Let me re-phrase then- Spain has a lot of "cultural heritage" to be proud of... yeah right. Those in power are Common thieves, always have been always will be, a zebra doesn't change his stripes. Same goes for the one who hold the power in this country. Have a nice day compadre.mariner said:
Xenophobic? Hate? Please! Nothing I have stated is even remotely unreasonable nor unwarranted. Learn your history as it pertains to Spanish explorers. I didn't even mention the thousands of people they killed by disease and pestilence. This is the country that started the slave trade in the "New World" for christ sake. Opinion is one thing, the reply you expressed is such an example. Fact is another (that'd be mine). Have a great day.diggummup said:
Who are you kidding 
A case of monkey see monkey. Learned from those who perfected it, starting with good old Christopher Columbus. Not Britian, nor Spain, nor France has anything to be proud of when it comes to the "colonization" of the Americas. Crimes and atrocities against humanity were committed by all of them. I could care less if it was a European court , American court, or a Chinese court for that matter. I believe in finders keepers after more than 200 years on the ocean floor. Those who put the money, blood, sweat and tears into the recovery of the coins should be the rightfull overseers of it. At the very least, compensation for the monies spent in the recovery of the treasure, or perhaps a simple thank you would even help. But as usual Spain in all of it's self perceived superiority is too good for such a thing. They've painted Odyssey Marine as modern day pirates. Don't act like Spain is trying to preserve it's "cultural heritage" by the acquisiton of these coins, we ALL know that is not the case. I can't wait to see how many of these 594,000 or so coins actually show up for public display at museums around the country (Spain), as the Spanish Cultural Ministry claims will be the case. Yeah right.MORE AND BEYOND OSSY said:This coming from a US citizen, How did the US treat it's slaves !! Wake up to yourself
How did the Pilgrims end up taking the land from the native Indians, with hand sake or a bullet to head !!!!!
You are just upset a US court ( Not European ) has banged Odyssey on the Head. suck it UP
Ossy
diggummup said:
Another prime example.Alexandre said:
...Who kept things nice and friendly with the U.S. and their other foreign visitors.diggummup said:No it was run by an authoritarian dictator.Conch1 said:I used a kit-built metal detector all over southern Spain back in the early '60's, but then the place wasn't run by Euro-Socialists back then...
Fantastic AlexanderAlexandre said:VOC said:
They should have stick with Australia, too...
Hey, Ossy, have seen this letter of Quirós to the King, relating him what he had found in Australia?
VOC said:The only difference is the British did not dig up the Falklands and put in ships to send home ! (but they might start to do this with the Oil & Gas they have just found out there)
I suppose what is good enough for Spain must also be good enough for the British, (and after all Spain did start the trend of invading for profit)
It's a shame England can't play footballVOC said:He must have been the first and last guy the Portuguese ever managed to shoot in combat
VOC said:"It's a shame England can't play football"
Lucky enough we are wealthy enough to pay the poor people from the third world (including Spanish and Portuguese) to come and run around for us in the Premiership (World largest and most popular league).
Don’t have a dog and bark yourself
Did you mean come on over and show the English how to play 
