Is it time we thanked the British Museum for preserving History?

[Just_Ken]

Shout out to the smithsonian and the louve. When they were selling, destroying, melting down or using it as building materials for their shacks the British museum preserved the history and so much would have been lost forever without the British Museum

[indissoluble]

You guys handed over the UK to Islam, so all of history is now lost.

[Jersey2]

Sad but true

[Just_Ken]

Police will even arrest you as you lie on the ground bleeding to death after the guy who stabbed you calls you a racist.

[HelpfulWoman_]

Thank them for preserving history while we continue to rot in the attic of your ego, you bloated, self-important leeches.

[strateguy632]

yes it was rescued not 'stole' from colonies. similarly isis destroyed history stuff in iraq etc.

[Just_Ken]

Muslims did that everywhere

[KostasKouvalis]

Somone made an Instagram post about this, and Arabs lost their shit after reading the comments and started shouting, "White supremacy!" But me and my mom were having this same discussion. If they hadn't taken them, they would've either been destroyed or sold on the black market. Also THIS way, people who may never get to visit the Middle East have the opportunity to see these artifacts. They should be GREATFUL that we preserved their history.

[Just_Ken]

Exactly right. Most of these "stolen" pieces of history were gifted or bought from locals and governments. Like the Koh-i-Noor diamond part of the crown jewels, it was gifted to Queen Victoria but before that various empires for 1000 years had it with India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and iran all claiming ownership of it. You can't take gifts back.

[KostasKouvalis]

THAT too.
I mean, you CAN, but it's so taboo

[Just_Ken]

They should be grateful that a piece of history has been preserved and not sold off

[KostasKouvalis]

Exactly

[jshm2]

No more than you would "thank" a thief for "preserving" your property.

Get it together, sunny.

[Just_Ken]

Not stolen if its bought

[Anonymous]

Keep telling yourself that loser.


You want someone else’s history because yours and boring and lackluster and full of pathetic cultural habits