Hi,
> Unfortunately, it is their country, and their artifacts. They
> are within their rights to do what they are doing.
> William Robb
in fact they are not within their rights. The Taleban are not the
legitimate government of Afghanistan. Even if they were, Afghanistan
is part of the UN and has signed up to the conventions behind the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which includes the giant Buddha statues,
and recognises that certain things belong to the world's culture, not to
a single culture or nation.
They do not have any legal right to destroy them. They claim a moral
right, which is as well- or as ill-founded as the moral right of
Christians or Jews to destroy 'graven images' on the basis that it is
part of the Mosaic law.
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Bob
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Wednesday, March 14, 2001, 10:34:47 PM, you wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cameron Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: March 14, 2001 1:27 PM
> Subject: OT: Send a message to these morons
>> Destruction of Buddah's in Afghanistan; send your e-mail to
> the Afghanistan
>> Government at: <snipped>
>> I sent the Afghanis this message:
> <Snipped>
> Unfortunately, it is their country, and their artifacts. They
> are within their rights to do what they are doing.
> William Robb
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