"The Scots and the Irish were the n[lowest class] of the world in those days."
Figured that would happen. So, for record's sake: this is post #255.
I suppose that the N word was deleted because it is considered to be a "fighting word.", and I understand. But it presupposes that there is only one ethnic group that has a lock on victim status. The fact is that this country was built on blood.
I recently saw Gangs of New York for the first time. I've never seen a movie before that showed just how screwed up it was in the North at the time. And it was mostly showing Irish on Irish violence.