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“You know… everyone likes to talk about the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles issue…it gets all the headlines, but when you think about it…” “I haven’t even had my coffee yet!” my poor husband interjected. “Right… Right… but the Venus de Milo….” “Hey – this is supposed to be a holiday!” You see dear reader, last week we

It is easy to have an ‘ideal’ when it is unchallenged. “This king is best”. How readily this bold statement rolls off the tongue, when there is no other king of which to speak. Likewise the phrase, “This God (or Gods) is right” offers no resistance if one’s own knowledge of divinities is severely limited.