Yeah but guns would destroy the corpse too quickly.Furburt said:
But in the sense of multiculturalism they can use Cricket bats and we can use Hurls.
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But in the sense of multiculturalism they can use Cricket bats and we can use Hurls.
A united Ireland would be great provided all concerned consented to it. If Ireland then joined the UK, that would be even better, it would be a really special moment in the history of the British Isles.-Orgasmatron- said:
The IRA and the Taliban do have a number of things in common, but one significant difference is that the Taliban are a lot more evil than the IRA are. I would suppose the IRA would be about as "evil" as the Argentianian army when it occupied the Falklands. The Taliban on the other hand are almost as bad as the Nazi's.
She wasn't Hitler you know.Wasder said:
And to be honest, Gordon's a lot worst then Maggie was any day.
Imagine ALL the street parties.Agent Larkin said:
I think it's wonderful how the hate has been passed on generations that didn't even experience Maggies tyranny.
I'm guessing this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EASt...E75C9D5E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18lewism247 said:
i saw the plans. it´s true. tokio hotel is only the beginning. it will turn out to be like a luau but with real beer and sauerkraut. and we will lose this time too because we´re mellow now.Sulu said:
First of all, it wasn't a famine. Like you said, it was the English Landlords refusing let the people for them eat their own food. There was plenty of food, it's just it all went to the English. What did the British Government do about this? Nothing of importance, otherwise a third of Ireland wouldn't have died and another third emigrate.Nickolai77 said:
As far as you opinion being unbiased because your ancestors also suffered through the potato famine, I am calling your bullshit. That means absolutely nothing. That's akin to saying I think the Nazi's were justified because I have German ancestors.
Somebody's touchy o.0mugetsu37 said:
Well, you may not understand this, but i do have quite an interest in my own family history, in perticular that of the O'Dowd clan. I've also holidayed their as well, it's a beautiful country and the people (and their drinks) are awesome. So, given my personal connection with Ireland, i am more likely to sympathise with the Irish and their history.
Alright, onto history. If you want to be technical about the Great Famine then yes i suppose it was a potato blight, the potato being the staple diet of the Irish tenants. The reason why this was the case was because the landlords owned all the fertile land, pushing the Irish onto poorer land where they could only grow potatos. During the 1840's when the blight struck the British government did try to help, after all a number of Mp's in parliment where Irish themselves, however their effors to help backfired. For instance, Britain brought £100,000 pounds worth of corn from America, however the corn arrived in unrefined form, and local facilities lacked the abilty to refine it. Repealing the Corn Laws and lowering the cost of bread did not help either. The British government also tried to set up public works projects so that the Irish could earn money to buy food, however, these public works projects where poorly run and unprofitable, and since the Irish where already starving, little work was done. Really, i think the government should have attempted to tackle the landlords directly, however, considering that the landlords possesed a lot of political power in the House of Lords, not much could have been done even if they had tried that. However, if i remember rightly parliment did manage to attain a temporary ban on exports from Ireland during a famine in the late 18th century. However, considering the power that the British upper classes had in parilment, and that by the mid 19th century the landlords had very much consildated their power in Ireland, its not surprising that parliment could not, once again, forbid the exports of food from Ireland. Parliment had the right motives, and the right theory, but in practise their plans where useless.