So recant of your implication that they should have remained silent !
The Spanish government had claimed it and our government has ordered that it be returned to them..."Un-do attention" ? Ok, I'll be the devil's advocate then : Who does the possible money in that safe belong to ? That new homeowner who just bought the house? Or the previous homeowner who just left it there by accident ? (alerted to the fact by the new-link hitting the press, mind-you) ? Or how about if that home had previously been a rental, and 3 different previous renters "stepped forward" upon seeing that news clip, to alert you/us that it was they who left that $$ there (a simple slip of the mind).
In each and every one of those cases, SURELY you wouldn't begrudge those right-ful owners from having what's rightfully there ?? So pray-tell, how is this "un-do" attention? Those persons who found it were merely doing what's right when reporting it afterall. Right ?
No, this isn't true Dain-Brammage. There's actually some legal cases, that I won't go into (on account of space) that don't support that.
Let me give you an example: Let's say your wife looses her $100,000 diamond ring. A few years later, you move out of your house. Then a few weeks later, you meet the house-buyer at the supermarket. You look down, and his wife is wearing YOUR wife's ring. You recognize it and say:
"hey, that's our family heirloom! Yipee you found it!"
But the finder says:
" huh? what are you talking about ? We found it in our flower bed. It belongs to us now. haha, sorry charlie".
Ok, you tell me: is the ring yours, or the house-buyers ?
The legal cases surrounding such things are very interesting reading. Worth an entire post someday
