Submitted by Sir Joshua, Jan 12, 2008 21:20

Yes, and if there wern't cars on the road there wouldn't be accidents either. If it wasn't for a market, legal or illegal, then there would be no discoveries either. These pots, if discovered by the Italian authorities would still be sitting as a pile of shards in a box in the basement of a provincial museum open the third Thursday of the month to some member of the Italian museum higherarchy. As it is, the Euphroneous kalyx krater has now been seen by hundreds of thousands, has been studied by thousands of students, both undergraduate and post graduate, has spread the fame of Euphroneous far and wide, and has made everyone happy. Your communist approach of fingershaking at American institutions should be directed to the Italian millionaires of northern Italy who keep their money in Switzerland and keep the Italian government poor. Italy can't afford to care for everything they have as it is. The Arena chapel in Padua has a case of damp that a first year plumbing student could take care of, but Italy, crippled by their socialist mire is endangering Giotto's frescoes which are an international treasure because of their own incompitence. Straighten out the corruption in your own country then get on your soap box and clear your throat. Italy is in a sad state, and it's no secret.

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