Top Document: Irish FAQ: The Famine [6/10] Previous Document: 1) Why is it important? Next Document: 3) What happened? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Most of the controversy is over the question of blame. Those who look for a simple answer usually settle on one of two targets: the British government of the time or the Irish themselves. The government is accused of genocide and even of instigating an "Irish holocaust". The Irish are accused of marrying too early and having too many children, making a Malthusian catastrophe inevitable. However the Famine is too complicated to allow a simple apportionment of blame. There were a number of social and political forces at work, not to mention the seed of the calamity, the potato blight that robbed people of their food. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: Irish FAQ: The Famine [6/10] Previous Document: 1) Why is it important? Next Document: 3) What happened? Part00 - Part01 - Part02 - Part03 - Part04 - Part05 - Part06 - Part07 - Part08 - Part09 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: irish-faq@pobox.com (Irish FAQ Maintainer)
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