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Should Germany claim to be the victims in Poland?


Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11925  
14 Dec 2007 /  #61
as to BWB we catched him in small trap and now he is talking about beer and social benefits ;)

WHAT?
You catched me???
Did I miss something???
osiol  55 | 3921  
14 Dec 2007 /  #62
Mines and others of my kind

So you admit to taking pride in things you yourself have not actually done yourself.

less criminals within a criminal dictatorship

How many people were criminalised?
Unanswerable question.
the_falkster  1 | 180  
14 Dec 2007 /  #63
it was nazi propaganda (you should notice it)

Lukasz...
i never said anything different. we learnt this fact in school every year... no dispute here ;-)
Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11925  
14 Dec 2007 /  #64
So you admit to taking pride in things you yourself have not actually done yourself.

Everybody does!
Don't tell me you are not proud of your people and the achievements of your ancestors.
It's part of your heritage.
Lukasz  49 | 1746  
14 Dec 2007 /  #65
WHAT? You catched me???Did I miss something???

no no you havent missed anything ... just talk :)
osiol  55 | 3921  
14 Dec 2007 /  #66
Everybody does!

Speak for yourself.

Don't tell me you are not proud of your people and the achievements of your ancestors.

They are things I appreciate, maybe even respect.
If I want to take pride, it is in what I have done.

It's part of your heritage

My heritage. Is that my family? My town? My country? My continent? People of a similar profession to myself or political persuasion? All of humanity?
Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11925  
14 Dec 2007 /  #67
Okay...it's your call!
You can take pride in (or not) whatever you want...you asked me about MY definition and I feel a strong bond with my ancestors, that's all!

(You don't have to feel the same)

"Internationalists" often say they don't believe in patriotism, nationalism, heritage or such...it's their problem, not mine!
osiol  55 | 3921  
14 Dec 2007 /  #68
you asked me about MY definition

Yes, and thankyou for clarifying your position.
Patrycja19  61 | 2679  
14 Dec 2007 /  #69
Sure with hindsight you could say Hitler wanted a build up for the next war

thats what I wanted to hear.. :)

hitler might have did good for germany, then.. but now this generation still has
to defend those good.. was it worth it?? thats the question germany should be
asking those who knew.. was it?
osiol  55 | 3921  
14 Dec 2007 /  #70
"Internationalists" often say they don't believe in patriotism, nationalism, heritage or such...it's their problem, not mine!

Your nation may be good to you or not. I love my country for all that is good about it and despite its problems. Does that make me nationalist? Or does this word have something to do with the people who make up that nation?

Patriotism - ah, now is that a blind sense of duty to the powers that be?

Heritage - something entirely different. As I have said before, the people, events, achievements of the past are there to be appreciated, respected and are there to be built upon.

But if I were to be proud of how well my neighbour did his car up or how my brother plays bass guitar, I'm stealing something of someone else's.
Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11925  
14 Dec 2007 /  #71
hitler might have did good for germany, then.. but now this generation still has
to defend those good.. was it worth it?? thats the question germany should be
asking those who knew.. was it?

Living in those times when you had to decide what would you choose?
the_falkster  1 | 180  
14 Dec 2007 /  #72
osiol

very well said indeed.
agree!
Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11925  
14 Dec 2007 /  #73
What do you agree with falkster?

You give a rat's ass about your people, about your history!

I've read your shameless rantings about the center...if a Pole reacts that way it's their right
and understandable (nobody wants to have finger pointed at their misgivings) but YOU wanting to deny all these millions of murdered, suffering Germans their voice, a tiny museum, now after more then 60 years is a low point at self hate!

You better stay internationalist there in England!

Oh and for your clarification: People like YOU are a minority not the other way around!
Lukasz  49 | 1746  
14 Dec 2007 /  #74
suffering Germans their voice

Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11925  
14 Dec 2007 /  #75
And???

This center is not about Hitler...for that there are already others....
the_falkster  1 | 180  
14 Dec 2007 /  #76
You give a rat's ass about your people, about your history!

wrong. read instead to bark...

if a Pole reacts that way it's their right
and understandable

okay... and as "good" germans we have to agree with everything OUR country (gov or other institution (ie authority)) does?
people with THAT mindset, not reflecting or questioning, people like YOU, where the ones that made hitler and the third reich possible in the first place... congratulation! THIS is something you can be very proud of...

You better stay internationalist there in England!

no other plans at the moment...
Lukasz  49 | 1746  
14 Dec 2007 /  #77
And???This center is not about Hitler...for that there are already others....

I just think if it will be noticable in this center how Germans got this houses ... they were expeled form ... if you go back to first page you will see ... they were just sended home ... on other side of Odra(Oder) there is Germans home land ... you were expeling Poles form this lands by whole XIX century.
Przemas  1 | 101  
14 Dec 2007 /  #78
If only the great Fuhrer had a suicide hotline he could have rang in his time of need.
Patrycja19  61 | 2679  
14 Dec 2007 /  #79
Living in those times when you had to decide what would you choose?

to get the heck out of dodge,, if it meant my familys life threatened,, and there was
a way to leave .

I think people (those) who choose to turn their cheek and not see probably
realized how crazy he was.. he tried to isolate Germany from the world While
trying to take over Europe and he knocked on US doors, but we came knockin
back... I know this isnt something you dont know.. but my perception of it makes
me wonder the above Post about why they wish for the Reich when the results are
clear,, no criminals because they were gassed along with the other millions of good
people.. Jews /Poles/French/ etc.. mostly jews..
Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11925  
14 Dec 2007 /  #80
okay... and as "good" germans we have to agree with everything OUR country (gov or other institution (ie authority)) does?

Crap!
What riled me was that you tried to sell the center as a neglected obsession by a tiny minority with you of course being the accepted voice! (From England no less)

Everybody has an ********** opinion. Nobody HAS to do what the gov wants.
But I'm very much in favour of that center and I have many people with me and it WILL be build, the decision already fallen!
Lukasz  49 | 1746  
14 Dec 2007 /  #81
and who live in the past ... GERMAN gov support this project ...
the_falkster  1 | 180  
14 Dec 2007 /  #82
it WILL be build, the decision already fallen

might be. but the controversy about it shows clearly that not everybody in germany agrees with it... and more importantly that it is not representative for a general change in german politics or our dealing with our past...
Przemas  1 | 101  
14 Dec 2007 /  #83
Thank God for that.
Lukasz  49 | 1746  
14 Dec 2007 /  #84
BTW I told you that he is going to prove everything ...
Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11925  
14 Dec 2007 /  #85
to get the heck out of dodge,, if it meant my familys life threatened,, and there was
a way to leave .

I think people (those) who choose to turn their cheek and not see probably
realized how crazy he was.. he tried to isolate Germany from the world While
trying to take over Europe and he knocked on US doors, but we came knockin
back... I know this isnt something you dont know.. but my perception of it makes
me wonder the above Post about why they wish for the Reich when the results are
clear,, no criminals because they were gassed along with the other millions of good
people.. Jews /Poles/French/ etc.. mostly je

No Pat...
Being a father of a family living in political insecurity and daily turmoil and with no work, your money worthless, hungry and hopeless...
Germany was already isolated through the Treaty of Versailles (no membership allowed in the League of Nation, no foreign assets, occupied Rhineland, Alsace, Sudetenland, Austria...etc.)

There lived around 800.000 Jews in the whole of Germany, less than 1 percent so most Germans never ever met a Jew.
The Gassing wasn't even planned yet.

Put yourself into the shoes of an ordinary family father which get's now the prospect of a for him better life.
I doubt you would think in the first place of leaving....

BTW I told you that he is going to prove everything ...

What am I proving?

You know Luki...you are trying my patience!
IF you have to say something SAY IT!!!
Lukasz  49 | 1746  
14 Dec 2007 /  #86
You know Luki...you are trying my patience!IF you have to say something SAY IT!!!

Bratwurst just continue your speach ...
the_falkster  1 | 180  
14 Dec 2007 /  #87
BTW I told you that he is going to prove everything

you know the thing with governments...
are you egreeing with everything your gov in poland does? no matter which party just is in it? highly unlikely.

in germany at this moment we have a coalition of the two biggest parties which is the worst and weakest coalition possible as there are no strong parties to oppose. our chancellor is from the conservatives so now wonder that some people in the gov think positive about the centre.

does the majority of the people? no.
Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11925  
14 Dec 2007 /  #88
might be. but the controversy about it shows clearly that not everybody in germany agrees with it... and more importantly that it is not representative for a general change in german politics or our dealing with our past.

That might be of interest for you (there far away in England):

"Die Flucht" erfolgreichster ARD-Film seit 10 Jahren
Insgesamt 13,55 Millionen Zuschauer sahen im Ersten und bei Arte den ersten Teil des Geschichts-Dramas. Für die beiden Sender ist der Zweiteiler ein voller Erfolg.

welt.de/fernsehen/article746537/Die_Flucht_erfolgreichster_ARD-Film_seit_10_Jahren.html

Germans are VERY interested in that chapter of our history!
Another sign how important that center will be....

The first time this theme was made the center of a movie and more then 13 Million people saw it!
Making it the most successfull production in 10 years!

"Just some backward thinking people are interested"...my ass....you have so no idea!
Lukasz  49 | 1746  
14 Dec 2007 /  #89
you know the thing with governments...are you egreeing with everything your gov in poland does? no matter which party just is in it? highly unlikely.in germany at this moment we have a coalition of the two biggest parties which is the worst and weakest coalition possible as there are no strong parties to oppose. our chancellor is from the conservatives so now wonder that some people in the gov think positive about the centre.does the majority of the people? no.

I dont agree with everything my gov does ... but when German gov starts to support such ideas I have red light in my head ...
Patrycja19  61 | 2679  
14 Dec 2007 /  #90
Put yourself into the shoes of an ordinary family father which get's now the prospect of a for him better life.
I doubt you would think in the first place of leaving....

Probably not,, but they now suffer the consequences of a nation gone.

that would be a hard choice.. especially if children are already in the picture and
a family life.. of course with each great leader ( so we think) comes lies, deciet,
and of course payment for his actions.. same as how bush is doing us now. only
hes giving money away .. im not proud of him.. but I am of America,, and what we
stand for.. so I guess me and you are kinda the same there brat.. right :)

the leaders screw the nation and the people have to pay for it..
least those who are good. :)

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