Was the Famine Genocide?

[EAFC_rdfl]

Our we guilty of genocide for not assisting 3rd world countries suffering from Natural disasters (Burma) or famine? If our elected leaders so act but we still vote them back into government are we all guilty?

do we occupy said 3rd world countries? the Irish people during the famine paid their taxes etc to Britain, this is why the responsibility of aiding the starving lay with Britain.

[Wolfie]

Its not a widely known fact that the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi, who were suffering their own woes, selflessly sent money they could not afford to Ireland as Famine relief.

"In 1841 the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi were forced from their homelands to journey many hundred miles cross country to Oklahoma. Many of them perished on what became known as the 'Trail of Tears'. A report in 'The Arkansas Intellegencer' of April 3rd 1847 stated that the Choctaw Indians, on learning of the Irish Famine, sent money to a famine relief fund in Ireland".

It puts Britains inaction into stark contrast.

[Block G Raptor]

Its not a widely known fact that the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi, who were suffering their own woes, selflessly sent money they could not afford to Ireland as Famine relief.

"In 1841 the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi were forced from their homelands to journey many hundred miles cross country to Oklahoma. Many of them perished on what became known as the 'Trail of Tears'. A report in 'The Arkansas Intellegencer' of April 3rd 1847 stated that the Choctaw Indians, on learning of the Irish Famine, sent money to a famine relief fund in Ireland".

It puts Britains inaction into stark contrast.

Damien Dempsey has a great song about that on his "Shots" Album