Scapegoating the English

Following on from the discussion on the rejuvination of the Irish language and the years of linguicide enforced upon us by the English we seem all to ready to scape goat them for the woes that have befallen Ireland in some recent years. Studies now have shown that the British may be to blame for the increasing levels of binge drinking amongst Irelands youth.

http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-bri...56074-Jun2013/

THE IRISH MIGHT have a reputation for downing more booze than our international counterparts but a study has found it could all be because of the British.

Students from regions inside the historical boundaries of “The Pale” were more likely to binge drink than those who lived in more rural areas, according to the study

The UCD research also used cricket clubs as a measure of British culture and found students living in Irish towns with cricket clubs drank more than those who did not. 

   

Anecdotally the British are blamed as well for the Irish obsession with property. Penal laws oppressed us so much that we all feel a need to now own a property having been denied the rights to own it for so long. Next came a report blaming the English (rightly or wrongly) for genocide when the famine happened (the Irish did not know how to use copper sulphate to stop the blight)


Are we scapegoating the English and too afraid to face up to the fact that we are a nation of complete ***** ups?