Is Greece going to be forced to sell the Parthenon?

I realize the question is a joke. Such a gauche blunder of an offer is only likely from the noveau riche. Perhaps the Chinese?

Do you think they’d take 100 statues of Confederate soldiers taken from government properties in trade?

The Greek govt. seems clueless when it comes to tapping into the revenue it can bring in by increasing tourism prices. The SO and I visited Athens for a week a little over a year ago. It cost $15 a person to access the five most sought after sights. Since one of Greece’s main resources of income is tourism, this seems silly.

Ain’t it going to be hard to move to the US?

@Adirondackwannabe You don’t have to move it for it to change hands. The US can charge an admission fee.

I think Trump already has an option.
His plans are for it to be the new Camp David.

@Adirondackwannabe Hard? yes. Impossible? no. The task would be a big ‘job creator’ for an economy with high unemployment.

The hardest part would be determining where to re-build it in the U.S. I’m undecided if the South would be amenable to the idea because those Greek men, you know, they liked to play with each other. On the other hand, they might truly appreciate the accomplishments of the slaves of that era who worked along side the stone masons.

(Strictly tongue-in-cheek per the OP’s invite)

I think America should send Trump to be president of Greece. He is so awesome, he and Kim Kardashian would have that place sorted out just a few years. Kim’s new baby could be named Greece E. West.

Maybe we in the UK could have it in exchange for the Elgin Marbles?

@Stinley why would you exchange them? If anything, the UK should return them. It’s shameful. But sadly representative of what British Imperialism has done to historical relics through the years.

@cazzie I was joking. I am ashamed of British imperialism. That’s why I thought it was funny. It was a play on the fact that Elgin stole the statues from Greece in the first place

Well, it was a bad joke, then. I tear up about historic relics these days. http://thediplomat.com/2015/03/isis-is-destroying-priceless-artifacts-heres-how-to-stop-them/

@cazzie weirdly enough, I was going to ask a question about how patriotic people feel. I was thinking that I definitely don’t feel patriotic because of the stuff the British did.

@Stinley when I think of Britain, I also remember the work they did for the benefit of scientific advancement, which wasn’t small. Of course I have to include Scotland in the mix to make it really count. ;)

Parthenonsensical idea.

They could sell it to FEMA for to house all of the US civilians when Obama invades the U.S.

^^snicker Watch out tin foil hat aficionados…the invasion starts this week. Better get the wimmen folk and children into the bunkers, or maybe you could rent the Parthenon to house your refugees.

It looks like they’ll have to sell off the entire country to satisfy their debt, although it still won’t be enough.

I don’t know about the Parthenon but you can bet they will have to sell things like power and water plants, service industries, natural resources and the like. And even if they don’t sell it they are likely to be forced to outsource whatever entity runs the concessions and tickets for access to it so that the money can be drained off to some private entity.

@cazzie has my vote:

“I think America should send Trump to be president of Greece. He is so awesome, he and Kim Kardashian would have that place sorted out just a few years. Kim’s new baby could be named Greece E. West.’

Although it might take both the Kardashian and Trump fortunes to bail out Greece, long term. I’m willing to let them try. For te greater good.