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James McLean
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AlexWilliamsGloves
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Antagonistic ? Mass generalisation ? James McLean is talking about Bloody Sunday if anyone is posting about Mass generalisation its you. This comment goes to Mr Gloves as well. Hope this clears up the misunderstanding. There must have been atrocities committed during the Irish Civil War. We all know what happened during the Famine at the same time one quarter of the people of Lancashire were wiped out due to Scarlet Fever . We don't talk about that.
So huge numbers of people dying from Scarlet Fever is due to Irish "naughtiness"??
The famine? What you on about???
ccr
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Keep your gloves on Alex. I've only ever blamed the Irish for one thing................Roy Keane.So huge numbers of people dying from Scarlet Fever is due to Irish "naughtiness"??
The famine? What you on about???
There were indeed atrocities committed in the Irish Civil War. All tolled about 1700 (hundred) people (mostly soldiers) were killed.Antagonistic ? Mass generalisation ? James McLean is talking about Bloody Sunday if anyone is posting about Mass generalisation its you. This comment goes to Mr Gloves as well. Hope this clears up the misunderstanding. There must have been atrocities committed during the Irish Civil War. We all know what happened during the Famine at the same time one quarter of the people of Lancashire were wiped out due to Scarlet Fever . We don't talk about that.
Interestingly, Cromwell popped over to Ireland to put the finishing touches on the English Civil War and slaughtered 17000 (thousand) soldiers... and 200,000 civilians.
What happened in the Famine? Well, there are copious documents available for free on the internet and the subject is far too broad to answer in a single post but on a Single Day, at the height of the Famine (4 November 1847), the English exported from Cork aboard The Ajax...
1514 firkins of butter
102 casks of pork
44 hogsheads of whiskey
844 sacks of oats
247 sacks of wheat
104 bales of bacon
13 casks of ham
145 casks of porter
13 sacks of fodder
8 sacks if lard
269 boxes of eggs
30 head of cattle
90 pigs
220 lambs
34 calves
And 69 miscellaneous packages.
This was by no means an unusual day's trading, as similar stories are recorded throughout the Famine, not just in Cork but in Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Belfast, and Wexford.
gordondaviesmoustache
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But no potatoes tbf.There were indeed atrocities committed in the Irish Civil War. All tolled about 1700 (hundred) people (mostly soldiers) were killed.
Interestingly, Cromwell popped over to Ireland to put the finishing touches on the English Civil War and slaughtered 17000 (thousand) soldiers... and 200,000 civilians.
What happened in the Famine? Well, there are copious documents available for free on the internet and the subject is far too broad to answer in a single post but on a Single Day, at the height of the Famine (4 November 1847), the English exported from Cork aboard The Ajax...
1514 firkins of butter
102 casks of pork
44 hogsheads of whiskey
844 sacks of oats
247 sacks of wheat
104 bales of bacon
13 casks of ham
145 casks of porter
13 sacks of fodder
8 sacks if lard
269 boxes of eggs
30 head of cattle
90 pigs
220 lambs
34 calves
And 69 miscellaneous packages.
This was by no means an unusual day's trading, as similar stories are recorded throughout the Famine, not just in Cork but in Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Belfast, and Wexford.
AlexWilliamsGloves
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Tbf....that totally trumps everything. I can only apologise for all IrishmenKeep your gloves on Alex. I've only ever blamed the Irish for one thing................Roy Keane.
But no potatoes tbf.
In the early days of the Famine (1845, in particular but also '46) potatoes were exported also.
So, both factually and morally, that's a pretty weak attempt at humour.
gordondaviesmoustache
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Not sure facts and humour are easy bedfellows.In the early days of the Famine (1845, in particular but also '46) potatoes were exported also.
So, both factually and morally, that's a pretty weak attempt at humour.
As to the morality, people routinely make jokes about the Titanic and WW2 (although not the holocaust tbf) without censure, due to the effluxion of time since the events occurred. Moreover, my quip wasn’t aimed at any individual, but rather around a root vegetable. Presumably you are offended by the Life of Brian because it draws humour from the crucifixion, or is circa two millennia ok, but 170 years not?
Not sure facts and humour are easy bedfellows.
As to the morality, people routinely make jokes about the Titanic and WW2 (although not the holocaust tbf) without censure, due to the effluxion of time since the events occurred. Moreover, my quip wasn’t aimed at any individual, but rather around a root vegetable. Presumably you are offended by the Life of Brian because it draws humour from the crucifixion, or is circa two millennia ok, but 170 years not?
I didn't say that I was offended. I said it was a piss poor effort. Unfortunately, for all of us, there is no statute of limitations upon inept wit.
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Yawn-move to off topicI didn't say that I was offended. I said it was a piss poor effort. Unfortunately, for all of us, there is no statute of limitations upon inept wit.