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[–] robyoung@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Anti-royal pro-colonial is a angle we don't often see.

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Giving things back is not pro-colonial. Did we even have any claim on Greece as a colony?

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There was more than one empire when the British empire was at its height. Greece was under the control of the Ottoman empire. The purchase of the marbles was an agreement with them rather than the Greeks themselves.

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What has that got to do with the price of fish?

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was answering your question about whether Britain had claimed Greece as a colony. Colonialism isn't just about the British empire.

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And again - price of fish. The topic at hand has nothing to do with colonialism.

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did we even have any claim on Greece as a colony?

Syldon@feddit.uk

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Anti-royal pro-colonial is a angle we don’t often see

Look at the comment above and stick to the context

Britain had claimed Greece as a colony

andthenthreemore see anyone can do that

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

Except I took your whole question to give you context to my answer, rather than taking an extra from a sentence which flipped the meaning.

You can't complain about my comment having nothing to do with the price of fish when I was just giving you an answer to your question.