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<blockquote data-quote="cosmo1" data-source="post: 1104648" data-attributes="member: 13442">BTW:[h=2]Irish controversy with the &quot;Black and Tan&quot;[/h]Contrary to popular belief, the name &quot;Black and Tan&quot; is not used in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" target="_blank">Ireland</a> as a term for a mixture of two beers, the drink is instead referred to as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_and_half#Ireland.2C_England_and_North_America" target="_blank">Half and half</a>. Indeed, the drink has image problems in Ireland and elsewhere due to the association with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tans" target="_blank">Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force</a>, nicknamed the &quot;Black and Tans&quot;, which was sent into Ireland in the early 1920s. As a result, in Ireland the name is seen as contentious and disrespectful. [SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tan#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a>[/SUP]In March 2006, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_and_Jerry%27s" target="_blank">Ben and Jerry&#039;s</a> released an ice cream flavor in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" target="_blank">Saint Patrick&#039;s Day</a> inspired by the drink; the name offended <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_nationalism" target="_blank">Irish nationalists</a> because of the paramilitary association. Ben and Jerry&#039;s has since apologized. A spokesman told <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters" target="_blank">Reuters</a>, &quot;Any reference on our part to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" target="_blank">British Army</a> unit was absolutely unintentional and no ill-will was ever intended.&quot;[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tan#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a>[/SUP] In March 2012, the drink&#039;s name once more came into the news when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc." target="_blank">Nike</a>, as part of an Irish themed set of designs, released a pair of shoes advertised as the &quot;Black and Tan&quot; and generating offense similar to the earlier Ben and Jerry&#039;s ice cream. [SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tan#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a>from Wikipedia[/SUP]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cosmo1, post: 1104648, member: 13442"] BTW: [h=2]Irish controversy with the "Black and Tan"[/h]Contrary to popular belief, the name "Black and Tan" is not used in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland"]Ireland[/URL] as a term for a mixture of two beers, the drink is instead referred to as a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_and_half#Ireland.2C_England_and_North_America"]Half and half[/URL]. Indeed, the drink has image problems in Ireland and elsewhere due to the association with the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tans"]Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force[/URL], nicknamed the "Black and Tans", which was sent into Ireland in the early 1920s. As a result, in Ireland the name is seen as contentious and disrespectful. [SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tan#cite_note-2"][2][/URL][/SUP] In March 2006, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_and_Jerry%27s"]Ben and Jerry's[/URL] released an ice cream flavor in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]United States[/URL] for [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day"]Saint Patrick's Day[/URL] inspired by the drink; the name offended [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_nationalism"]Irish nationalists[/URL] because of the paramilitary association. Ben and Jerry's has since apologized. A spokesman told [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters"]Reuters[/URL], "Any reference on our part to the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army"]British Army[/URL] unit was absolutely unintentional and no ill-will was ever intended."[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tan#cite_note-3"][3][/URL][/SUP] In March 2012, the drink's name once more came into the news when [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc."]Nike[/URL], as part of an Irish themed set of designs, released a pair of shoes advertised as the "Black and Tan" and generating offense similar to the earlier Ben and Jerry's ice cream. [SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tan#cite_note-4"][4][/URL] from Wikipedia[/SUP] [/QUOTE]

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