX t1_j17wv1s wrote

Which is why the Brits won’t do the same because they basically got away with imperialism and just slowly deflated economically due to the world wars. Nobody ever really held the British Empire to account for wrong doings. They won and lost battles and wars overseas.

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TroutCreekOkanagan t1_j17oom5 wrote

Still , they legalized weed. So their priorities are on point. Bob Marley would say gotta have Kaya now! I consider Germany and the Germans I have meet to very interesting people, some of which are very kind.

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thebadpixel t1_j18h2cp wrote

Good! Those bronzes are literally the history of the country, and by scrambling the order, irreparable harm has already been done.

Now do the British Royal Museum, which has more of them than anyone else.

Photograph them, 3D scan them, make replicas for future study, then give the originals BACK!

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