After the Greek war of independence, Greek national identity started becoming more and more founded on the ruins and on the national pride of an archaeological past, this wonderful civilization right where they grew up ... in their own backyard. People can identify with them much more in Greece.

Traveling exhibits are a great option. The fact that museums only display a fraction of their collection is a real problem. What they should do is open up their collections for smaller museums to be able to have things on loan.

Just because the Greeks were incapable of protecting them, didn't give British the right to take them. By keeping the marbles, the message that they are sending is that 'we value them more and they are more important here and you don't deserve to have them.' That is not a good message to be sending from country to country.

Every person's true identity is beautiful, and much of the ugliness we observe in others was put inside of them by external influences.

All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.

If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence