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I completely agree, but its a LOT harder to twist. Be fair here!

"Be Excellent to me else off with your head!" would be a little harder to preach.

Edited, Dec 29th 2008 2:43pm by GwynapNud

I don't understand that joke, Anna. What's wrong with cats? Are you suggesting I'm too dim to read books with words in them? In fact, I am reading Empire by Niall ferguson at present, which is rather amusing given the direction the argument has taken.



Why would there be nationalistic fervour on Britain's side when the Irish are pacified? There is certainly an economic dimension to the famine, as providing a country with food isn't cheap, and exporting their food = £££! but it's not like the Great Bengal Famine - there are clearly other factors besides greed and natural disaster, including an ideology set against prolonged relief efforts, a dislike of catholicism and "backward" Irish farming methods.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/famine_01.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Irish_Famine

Chop chop, Kavekk



Now please justify why religion was the cause of Ireland not integrating with Britain. You have still not even come close to this.



As for that, oh darling .. who enforced the farming methods? It was not the Irish. Do some research before posting.

Then I assume you did not mean what I thought you did. Are you talking about the belief that British people are better than Irish people? Because that's tied in with the belief that Protestantism is superioUr to Catolicism.

Britain did not enforce any farming methods. The British system of land tenure, which is different, was enforced.



I don't have anywhere near the amount of emotional investment it would require for me to bother writing a few Gbaji sized posts on the subject.

Aside from Catholicism being right, you mean

I gave my answer, but you don't think it answered the question. That's different than me avoiding the answer. Clearly, it's going to be a lot of effort, so I'd just as soon as not bother, seeing as I don't really care who "wins".



Quiet, you.

So, do you still live in Eire / the Republic of South Ireland, Gwynap?

Her own ickle world Kavekk. Just like you

Yeah, well my world ha a bigger ***** thqan hers, so there.

Oh, and my dad can beat up her dad, too.

And one of his few remaining, poor dear.

Got any links to back that up?

Edited, Dec 29th 2008 9:31pm by paulsol

All else being equal, I'd prefer to be controlled by entities whose goals are influenced by some sort of logic and rationality (even if I disagree with the rationale, e.g. Republican fiscal policy), as opposed to those influenced by magic (e.g. Republican social policy).




Edited, Dec 29th 2008 3:58pm by trickybeck