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Re: Sebago Corsairs
Posted by pete noddin on Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:55:47 PM
In reply top Re: Sebago Corsairs posted by Rob Mears on Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:05:31 PM
: How did anyone get the idea that the families were not in the loop on this one?? I've seen it mentioned here several times and it is a fabrication.
"I wonder what their families think of this, are they info
: rmed?"
:
: Nope.
:
: That's the only factor that really gets to me over this pa
: rticular game of politically driven tug-o-war. If the fam
: ily was involved it would be far easier to share the belie
: fs of the court on this one. The fact that the families h
: ave apparently been discluded from the moral decision of t
: he court forces me to resign this entire argument as littl
: e mroe than two children arguing over a toy - for substant
: ially nothing more than argument's sake.
:
: If I discovered that the WWII crashsite of one of my relat
: ives had been discovered, and that the US Navy and some fo
: reign court were making the decision for me as to whether
: the recoverable remains of my family member rightly belong
: ed at the bottom of some lake - you can damn well bet I'd
: want a say in the decision!! From all the evidence I've s
: een, no substantial attempt has been made to contact any l
: iving relatives of the deceased.
:
: Neither party is righteous in this fight because neither h
: as gone to the source to secure the will of the families.
: Treasure hunters and bureaucratic buffoons alike should t
: ake heed of what's truly important in a situation such as
: this. These facts leave me to believe that NEITHER deserv
: e the right to claim these wrecksites as their own.
: