The Poor Law Extension Act of 1847 was instituted to deny aid to tenant farmers with over a quarter acre
of land. This Act promoted emigration, increased land clearance, and disintegrated the structure of rural society, which were beneficial to British landowners, who sought profit, power, and
larger plots of land. According to the Poor Laws, landlords
were bound to support peasants sent to the workhouse, which cost
$12 pounds a year. Instead, some landlords sent peasants to Canada
on "coffin ships", which cost $6 pounds. Coffin ships were
"wet, leaky holds" of timber ships returning to North America that
were "crammed in with as many as 900 [people], with barely room to
stand." Approximately half of the people died during the voyage
and the other half arrived in North America unable to disembark,
without assistance, due to sickness and starvation.



Rohingya/Syrian exodus.

Let's be contemporary!

Read more: bigmango.boards.net/thread/3282/trump-conspiracy?page=3#ixzz3uFcqNUHK

I didn't bring up the IRA. 

I doubt you have read the article I posted.

I referenced boat people as being a contemporary example of  forced eviction,.
I am not a nationalist, I do not really have a "country".
Sure I was born in England of Anglo Scottish parents, but now I "reside" in Thailand.

To take a broad swipe at universal problems by playing a Nationalist card is a weak and to my mind a selfish approach to the human condition.

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Samuel Johnson.

Do read between the lines and not jump to conclusions.

Will you provide , or America, the boats to transport the displaced American Muslims to who knows where?

Will they in turn (have they?) become "haters" of America?

Or is it just Irish history we are discussing?

Hold on hold on - give me a chance- real life interfered ffs.

And calamities upon calamities - three of my laptops went down.

Right - cmk, in Scottish parlance - you're getting it.

Just give me a few minutes to think up some smart answers.

Statements without proof - and not a singular biblical reference to support that claim - also notable that the RC church claimed to have exhumed the bones of Peter and to this day will not allow independent testing or verification.

If they had the bones of Peter it would have stopped this argument in it's tracks - 

The best lies are always the biggest one's. 
 

Dear cmk - 

I know that your answer nutshelled the BS behind the RC church.

The Pope was holding a wee box of chicken bones was he, pretending they were St Peters?  Or was it the Papal version of the Clintonesque "Don't ask, don't tell," policy?


The entire church is a sham built upon idolatry, superstition, and made up things by men in dresses pretending they are more worthy than other members of the human race. 

"The meek shall inherit the earth," 

That'll exclude 99% of the priesthood then. 

Blether you are writing like I brought it up.  I didn't you did.  You said America was bad because they supported the IRA.  I was trying to explain to you how Americans felt about the IRA/THE IRISH WAR of Independence. 

The Black and Tans’ most notorious member must have been 19-year-old Thomas D. Huckerby from Somerset, England. Over a six-month period, he was responsible for the murder of five men – all of whom were unarmed and none of which were involved in the IRA.

On Nov. 26, 1920, IRA members Pat and Harry Loughnane were arrested at their family farm by Auxiliary forces. The brothers’ bodies were found burned and mutilated nine days later. They had been tied to the back of a lorry and forced to run behind it until they collapsed and were dragged along the ground. Both of Pat’s wrists, legs and arms were broken. He had a fractured skull and wounds carved into his chest. Harry’s right arm was broken and almost severed from his body, he was also missing two fingers. When he was found all that remained of his face were his chin and lips. Authorities claimed that the brothers had escaped from custody and that the Auxies were not involved in their deaths. That same month, a priest and a pregnant woman were also killed by British forces.

militaryhistorynow.com/2015/11/09/the-black-and-tan-war-nine-fascinating-facts-about-the-bloody-fight-for-irish-independence/

The Black and Tans were not subject to strict discipline in their first months and as a result, their deaths at the hands of the IRA in 1920 were often repaid with arbitrary reprisals against the civilian population. In the summer of 1920, the Black and Tans burned and sacked many small towns and villages in Ireland, beginning with Tuam in County Galway in July 1920 and also including Trim, Balbriggan, Knockcroghery, Thurles and Templemore amongst many others.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tans

You brought up the IRA and quid pro quo (I speak Latin - learned in Catholic school) I brought up the other side the Black and Tans to keep the discussion fair and balanced. 

The only thing I know about recruitment was most of them were out of work British WWI soldiers and recruited in England. 

 Of the 9,762 Black and Tans recruited a disproportionate number were from London and the counties immediately around London. (See Fig II) The reason for this was that the original recruiting was only carried out in London and it was easier for men in that area to get to the recruiting office and join up. It was not until July 1920 that recruiting began in other centres and eventually recruitment was carried out from regular British Army Recruitment offices. One striking feature about the recruitment of Black and Tans, which seems to have been missed by many academic commentators is the disproportionate number of recruits from Aberdeen. By any measure the total of 393 recruits is totally out of proportion to any where else. Another striking feature of Black and Tan recruitment was that only 117 men were recruited in the whole of Wales or 30% of the number recruited in Aberdeen.
1 London 2146
2 Lancashire 591
3 Ireland 299
4 Kent 331
5 Aberdeen 264
6 Lanarkshire 275
7 Yorkshire 262 
8 Middlesex 212
9 Surrey 210 
10 Sussex 145

Temps not listed. 
www.warofindependence.info/?page_id=505