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To: Joe Hadenuf
Those who are concerned about the use of English should be more attentive to detail.

Back to my tortilla chips.

142 posted on 11/22/2002 8:50:01 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Miss Marple
Personally I'm enjoying a Harp Ale.

I have to admit I have a fondness for Harp. It's a by-product of all those blasted Irish Immigrants. Now if you want to look at anti-immigrant bias read some of the histories of the Irish immigrant.

Most of America was up in arms over the waves of Irish invading this country just because of a famine back in the old country. Most people thought the Irish to be uneducated, lazy drunken louts who did speak a form of English anyone could understand. They were worried that the Irish were going to come over here and take jobs away from decent hard working Americans, take over their neighborhoods (and ruin them of course) and keep their heathen ways. And to make matters worse, the Irish were Catholics and had kids like rabbits...pretty soon the Irish would drive the decent folk out of their own country.

Yep, we see how terrible that worked out. Every St. Patrick day there they are parading up and down the streets out east.

Damn, it's the Irish all over again.

Oh, and I'll save them the trouble...yes, the Irish mostly came over legally. Their desparation, impact on their communities and eventual influence on this country are history.

153 posted on 11/22/2002 9:00:18 PM PST by CWOJackson
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