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Old 08-31-2005, 11:52 AM  
dig420
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Originally Posted by davidd
Why? Are you agreeing with the statistics that the propensity for violence, absense of self control, and respect for civil society are true?

Discuss.
The Irish were stereotyped as drunks and criminals, breeding without restraint and responsible for allowing their own backward ways to impoverish them. With little to eat and few extra clothes, their slovenly appearance was used as proof that they were dirty by nature.

you see a pattern here?
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