Δεν έχει σταματημό η κατρακύλα αυτής της Κυβέρνησης. Διαβάσαμε με αρκετή κατάπληξη το σημερινό άρθρο από την Βρετανική εφημερίδα “The Times” για τα Ελγίνεια Γλυπτά.Το άρθρο αναφέρεται σε μια πρόταση του Παύλου Γερουλάνου, στην οποία αξίζει να δοθεί εξαιρετική προσοχή.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article2833629.ece
Greece offers to drop claim to Elgin Marbles
Michael Binyon
* Published: 06 December 2010* Europe
Greece is trying to break decades of stalemate with Britain over the Elgin Marbles by dropping its long-standing claim to ownership of the sculptures in return for the British Museum sending the Acropolis artefacts back to Athens on a long-term loan. In return, Greece will offer the British Museum a selection of its best classical art, changing the exhibition every few years to give London one of the richest permanent displays in Western Europe of sculpture, carvings and art from from ancient Greece. The offer was made by Pavlos Geroulanos, the Greek Minister of Culture, who said that his country no longer cared about the technical ownership of the Parthenon treasures as long as they were reunified with the other sculptures that formed part of the richly decorated temple. His offer, detailed in an interview with The Times, is an attempt to overcome the long dispute over the Marbles.
Most of the best preserved sculptures from the Parthenon frieze were removed with the Sultan’s permission by Lord Elgin, the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which then included Greece. They were shipped to Britain between 1801 and 1805, and purchased by Parliament in 1816. Greece has always regarded the deal as illegal and claimed that the treasures were looted. The British Museum said in a statement that it had not received any formal approach from Greece detailing the latest offer. But it added: “If such a proposal were to be made, there is no reason to suppose that the Trustees would alter their opinion expressed in their current statement on the matter.” This says that the sculptures need to continue to be seen “within the world collection of the British Museum”.
Αν όντως ισχύει το ρεπορτάζ και ο Υπουργός Πολιτισμού, Παύλος Γερουλάνος, έκανε αυτήν την απαράδεκτη πρόταση, κατάφερε εκτός των άλλων, τα εξής:
1. Xάνουμε το ηθικό πλεονέκτημα,
2. Βγάζει ηλίθιους όλους όσους μας υποστήριξαν τόσα χρόνια σε όλον τον κόσμο,
3. Μετακινούμαστε συνεχώς προς την (αμετακίνητη) θέση του αντιπάλου,
και όλ’ αυτά φυσικά, για κάτι που δεν έχει νόημα να γίνει με την ουρά στα σκέλια.
Θέλαμε να ξέραμε με τι μούτρα θα βγαίνουν μετά στο εξωτερικό οι υπουργοί μιας χώρας που πουλάει πολιτισμό;; αλλά να μου πείτε πως αυτό είναι το τελευταίο που τους νοιάζει!!
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