Puzzler
12 Apr 2007
Real Estate / Foreigners: Please don't buy Polish Land! [823]
Frank, I wonder where did you take all the lowdown on Polish history from?
From some Prussian, Nazi, chauvinist Muscovite, or Zionist propaganda? :)
But let's analyse your posting bit by bit.
Re: 'Polish history.......is quite frankly a bit of a nightmare.' - Why exactly 'a nightmare'? What if it has only been presented as 'a nightmare' by Polonophobic pseudo-historians and propagandists?
Re: 'most it appears...to be self inflicted, from its grandeur of the 1500/1600s to a relatively poor, politically inept country of modern times.' - Do you mean that the historical calamities that befell Poland in the past were largely the work of Poles themselves? If so, give evidence it was the case. What if in reality it was Poland's aggressive neighbours, Russians and Germans, who, in cahouts with each other, invaded and partitioned the Polish state, and made sure it could not become strong again? And what if their 'historians' then vilified the defeated Poland, and historians from other countries, such as, maybe, yours, Frank, consciously or not, repeated those slurs? Aren't you blaming the victim and whitewashing the bully, Frank?
Re: 'It continually made poor decisions, bad judgements and ended up either on the wrong side or backed losers in recent centuries.' - Any facts to back these claims? For instance, what 'losers' did Poland allegedly back in the last century? Would you mean the British and Americans? If so, why would they be 'losers'? After all, they won both world wars, and Americans became the strongest (although not the greatest) power on earth, having taking advantage of the temporary weakness of the great British Empire. So, Frank?
Re: 'it appears to have learn nothing at all, judging by recent pronouncements' - Any facts to back this? What exactly was Poland supposed to have learned that, according to you, she hasn't? What specific 'recent pronouncements' do you base your judgement on? Do you have anything against the present Polish government, Frank? If yes, then what exactly would that be?
Re: 'and its government will continue in this vein for the forseeable future' - What exactlly 'vein' will the Polish government 'continue' in in the 'forseeable future,' Frank? And how do you know it will? Are you some kind of fortune teller? :)
Re: 'Poland is only relatively homogenous, not by choice but as result of the most horrendous war in history......no other reason.' - And what do you mean by that? Do you mean that we don't have so-called 'minorities'? If so, you'd mean untruth, because we have them in abundance: Germans, Vietnamese, Ukrainians (very impudent and aggressive), Belorussians, Lithuanians, scores of Jews (yes, Jews), Tatars, Russians, Armenians (the best of them all), Kashubs, Silesians....
These are facts, Frank.
But I wouldn't call so the data on which you have based your opinions on Poland.
Wanna prove me wrong? :)
Frank, I wonder where did you take all the lowdown on Polish history from?
From some Prussian, Nazi, chauvinist Muscovite, or Zionist propaganda? :)
But let's analyse your posting bit by bit.
Re: 'Polish history.......is quite frankly a bit of a nightmare.' - Why exactly 'a nightmare'? What if it has only been presented as 'a nightmare' by Polonophobic pseudo-historians and propagandists?
Re: 'most it appears...to be self inflicted, from its grandeur of the 1500/1600s to a relatively poor, politically inept country of modern times.' - Do you mean that the historical calamities that befell Poland in the past were largely the work of Poles themselves? If so, give evidence it was the case. What if in reality it was Poland's aggressive neighbours, Russians and Germans, who, in cahouts with each other, invaded and partitioned the Polish state, and made sure it could not become strong again? And what if their 'historians' then vilified the defeated Poland, and historians from other countries, such as, maybe, yours, Frank, consciously or not, repeated those slurs? Aren't you blaming the victim and whitewashing the bully, Frank?
Re: 'It continually made poor decisions, bad judgements and ended up either on the wrong side or backed losers in recent centuries.' - Any facts to back these claims? For instance, what 'losers' did Poland allegedly back in the last century? Would you mean the British and Americans? If so, why would they be 'losers'? After all, they won both world wars, and Americans became the strongest (although not the greatest) power on earth, having taking advantage of the temporary weakness of the great British Empire. So, Frank?
Re: 'it appears to have learn nothing at all, judging by recent pronouncements' - Any facts to back this? What exactly was Poland supposed to have learned that, according to you, she hasn't? What specific 'recent pronouncements' do you base your judgement on? Do you have anything against the present Polish government, Frank? If yes, then what exactly would that be?
Re: 'and its government will continue in this vein for the forseeable future' - What exactlly 'vein' will the Polish government 'continue' in in the 'forseeable future,' Frank? And how do you know it will? Are you some kind of fortune teller? :)
Re: 'Poland is only relatively homogenous, not by choice but as result of the most horrendous war in history......no other reason.' - And what do you mean by that? Do you mean that we don't have so-called 'minorities'? If so, you'd mean untruth, because we have them in abundance: Germans, Vietnamese, Ukrainians (very impudent and aggressive), Belorussians, Lithuanians, scores of Jews (yes, Jews), Tatars, Russians, Armenians (the best of them all), Kashubs, Silesians....
These are facts, Frank.
But I wouldn't call so the data on which you have based your opinions on Poland.
Wanna prove me wrong? :)