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Re: HELP NEEDED SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN IRELAND




> 
> This is the purest invention.  There is no reference to or even
> suggestion of "laziness" in any of my posts.  Nor is there any
> suggestion of anything but sympathy for the victims of the potato
> famine.  My only point was that it was an unproductive technology.
>  
> Everything els that people are attacking here is in the minds of the
> attackers -- as can easily be seen by scrollig back to my posts,
> immediately above.
>  
>                                                         -dlj.
>  
I am not making attacks, or anything of the sort, but the tone of your
comment and what it may have implied, could cause some people to be
offended. The correct causes of the famine have already been mentioned
here already, so I will not repeat them. I will repeat my request of you,
and others like you, to be more aware of people's sensitivities in the
future. We are not talking about some trivial matter here - our country
was decimated by the events of the 1840's, and the repercussions are still
felt today. Our population was cut almost by a two thirds - TWO THIRDS -
and has not recovered in the 150 years or so since. Whole counties became
'ghost' counties in the space of a few years. People were forced to be
removed from the places and people that they loved. I hope this
illustrates the devastation the effect of the Famine has had on this
country. 
   John Callan.



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