Posted on 01/01/2015 1:14:08 PM PST by the scotsman
Funny you didn’t deny it earlier.
Deny what? What the hell are you talking about?? Do you have some mental problems? Are you in an institution?
I’m afraid you have ozzymandus mixed up with Ozymandias.
No, but maybe I should be.
I did mix you up with someone else. I sincerely apologize.
This thread....curiouser and curiouser
“The rancor against Britain ran deep, perhaps because of the Irish Potato Famine.”
It goes back farther than that, at least to Cromwell’s conquest in 1649 and the establishment of Ulster.
Not all that different from the Irish raids for loot and slaves on England and English counter-raids, back in the day. Heck, the same kind of thing happened with respect to Scotland and Wales. The famine was a different animal, simply because the death rate was an order of magnitude bigger, and England could have done something about it, via food relief.
Bottom line is: you can’t claim to be the sovereign power, and not provide succor in a time of famine. Wartime atrocities (which both sides engaged in) are one thing, but standing by in peacetime while mass death from famine occurs in a time of relative prosperity - in a territory that’s part of the realm - is quite another.
Well, at least that’s cleared up. I accept your apology. Best wishes.
I think there have been several Ozymandiasi (?) in the past. That’s why I chose the phonetic spelling.
I agree with that. My comment was only intended to point out that bad blood between the Irish and England predated the potato famine by nearly 200 years.
My own Irish ancestors were landed gentry who had their estates seized by Cromwell. I’m sure the reason they left for the colonies was to start over. And since I have Scots Irish and English blood as well I’m on all sides of that civil war.
“Are you in an institution?”
“No, but maybe I should be.”
You’ve added greatly to tonight’s entertainment. Well done.
Thank you, and the same to you. :)
LOL
I do what I can
It might have been involuntary. The American colonies were the original penal territories for convicts/rebels from the British Isles. Australia became the principal British penal colony after the US gained its independence.
This topic is from sometime earlier last year (2015), and thanks to the scotsman for posting it. A couple of updates of a sort are linked below, and I’m still recovering a little from reading the underlying articles. Anyway, I’m pinging the GGG list, even though I haven’t really considered adding this to the catalog, just because, well, d***, check all these out.
The Strange Case of a Nazi Who Became an Israeli Hitman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3414995/posts
How a Nazi SS commando became a Mossad assassin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3415749/posts
Right out of central casting.
“I read a book by a member of the Charlemagne Division, I think it was division but it could have been some other size unit. The author said that his outfit and Skorzeny were bitter enemies.
Despite that, when they were retreating from the Russians, Skorzeny and his men held a bridge until the very last minute, allowing them to escape before blowing it.”
The Charlemagne Division (SS volunteers from France, one of many “Freiwillige Divisionen” from the occupied regions) was one of the absolute last units to fight in Berlin in 1945. They did not cease fighting until after May 1, when they held the site of the Fuhrerbunker, in spite of heavy casualties, just to ensure that the Soviets did not capture it on May Day. Less than a hundred of them survived.
A shame that line didn’t come along until now ... my body is laced with stories!
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