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Joined: 23 Jun 2007 / Male ♂
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From: Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Speaks Polish?: Hope I will
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Tran Anh   
20 Dec 2007
History / Should Germany claim to be the victims in Poland? [510]

You sound like a wannable Pole in the 30s trying to imitate der Fuhrer or Il Duce. Though at this moment Russia has not reached the class of Nazi Germany (I think it would not dare), it has definitely adopted a strong resemblance to Mussolini's Italy. I wouldn't mind whether or not Russians are happy with their curse, but I just hope that Poland and the rest of Europe will never again be plagued by the twisted legacy of the Roman Empire (sometime I marvel at the perversion of mankind digging at the past for the crappiest of models!)
Tran Anh   
19 Dec 2007
History / Should Germany claim to be the victims in Poland? [510]

Nah, you 'had' twice their population and a lot more luck (since France can't be compared with Russia in terms of militancy). And even now, your chancelloress would get pissed in their magazines as frequently as any porno starlet. What an embarrassment for a proper Nazi male like you, eh!
Tran Anh   
19 Dec 2007
History / Should Germany claim to be the victims in Poland? [510]

the "few" resisting Poles in Silesia numbered MILLIONS

Of course I want to stress their strength which I admire, simple as that!

The Soviets killed far more people than the Nazis

Well, at least you confess that someone else is more 'perfectionist' than you!

By the way, Could you please put the quote in my post saying that: "if Germany does something, she does it right"?
I certainly can't be that babbling!
Tran Anh   
19 Dec 2007
History / Should Germany claim to be the victims in Poland? [510]

I myself have a pretty strong verdict on the 3rd Reich:

-It was the most monstrous regime in history of mankind (I don't even bother with the polite cliché: 'one of..."). With all that so-called efficiency based on mercilessness, pride based on humiliating others, full employment based on exterminating the invalid, order based on absolute dictatorship, prosperity based on stealing and robbery and adding about 50 million lives expended for that glory, I suppose Germany actually carried the definition of monstrosity to the new height!

About the other issue, I think it is a gross fallacy in presuming that since there were still millions of Poles in Silesia and Prussia, the German racial leniency must have been exemplary. In reality, those few Poles were only the strongest resisters and the last remnant of a much more numerous contingent of Poles who had withered under the onslaught of the world-renown Germanisierung (which had claimed many weaker resisters, notably the old Prussians and almost the Czechs). The fact that there are still roughly 50 million Poles worldwide certainly owns no thanks to the perfectionism of the Bundestag!

Finally, return to the more topical of Polish-German controversy, again I stress that in 1945 Germans were victims of none other than the stupidity and vanity of their leaders (and accordingly, of those who voted and supported them, i.e. the huge majority of working Germans). I am not sure what the Berlin museum will portray so it is rather early to form my usually strong judgement. But if it follows the path everyone suspects, that is only expressing concerns solely for the expulsed Germans, which means Poles and Czechs have to be in bad light (unavoidable since they WERE the expulsers), then again Germany is the cowardly twister of history. 'Cowardly' because it seems safe for Germans to pick on the Poles and Czechs at this moment while in my opinion, Berlin is more proper a place to erect a museum for tens of thousands German women raped by Soviet soldiers (in this respect, German women are certainly more 'prudish' than their Filipina, Korean and Chinese equivalent!) And 'Twister' because it tries to freeze the whole massive and complex span of the WW2 into a extremely short period at a very local place where Germans appeared like absolute angels and the rest the epitome of chimpanzees (well of course, there would be some 'humanistic' scenarios here when a certain Pole suddenly awoke from his everlasting drunkenness and tearfully asked an elderly German-his victim the forgiveness - AND the victim grandly forgave and forgot!) I think again Germany is again trying to turn their economic advantage into historical advantage that will clearly perpetuate their overall advantage. Indeed, there is no better word to describe it other than Injustice!

There is only one rule of justice concerning history, either we all forget it utterly or we remember it in its most completeness and exactness.
Tran Anh   
15 Sep 2007
News / Why are foreigners coming to Poland and from which countries? [119]

Probably the most IQed post of the whole topic.

Fantastic boombastic, but the general point of your weired post is... ?

To sum up the interesting arguments between southern and Idw, I think Idw is pretty angry at some anti-black posts at the HIV-related topic (which has been locked!) and elsewhere in this forum, and he, as an Oxfoxd student(?), wants to show that the Poles are untitled to sniff at European blacks like himself as they are the very elites of the blacks, who is more IQed to the Poles just by the sheer statistical power (I am among the top 5% of the 800 million with 85 IQ average, ergo I am more clever than you 106 IQ average racist scums!)

The posts of southern is much more clearer because it has only one obvious goal: to prove that the white (and Poles) are more IQed than blacks by putting forth mass statistics. Pure and simple.

What troubles me most is the undertone of Idw's posts (especially the 1st one). While I thoroughly think that some racist Poles should get what Idw think they deserve, there are too much hidden scorn of Idw towards Poland and Poles. Let's quote the famous passage again:

The racists Poles on this board seek to claim reflected glory based on the inference that they (being as they claim "White" [although many Anglo-Saxons/Teutons would disagree]) are the "same" as the great minds of the past.

The stress on individual effort and achievements is noble, but the way Idw dismiss the whole yet very complicated state of Poland is an obvious mixture of scorn and ignorance. Idw has made the greatest mistake by fighting racism with racism and vanity with vanity. I just wonder if those racist remarks elsewhere were not by Poles but by the Teutons or Anglo-Saxons, then what will you do? Nay (I can't resist some drama-theatricality here!), what if they were made by the very articulate white 6ft2''male upper class Anglo-Saxons or Teutons? Possibly you will cry helplessly as a baby, who knows? Be clear.

To return to the main topic, the answers are simple:
-1st group: foreigners who have some connections and lots of love for Poland, they come to stay forever (or as long as the love in physical form is terminated!). Mostly from countries with large Polish immigration.

-2nd group: If they are from richer countries (Germany, France, Holland...), they come for pure professional job (which is demanded), and if they are from poorer non-EU countries, for Professional and low-paid job.

The situation in Poland is exceptionally similar to all other EU countries.
Tran Anh   
16 Aug 2007
Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]

Trust me guys, you will have to endure the situation for only 20 years more. After that, whoever make joke on Poland must have true inferiority complex. Just pray the Poles themselves will not seize the moment to make joke on others.
Tran Anh   
14 Aug 2007
News / Black Immigrant living in Poland infects dozens of women with HIV [174]

I agree with this and if you did not make your own sweeping generalisations and insults, perhaps it would have been a more effective post.

We are living in a confusing world, indeed. In about 100 years ago, people with such a confusion of mind should have well committed suicide, but nowadays it is the very fashion.
Tran Anh   
14 Aug 2007
News / Polish janitor's piano talent revealed [10]

In my opinion, he should be humbled like this. It is sad, tragic but it may benefit his musicality immeasurably and so may well benefit the life of many others. Our life might not be so wonderfully enriched if Bethoven, Schuman, Bruckner and ALL other greatest composers had not suffered so horribly in their life.

Do I sound perverted if I want to see him so humbled in order that there might be some great compositions in the future? No, actually, I wish he be a happy REcreative musician in a happy Poland. But it seems we have no choice over his fate and he may have none either. So I just try to look on the bright side.

By the way, we musicians never treat music as a 'profession', it is our very way of life.
Tran Anh   
14 Aug 2007
News / Polish janitor's piano talent revealed [10]

Such a waste

It is not a waste at all. The way music operate in our body is completely different from all other human activities (it is not the right word here, but I know no other English word). If he perseveres his love of music even though he has to work 15 or 20 years as a humble cleaner, he may well become a genius! He has all the ingredients there:

-First, he is a cleaner, which is a light physical work, so in many ways free his mind for musical thoughts (even when he is working).

-Secondly, he is a cleaner in Scotland in 21th century. That means as a musical person, he is not going to die horribly at the age of 30 as if he were a cleaner in Zimbabue of Lesotho. He could earn quite a 'decent' wage to support him 'singly' until 'Poland' claims him back as its greatest modern genius'.

-Thirdly, no matter how civilised Scotland may assert itself, to be a cleaner there (and elsewhere) always carries a negative connotation. The fact that he is a foreign Pole only doubles his alienation from the society. And being a classical pianist may even make him more lonely among the Polish immigration as well. Thus this tripled alienation either kills him or pushes him inexorably towards music, the greatest saviour of the depressed and the suffering (Wagner himself states that there is absolutely no need to create music if one is truly happy).

-Fourthly, Scotland is beautiful, its weather so favorable towards music making (trust me, you can NOT create a great work of art at 37 degree Celsius and upward!) In the escape from his rather miserable life, he may be drawn towards nature and as we all know, there is no musical compositions yet that can be compared in nobility and dignity with the ones fused with both musical ideas and nature.

-And finally, though I know and acknowledge that true great music demands the most dedicated and relentless studying, the art of Creating music itself owns first and foremost to life experience and feeling. Without it, the music making is just a REcreation and all those intellectualizations will turn music into mere mathematic. Our cleaner friend obviously has the most favorable situation. I hope he will persevere and, well, no matter what I have said, do a lot more music studying (it is quite easy if he is very keen, which he should be!)

To conclude, no, I am NOT sarcastic. Actually, I wanna be a cleaner in Scotland NOW!!!
Tran Anh   
9 Aug 2007
News / Poland biggest problem [125]

education is largely free, and there are public libraries, so I am not sure how that applied there.

That is the effect of consumerism. People become more concerned with fast car, cool gadgets... and consider the lack of them with more distress than their ability to participate in arts or other human activities. And Poland is not rich enough for citizens to participate in expensive hi-tech creativity.

How do you explain the bored children of rich people...?

With them, things are very complicated, but first, Please, read my post carefully:

With the exception of being incurably stupid 'or' idealistic' (you know I would like to link two of them together since the rich education is now so perfert, the chance for the former only is almost impossible), the life of the rich (and rich countries) are assured to be rosy as long as they live.

The bored rich kids are the products of either stringently authoritarian families (against their rebelious nature) or the current satiation of enjoyments or simply they themselves have some psychological problems (that may be high-minded or simply downright sick). But in the end, most of them will cope with their own favorable situation, become more sophisticated and are able to enjoy more that life has to offer. Their elite education system know exactly how instill in them the purpose for life. That's why you will see that the rich and the rich countries are always rich and healthy (History is not a good retort here because of the presence of advanced education).

The bored poor kids have a thousand times more a chance to become the bored poor adults than the bored rich kids to be bored rich adults!
Tran Anh   
9 Aug 2007
News / Poland biggest problem [125]

boredom comes from lack of creativity

Exactly, the poor is boring because they are materially and culturally denied access to creativity.
Tran Anh   
9 Aug 2007
News / Poland biggest problem [125]

1. Not enough cash.

We are fukin poor. We are doing anything anywhere, for many young people is much better to do anything in the UK instead of hard working in Poland. And they are right.

You are absolutely richer than Somalia, Ethiopia; your GDP per head is double more than China. It is insensible to compare yourselves now with West Western Europe (which is about 30 years economically advanced). By continuing lamenting for the next 30 years, you guarantee yourselves a lifetime of misery.

Nobody cares about Poland, how if our president doesn't speak English (and his wife does)?
Also - we have no ambassadors in over 20 countries (and I'm not talking about Africa, jungle or Mars, there are no polish ambassadors in Athens, Seul etc. including 2 countries i EU and 2 another from NATO + much much more).

How on earth the world deign to care upon you if you can so callously dismiss the poor and the unlucky while salivating after the opposite?

It is an eternal curse for Poles to put yourselves into a hierarchy!

xenophobia

You are right this one. Some (or most) Poles must get rid of xenophobia, either in the form of malicious envy towards richer countries, or in the form of racist disdain towards the poorer. But this applies to all countries and all humans too.

THIS COUNTRY IS JUST BORING.

This is both a pathetic and an enlightening statement. The life of the poor is always boring. If you are rich, the path to excitement is almost limitless: The excitement of material possessions (car, yatch, sea, roads...), The excitement of connection (social network, personalities, good-looking companions...) and the excitement of culture (learning, art, great music...). With the exception of being incurably stupid 'or' idealistic' (you know I would like to link two of them together since the rich education is now so perfect, the chance for the former only is almost impossible), the life of the rich (and rich countries) are assured to be rosy as long as they live.

As you all know, things are completely contrary to the humbler part of mankind. The lacking of everything the rich enjoy above contributes to the poor's life 'the vicious circle of Boredom'. There is no horrible an inequality between two different kinds of humans than when one have plenty of enjoyment but find no time for all of them and the other either having no time for any enjoyment (because they have to work their balls so hard) or worst of all, they have plenty of freetime but are materially and culturally denied access to enjoyment. In Asia or Africa, at least the tie in family and clan lessens this boredom, but in the individualist Europe (particularly Eastern Europe), the dull solitude of the poor is absolute and excruciating.

I think there are three cures for this dreadful dullness (and depression). First is to break away from the effect of consumerism, which equates possession with happiness and excitement. This false ideology thinks that it can push up productivity but actually it only helps to shore up human greed and thus endless mechanical competition between humans (for endlessly produced mechanical goods). In the end, It will always condemn a significant portion of humankind to frustration and unhappiness.

The second cure is music and sport. The right music and the right sport guarantee in ourselves the wholesomeness of our spirit and our body. Both (especially music) offer the exhilaration that is normally beyond our means. Contrary to popular myth, music is easy to learn and easier to listen if one can appreciate that the reward is tremendous (The idea of great music to be extremely relevant today will be elaborated in an article soon). Meanwhile, Some of the most healthy sports out there are simple accessible beyond description (like running or even football)! If the boring poor want to improve their lot (physically, spiritually and even economically), there is no simpler and nobler way to do than to take on music and sport.

The third cure is to rediscover and affirm your universal, national and unique identity. "How?" is the question each of us has to find the answer by ourselves. I just hope it would be as soon as possible.
Tran Anh   
9 Aug 2007
News / Poland biggest problem [125]

Poland does not need faith in any god to make itself better it needs to deal with real life problems and concerns

Exactly! But humans still need a faith in someone or something to survive as true human beings. And that not gonna be money!
Poland's, every Pole's and everyone else's biggest problem is to find a faith more convincing, more lasting and more universal than the current religions.
Tran Anh   
31 Jul 2007
History / Worst Polish leader Lech Kaczynski or King Stanislaw Poniatowski? [44]

are you retarded? are you stating that Poland's history is not important?

I meant that historic pretensions of a great Poland, stretching from sea to sea is not as relevant in today's world as Polish humanistic achievements.

Poland in 3 worlds?

I meant that Poland has an unique history of having been through the First World, the Second World and the Third World experience, so a good dose of Polish empathy for other unfortunate countries should be more manifest.

I hope it is clear!
Tran Anh   
31 Jul 2007
News / Polish myths. Poland is one of the countries that count in the world. [49]

East Europe doesn't give any benefit to Russia. These are quite subdevelopped countries. The only reason why Russia is anxious about them is their possible transit blackmail.

The generations of 45 years and younger in Russia aren't interested in territories away from today Russian borders. They know the main challenges and the main prospects are within today Russian territory. Russia as superpower doesn't attract the majority of population because it is not profitable and takes Russian away from solving its own problems.

For example Russia received a wide oportunity to ignore its EU neighbours from East Europe by the pretext they are not independent enough and problems with them can be solved on level of EU. Thete are many examples of the sort.
As to EU collisions, they are also a reality the exists despite Russia. These collisions won't desappear by the reason that there are very different countries within EU and collisions are possible. Russia uses both collisions and united nature.

Truhlei, summerizing from all of your posts I have read in this forum (not only those above quotes), are you happy if I deem you as a 'Practical Autocratist' (Putinist)? If you represent the opinion of majority of Russians (possibly), then obviously Russia itself has progressed a lot. Though I feel that as the Poles are so ardently individualistic, all your writings may never be convincing enough!

Regards.
Tran Anh   
31 Jul 2007
History / Worst Polish leader Lech Kaczynski or King Stanislaw Poniatowski? [44]

First and the most important thing that needs to be done to reform the EU is locking the gates for the thirldworlders, limiting the EU aid for them, and taking care of EU citizens before any others.

First, I have to say that I totally understand your resentment that under the influence of a perverted sense of political correctness, the 'western sphere' of the EU constantly appear to show much more sympathy with the suffering of the rest of the world (i.e Third World) than with the suffering of their very nearby, eastern brothers. This is a kind of utterly 'twisted' anti-racism that favours poor 'black', poor 'yellow' over poor 'white' (while secretly believes rich 'white' superior to rich 'the rest'). I believe deep in its subconsciousness the sentiment belongs to 'the Western Civilisation scheme' that tries to grab all the honour of European achievements (in all human aspects) to a certain European big players, so that the elites of those countries will preserve their power in the newly unified Europe (and of course now their new power will be much magnified). This line of thought will obviously necessitate the marginalisation of the achievements of the people of East Central Europe (the rhetoric: you guys have not contributed anything worthwhile, so just shut up and do what you are told). As not everyone inside or outside Europe have much interest and leisure time to know something true about history or art, this marginalisation process has a primary targets at Hungary, Czech Rep, Romania and particularly Poland, whose historic (I deem not really important anymore) and humanistic (most important) pretensions are very troublesome to the intellectual 'bandits' of some Western European countries. That said, I myself as a true Third Worlder myself have of course nothing against 'blacks' or 'yellows', whom I feel a deep affinity. I just resent whenever and wherever I feel injustice happening.

Puzzler, your suggestion of totally blocking 'Third Worlders' coming to Europe is totally impossible, particularly to European leaders. I don't try to be moralistic (I detest preachers myself) but I feel that humanistic education in Europe has gone far to the point that non of those leaders would dare to pass a total block without instant protest from the majority of the population. Could you visualise the effect of such block on Europe and the world as a whole? Europe will be a prison in itself, literally, figuratively, intellectually, artistically, economically ...etc. All humane education on equality, justice, empathy... would be lost. Europeans will get first envy, then hatred from the rest of the world and they will naturally respond in kind. And the non-native Europeans (which are now completely massive in number), fostered by hatred by all sides will become European most terrible terrorists. Ergo, a grotesque dictatorship has to be established, war flares up all over the world and boom, end of history.

What Truhlei suggests is much more reasonable, boosting the economy of the Third World through aids (I think your demand that Poland and other Eastern Europeans should get more aids than the TW is very 'ungallant' and 'unPolished', even blatantly selfish). However, there are two interesting points.

-The first is that the aids has been massively inefficient. This is due to a horrible amount of social, cultural, economic, psychological factors that can not simply be solved in a short time (Russians and Poles know this too well). The only solution to it is that the talented and the willing must stay to help their homeland instead of going for good to the Western metropolis in search for the saving of their own soul (trust me, they will NEVER find it there!) But under the enslaving influence of materialistic comsumerism of our time, to keep the talented and the willing from corruption is even harder than to keep them from going abroad. I admire and salute the few who are still resisting both of these massive temptations.

-My second point is in certain countries, the situation has become so extreme that keeping the common people at home is a most inhumane prolonged death execution. To these unfortunate people, Europe must show compassion and let them join in. A few of them, with an rather 'idealistic', 'dreamy', 'nostalgic' constitution... will never integrate and are always alienated. But the majority are practical and they will be happy with their lot. Thus exercising compassion here is a noble cause and it shows Europeans to be true with their humanistic tradition (affluence here is used justly).

I believe, Poland with its unique history of living in Three Worlds, should have known more common sense and compassion than what itself has showed.

Ps 1. I have read the article at Msn and found it very one-sided. The author tries to be nearly neutral when he mentions the Baltic-gasline but then blatantly exposes his total Polo-phobia by this statement: “Many of those who might vote against Law and Justice—and the new generation of politicians who might stand against it—have already left the country. As for those who've stayed behind, they seem unable and unlikely to redeem Poland's name in Europe.” So that two millions ‘noble’ souls have gone, leaving 36 millions imbeciles back in a hopelessly imbecile country? Disgusting!!!

Ps 2. I do think that Augustus the Strong is the worst, but then you have to reap what you sow!
Tran Anh   
24 Jun 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

But seriously....I really would want to know what Germany should do else?

I mean...Germany IS one of the biggest countries in Europe...Germany IS one of the wealthiest in Europe....Germany IS one with the biggest and most successfull economy...Germany HAS one of the biggest armies in Europe....

So what?

Will Poland ALWAYS feel defensive, slighted and put down by the Germans because of that??

SORRY....BUT WE CANT HELP IT!!!

Should we part our country in many smaller ones? Should we become poor again that you don't feel threatened by us? Tran Anh???

We are being civil and helpful...WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT???

*rant over*

I would love to rant over and over again at the state of the world. There is one great fault in all human education practice so far that it has not found a good way to combat VANITY--possibly the worst evil mankind have always been facing. Vanity forces every men, every nation compete and compare relentlessly again each others, the ones who are more successful ALWAYS prone to be MEGALOMANIAC (everyone bow down before me or else!) while the less successful are equally prone to envy, inferior hatred and cynicism. I find the situation rather hopeless when using conventional means to solve problems between nation and the grudge just carry on until either the whole human race destroy itself or each nation seek one planet (no matter how inhabitable it is) for itself in the whole universe.

But then come the true blessing of mankind, Music. I believe this is the only means to solve every bloody problems that are plaguing us today. So Bratwurst boy, get your eyes and fingers out of your silly PC and go practice some Mazurkas (I suggest the Op 24 by Mr Chopin!) and at the same time the Polish guys and gals should make a dash at the Fantasy by Schuman (the most beautiful German in my opinion!). To appreciate true music, we must foster EMPATHY, and that trait alone can save this rather childish world!
Tran Anh   
24 Jun 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

Quoting Ogorek from another thread: "There is no reason why Russia and Poland should not get along. However - for them to do so - they have to forgive and forget the bad history. Too much hidden hatred still exists e.g. Katyn - the war in 1920 etc. They should all sit around a table - get drunk - and it'll all come out in a flood of tears...
then it will be ok..."

I am sorry, Ogorek, for I just recently read this quote. Hm you could be suprisingly open and tolerant? Hope you carry this attitude all along, just not limit that to the Russians. Apologize again.
Tran Anh   
24 Jun 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

I find that Ogorek totally misunderstand me:

...so you also think that the meek shall inherit the earth? Bollocks.
They will get nothing in todays world.
Human nature showns that the strong will survive - and the weak will suffer

You are absolutely right about the powerlessness of the meek, but from my point of view, as every human being is potentially equal (some may be strong mentally while others have advantage in physicality, even the most outwardly incapable have some amazing abilities that need to be nurtured). So that is the duty of universal education is to guide every human how to reach their fullest potential and to master their destiny, 'to be an Equal among the Equals, to be free among the Free'. (Even in the hopeless case, which should be very rare if the education system is advanced enough, compassion and empathy can be deeply instilled into all other members of the world society so that they would help instead of bullying and ostracizing the unfortunate few).

If you see human society just like nature, that is lions always eat sheeps, then you will basically turn yourself into a beast, no more, no less.

Standing up for yourself - and your country is not nationalistic. Just a necessity.
Don't be so naive.

The ideas I have expressed through the post is my own ideas, it has nothing to do with the standpoint of my country or my other countrymen.

The Kaczynskis are not perfect - but their actions are defensive. They comment when provoked and are not afraid to say it how it is - even if it offends. They will not take any s**t from anyone. They are looking for respect.

Respect is gained through honour, courage and integrity.

I of course wish they could be better, and anyway just to be quick with the mess, I requote myself:

The end is just, and I can see beside nationalists, significant portions of idealist Poles supported the Kaczynskis' fight. With recent EU talk about capping the population count at 60 millions, the Kaczynskis had unwittingly contributed greatly for the cause of Equality in European Union.

They have done rather well, but remember the word "unwittingly". To care greatly for Poland is excellent, but I really doubt they really care for EU, a great project, no matter how currently flawed it is right now. That stands in stark constrast with truly great Poles in history like Adam Mickiewicz and Jan Pawel 2, who possessed both Polish distinct virtues and the universal humanist outlook.

So brace for another lonely fight again, Polska.

...if you want to get something done - you've got to do it yourself.

That is actually a statement of sympathy, not derision.

To conclude, I can easily see that you are a Polish ultra-nationalist, and that you represent the worst aspect of a nation I greatly admire. Simple as that.

And I also suddenly understand why some Poles could possibly hate some other Poles so much.
Tran Anh   
24 Jun 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

what a lot of MERDE !!!!!!!!!

Zion, please just call a spade a spade, why did you need to spice in some Frenchy Romanticism!

Jesus Tran Anh, I like Brahms but apart from that I never read such a pile of crap in my life.

Its 2007

The War has finished 63 years ago. Germany started it and then lost. Since then they built some new factories, set up a democracy and quietly got on with making themselves rich. To stop fighting with their neigbours they decided to form the EU.

Is it really so complicated for a seemingly intelligent person to understand.

At least there is some German directness here;). I believe many Poles and Czechs would appreciate if what you wrote is EXACTLY what you think and what you wrote is what your government and the great majority of Germans think.

But

Being honest PeterCpt, have you even in your parochial existance noticed some roads and some airports being built ? noticed some shiny new computers in your town hall ? noticed some nice new pavements ?
Have you noticed they started building them in 2004 ?
Who do you think is paying for it ?

I think this is EXACTLY what typical Germans would think and would like to think: They are the [only] benefactor of New Europe, so newcomers to the EU must shut their mouth and follow German leadership, which is utterly natural thanks to the extraordinary quality of German people, to the profundity of their thoughts and to the cosmic spirit of their music!!! Germany (any every other megalomaniac nation, even Poland itself) had suffered for this shallow thought again and again in the past and it seems that the future is bound to repeat if you are going to flirt with it again. And the point is that it is ALWAYS the common Germans like you who would suffer the most for the mad ambition of your leaders while all that you get is just a short-lived and unnecessary overweening pride!

The only possible solution for the deadlock between the German relationship with Poland and the New Europe (only in EU sense) is that Germany, as a more prosperous nation, must initiate a policy of cordiality towards them first. I believe all the Polish anti-German come from the frustration of being relentlessly disdained and ignored for just being poor even though normal Polish people would really appreciate some good influence from Germany. Just about 5 years of constant kindness from German government, German press and German people as a whole will easily melt away even the most hardcore Niemciphobia among the Poles. That is to ask a lot but what is the point of giving them money while at the same time turn them into your most fierce enemy???

When you get to Poland, Tran, stop by Warsaw so I can buy you a drink.

Djenkuje, I will remember it!

You could have a second carear as a writer Tran!

The problem is writing can only change the mind, which changes nothing while music can change the heart, which change everything. And Music is the great gift of my life, how can I ever comtemplate divert just a little bit attention from it?
Tran Anh   
23 Jun 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

First I must state clearly about myself. I am Tran Anh, a musician (in the tradition of European 19th century music) from Viet Nam. I myself have never been in Poland (though to be there is my fondest wish!). I have just begun my self-teaching Polish course. And I myself do not really like the way Poland is following the American policy too closely right now, NOR do I like the somewhat overly-nationalistic approach of Polish twin leaders, the Kaczynskis. And if you think I somehow I like Poland because of Chopin, then you are rather mistaken, as I would prefer (at least during daytime!) the beautiful grandiosity of Germanic symphonies like those of Schumann, Brahm and especially Bruckner.

Anyway, after all those necessary antithesis, I now go straight to the point: Yes, I love Poland very much--Bardzo kocham Polska! To me, in the past 5 years learning about Polish culture, Polish history and Polish personal experience has been truly a revelation. The country is of course very far from perfect and the Polish people (from the common Poles to the very distinguished ones) is even more so. But Polish people's experience is one of the greatest lesson ever told and latent in Poland itself is the IDEAL that will be incredibly useful in healing the world. A country once among the great powers, arrogant, free and oppressive at the same time, Poland has been mercilessly trambled during the last 3 centuries to the point it CAN NEVER BE a great power in the traditional way (in the combination of wealth, population, resource and size). But that is Polish true blessing, so that in the dark times, generations of Polish revolutionaries and rebels only dreamed and fought ALONE in order to gain back their Freedom and their sense of Equality with the rest of the world, NO MORE, NO LESS. Also at the time, Poland was extraordinarily blessed with artistic prophets who breathed nobility into the Polish cause by exhorting all fighting Poles not only to fight for their freedom and equality but also for all others of the same misery. EMPATHY was a common characteristic of all true Polish patriots in the 19th century. I myself think Polish Romanticism in the 19th century which emphasizes Freedom for All, Equality for All, Nobility of All and Fearlessness, the amazing Fearlessness that never subsists and submits, no matter how impossible is the fight and no matter how lonely you are IS among one of the most inspirational contributions to mankind (as many as possible should have learnt and appreciate the Ideal and the examples as to learn about French Philosophies or German musical ideas).

It has been such a tragedy that upon the blood and lost lives of so many idealist Polish patriots, every new Polish government, just fresh from foreign domination, immediately set path to be great power in a traditional sense, which necessitated violence, bullying and extreme nationalism that were the trademarks of their former oppressors. That is NEITHER PRACTICAL NOR ROMANTIC!!!

A Great Poland is not about great military force or extreme wealth. It is about the great Ideals and about generations of people who share the same Ideals. True, the French could offer a certain kind of Liberte, Equalite et Fratenite and there are hundreds of other nations who have suffered tremendously. Nevertheless I believe there is no people in the world that have expressed the most humane Ideals so beautifully both in arts, in conscience and in prolonged suffering as Poland and Polish people did. That of course DOES NOT make Poles superior to other people, NO, but it can make most of them the better vehicles to carry the message. Like the paragon of Polish virtues, Karol Jozef Wojtila once did.

As a side note, the recent event in Brussels can shed a fascinating light on the current Polish psyche. The Kaczynskis are overly-nationalistic, undiplomatic and very uncharismatic. They had acted more on Polish national interest than for the benefit of other medium and small countries. But their aim has been just. Power can easily corrupt. Very powerful nation-state like Germany need to be limited in influence before it is out of control. In contrast to every Western commentator, the 'double majority' (65% of population, 55% of countries, hm why not the contrary?) does benefit Germany a lot. If we count on Germany's money as well, the power she will wield in the EU will be nigh irresitible, which stands in stark constrast to EU and basic human ideal of Equality for all. The agression of a very influential Germany in EU will be of course thousands time softer than in the 2nd WW, but it is aggression all the same and there will always be a nagging sense of Inequality in Europe. The end is just, and I can see beside nationalists, significant portions of idealist Poles supported the Kaczynskis' fight. With recent EU talk about capping the population count at 60 millions, the Kaczynskis had unwittingly contributed greatly for the cause of Equality in European Union. Pity though, now Poland itself and her people, no matter how pragmatic or Romantic, will become the fondest target of abuses from Western 'intellectual', an amazing portion of whom style themselves "IDEALISTS"!!!

So brace for another lonely fight again, Polska.
My best wishes.