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> Imagine if something were to arise that took out the corn crop There would still be plenty of food to go around. Problem was that British did not allowed pe
by qwerta 12y ago
> Imagine if something were to arise that took out the corn crop
There would still be plenty of food to go around. Problem was that British did not allowed people to eat corn.
- Wildgoose 12y agoRubbish. There was famine across the whole of Europe. The government imported millet to feed people and militant Irish Nationalists called it "Peel's Brimstone" (it's yellow, remember) and claimed that those eating it would put their immortal souls in danger. Yes, they could have done more. But that doesn't mean they actively plotted to starve people as modern Irish Nationalists like to claim.