27bobs: commie-cosmo: trickstertime:tenebristpunk: wow i wonder if that 300 year gap could be expl
27bobs: commie-cosmo: trickstertime: tenebristpunk: wow i wonder if that 300 year gap could be explained by any outside factors…….whoa! for some reason it lines up with the timeline of britain’s invasion and subsequent colonization of ireland! wild, huh? i wonder if the two are connected in some way? i guess the world will never know…. “why do the Irish hate the English so much? It couldn’t have been *that* bad!!” This was in place till 1973. Seeing non irish people reblogging this makes me happy [ID: Two ImagesThe first is a tweet made by Mark Hayes (@ trikeaduu) who is verified. It reads “One of my favorite things ever is the 300 year gap in Irish inventions after whiskey was invented.” This is followed by a low-quality screenshot of Wikipedia, with the headings “Pre-History,” “14th Century,” and “17th Century.” There are only two bulletpoints under 14th Century. The first is unreadable, and the second is recognizable as “Whiskey” with context.The second image is a picture of a pink paper which is titled “The Special Powers Act Northern Ireland.” Underneath this is written: “Under the Act, the authorities are empowered to:(1) Arrest without warrant;(2) Imprison without charge or trial and deny recourse to habeus corpus or a court of law;(3) Enter and search homes without a warrant, and with force, at any hours of the day and night;(4) Declare a curfew and prohibit meetings, assemblies (including fairs and markets), and processions;(5) Permit punishment by flogging;(6) Deny claim to a trial by jury;(7) Arrest persons it is desired to examine as witnesses, forcibly detain them and force them to answer questions, under penalties, even if answers may incriminate them. Such a person in guilt of an offense if he refuses to be sworn or answer a question;(8) Do any act involving interference with the rights of private property;(9) prevent access of relatives or legal advisors to a person imprisoned without trial;(10) Prohibit the holding of an inquest after a person’s death;(11) Arrest a person who “by word of mouth” spreads false reports or makes false statements;(12) Prohibit the circulation of any newspaper;(13) Prohibit the possession of any film or gramophone record;(14) Arrest a person who does anything “calculated to be prejudicial to the preservation of peace maintenance of order in Northern Ireland and not specifically provided for in the regulations”” End ID.] -- source link