Obama and Europe - two of the silliest things ever

[gaelic cowboy]

When people claim benign neglect as the primary reason for the Indian Famine they must realise how hollow it sounds to me as an Irish person, they knew full well the consequences of food export during droughts.

It is without doubt one of the largest stains on the empire that both India and Ireland suffered famines when there was absolutely no need for it.
There was no millitary, economic or even a proper agricultural reason for the famine to occur, both places had plenty of other foods available that the people could eat.

In the case of Indian it's pretty damming because those had done it before here in 1840s and so were well aware of the potential for devestation among the populace.

They chose to ignore the lessons they had learned in Ireland and as a result India suffered even worse, I wonder if the crops had failed in Kent would they have stayed so mechanical.