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Thread: Was the Great Irish Famine an Act of Genocide?

  1. 7th February 2012, 12:05 AM #1
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    Was the Great Irish Famine an Act of Genocide?

    We all know that blight created a potato shortage between 1845-1850.
    But it is now in common agreement that foreign policy of the UK aggrevated the hunger due to the export policies.
    At least 1million people died and the UK was slow to set up relief houses due to the policy on the 'feckless'.
    So was the famine Genocide?

    New Jersey thinks so: H-Net Discussion Networks - Fwd: Irish Famine Curriculum Approved in New Jersey

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  3. 7th February 2012, 12:07 AM #2
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    Bang up to date stuff on this forum.
    I'll wait till you get to August 1914.
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  4. 7th February 2012, 12:09 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by drummed View Post
    Bang up to date stuff on this forum.
    I'll wait till you get to August 1914.
    That's why its in the history forum.
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    Up to date on a history forum? That would be the current events forum.

    And, yeah, it was genocide.
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    Was Phil Collins even alive then?
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  7. 7th February 2012, 12:11 AM #6
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    Always looking to start a thread that'll run to hundreds of posts, eh? Do a search and you'll find that the Famine has been done to death (no pun intended).
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    Please, please,please not another famine thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kev408 View Post
    Always looking to start a thread that'll run to hundreds of posts, eh?
    That should be the objective of every poster to create quality.
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  10. 7th February 2012, 12:13 AM #9
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    I'm going for a bag of chips.
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    Myself and Cael went around in circles for a few days on that exact same topic. I'm an apologist for Imperialist mass murder, apparently.

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