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Secret 3D scans in the French Supreme Court

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771 points abetusk | 3 comments | 18 Oct 24 08:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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myrmidon ◴[18 Oct 24 13:03 UTC] No.41879059[source]▶
This is utterly puzzling to me.

I just don't understand how you sit on the museums side of the trial on this, without seriously questioning your own position and conceding immediately.

They were basically arguing that they are entitled to hide those scan artifacts to better protect their gift shop?! How can they even reconcile those arguments with preserving the artists legacy/serving the common good?

I'm also surprised at how nonchalantly the french supreme (!!) court seems to cope with the museum just ignoring their two month deadline for three months in the new trial... Is there no equivalent to "contempt of court" in french law? Is this typical?

My conclusion is that there is either pure stubbornness or some weird, jealous hoarding mentality happening on the museums side, because I have no other explanation why they would fight so hard for their position seemingly against all reason.

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1. yard2010 ◴[18 Oct 24 14:36 UTC] No.41879852[source]▶
Ah non. They are just being french. They don't need reasons.

Excuse my humor. I'm a huge francophile actually.

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2. Wololooo ◴[18 Oct 24 14:49 UTC] No.41879956[source]▶
No need to excuse yourself as a French speaker but not French, the baguettes will indeed unscrupulously bend people over if it serves their own interest without excuses or valid justification.
3. bambax ◴[18 Oct 24 16:34 UTC] No.41881012[source]▶
It's not exactly that but it's close. It is: the State is always right, you're wrong, and that's that. The reasoning behind it is that "the State" is 66 million people, and you're just one person, so it's really easy to tell who matters more.

It can be viewed as a perverse interpretation of the trolley problem; but it's impossible to understand France without that information.

That's why people selling train tickets are rude and unpleasant: they represent the national railway system, which is an extension of the State, which is 66 million people, and you're just one person, so fuck you very much.

Etc.