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Old 04.24.2006, 05:11 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
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So it is OK for a popular drink to be named a Black and Tan. but not an icecream? I'm sure people have Black and Tans in Irish bars all the time and think nothing of it. But god forbid there be an ice cream with that name.

I have an irish heavy heritage by the way.

Not to rain on your parade, but actually you'd be hard-pressed to find black and tan in an Irish bar. People aren't overreacting-- and I'm sure as someone with "irish heavy heritage," you know that anything that reminds the Irish of hundreds of years of British occupation and oppression is a bit of a touchy subject. Enough of one that people die over it. Violent militias may be funny to you, but they aren't so cute on an island that is still very much feeling the aftermath of independence and still has enough bombs being found (after "disarming") to blow the whole place to the bottom of the atlantic.
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