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Joined: 16 Dec 2008 / Male ♂
Last Post: 18 Nov 2024
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Speaks Polish?: Yes (Tak)
Interests: history - politics - food - heraldry - pro publico bono

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Mr Grunwald   
27 Sep 2009
History / What would Europe look like with Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian Commonwealth today [209]

It hurts, but you gotta draw the conclusions and learn. Smarten up, Slavs! Stop fighting!!!

Well thinking about Poland slavism isn't much of a thing. to be Polish is much more important then to be slavish think of a Russian for example.

Just becaouse somebody speaks a language similar to another DOESN'T MEAN that they have to have any further connection with each other!!!

A brother doesn't have to talk the same language to be an other fellas brother!
More of the same ideas (brotherhood?) some languages allmost forces one to think specificlly but still can choose something else!

Just becaouse Czechs and Poles seem to have similar language doesn't mean they have to love each other!!! If it was so then it wouldn't been any conflicts among native speakers!!!

One has stance others have a different stance across everything!
If everything was blank white and everything started from the beginning and everyone had the same language it would still be conflicts and dividing. Also new languages would errupt!

While looking at historical friendship and so on is an other matter.
Mr Grunwald   
27 Sep 2009
Life / Foreigner singing the Polish National Anthem :) [40]

Oh man, your more worth then any ethnic Pole I say.
I am a patriot and a Pole is a fella who loves Poland!
Or it's just ethnic...

If I ruled Poland you would have passport and citizenship in no time!
Mr Grunwald   
27 Sep 2009
History / Are Poles the ones who understand Russians better than anyone? [35]

You have something against Scandinavians? :)

Ehm? No I am scandinavian... I don't like the idea saying scandinavians are germanic... They are scandinavian that's it. Not my fault that some moronic fellas run away from the villigaes and started to go south to conquer and pillage...

Would stayed at home and then Norwegian language wouldn't been Germanized bah!
Mr Grunwald   
26 Sep 2009
News / ARE POLISH PEOPLE TAKING OUR JOBS OR DOING OUR JOBS??!! DISCUSS. [126]

Dear ShelleyS

Mr Grunwald

Sweety

What have I done to deserve such kindness?!

I know my countrymen/women....

Well i was in a supermarket once, I thought it was a Norwegian girl standing at the...
... ... you know what i mean the place where you put all your stuff and get's to know how much it costs and you pay for it! But a bit earlier in the que a Polish speaking person spoke to her and she answered without problems I was amazed!
Mr Grunwald   
26 Sep 2009
History / Polish contribution to England during war [60]

Hahahah I would love you to visit an Indian university and meet an Historian! :P

"Two of the best Marshals that Napoleon had were Józef Antoni Poniatowski and Jacques MacDonald."
EHM I was talking about Polands contribution to the BRITISH! It's what the threads name is right?
During war not WW2 ^^
Mr Grunwald   
26 Sep 2009
History / Are Poles the ones who understand Russians better than anyone? [35]

So it's all the same: Poles, Russians, Ukrainians etc all descent from proto-Slavs. Just like the Germans, Dutch, English, Danes, Swedes and Norwegians descent from the proto-Germans.

Ugh I don't like reading that yugh...
Mr Grunwald   
26 Sep 2009
History / Polish contribution to England during war [60]

HUG! HUG! Starting to cry tears of joy... :)

Mr. Ruinator has arrived!

I think Polish contribution was very small in the Napolenic era when thinking of contributing England. Thinking of some infantry fellas who tried to survive but the Poles just slaughtered them. Don't know if it is true but it's definatly a story wich was known among British soldiers.
Mr Grunwald   
24 Sep 2009
History / 70th Anniversary of start of WWII [50]

Is this a joke? Fleeing is heroism? Please, some respect...

To flee so that you will just live the next day is not honorable.
To flee so that you can fight again! Isn't that honorable?
Ofc more honorable would be fighting until a panzer makes you flat but that's also what is called as stupidity...
Mr Grunwald   
24 Sep 2009
News / Should Poland let in refugees from USA ? [80]

You also have to ask yourself why most other nations have nothing akin to Niemcy

I totally agree with the history of Slowianin! But the word SLAVE comes from Romans taking many slavic people as Slaves....
Mr Grunwald   
24 Sep 2009
History / What would Europe look like with Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian Commonwealth today [209]

You are very sensitive for the Polish Forums.

.. My sincerest apologies for my crude behavior, Grunwald

Oh I am mostly taking all in a comical way but how you wrote it wasn't funny at all. Or other to say it like that...

My sincerest apologies for my crude behavior, Grunwald.

I also apology if I ever offended you earlier or I will offend you in the future wich I don't really mean to do.
Mr Grunwald   
24 Sep 2009
News / Should Poland let in refugees from USA ? [80]

"Slavic" comes from the fact that the Romans used them as slaves?

Słowianin comes from the word 'słowo'

You both are right
But the word Slave comes from Slowianin to say it like that.

Romans took Slovianins as captives and made them work for them, then most captured people were Slavs so the general word for captured workers became Slaves!

Ta da!

Refugees from USA? That's my dream come true ^^
Mr Grunwald   
23 Sep 2009
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

"England" (not sure why not "[b]UK) [/b]betrayed the alliance between the two countries thereby causing Poland's situation. Not too complicated.

Becaouse many in the world still look at UK as England. The capitol is London somehow and the monarchy is what?

Many people in the world including me (also a friend of my who is of Scottish descendence) look at all U's GB's as England! Britts = Englishmen

Yes it may be wrong but Lithuanians looked Rzeczpospolita obojga narodow as Polish one!

Gets you to think he?
Mr Grunwald   
23 Sep 2009
History / Another WWII thread. [69]

"All truth lies simply in perspective..."
-Mucha

I am so gonna copy that one. I allways say:
Both sides may speak of truth! Just choose wich of em
Mr Grunwald   
22 Sep 2009
History / What would Europe look like with Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian Commonwealth today [209]

Thinking of the geo-political position Poland is and where USA is it's a huge difference. Specially in the 20th century

- - - - - - - Canada - - - - - -
Ocean - - - USA - - - Ocean
----- -- Mexico - - - -

Baltic Sea - - - Sweden - - - - Baltic Sea
Germany - - - Poland - - - Soviet Union
- - Czeckoslovakia - - Hungary - - Romania

A little bit of difference also specially when two of em were the military giants of thoose times wouldn't you agree? Also counting up Poland is mostly flatland

Although I don't comment about Vietnam... I know what place in American history it takes so I don't use it against any American and I have NEVER done so! Although many Americans used 1939 argument on me! Or even Qusling! That's just not diplomatic I say and rude!
Mr Grunwald   
19 Sep 2009
News / What needs to happen in the world so that Poland and Russia form alliance? [297]

maybe because of that Puta Putin decorated Croatian president Stjepan Mesic, with high ranked Russian medal. Mesic had crucial role in dissolution of Yugoslavia and he is proud follower of German policy in the region

It's a reason why Poland looks at Russia as a traitor to the Slavic brotherhood! ;=)
Mr Grunwald   
14 Sep 2009
News / Gazeta Wyborcza: US Backing Off Polish Missile Bases [40]

I am beeing more and more pro-Russian co-operation and even MAYBE an alliance. Not a full one but politically it would be good. Or with Germany (their not that militaristicly emotional) wich is an economical power in Europe!

Other are just nobody can ever trust cause they lack much of action...

Russia is allways to be doubted but if USA keeps going the way it is going and Russia going to priority Poland... well
Mr Grunwald   
12 Sep 2009
History / A few thoughts after plowing through most "Sabaton: 40-1" comments on YouTube [59]

Do you deny that Poland took part in Hitler's dismemberment of Czechoslovakia? If you were not Hitler's ally in that invasion, you were at least his accomplice.

I don't deny it. and I am not more proud of it. But it happened and if it happened in my times I will still stood up for it since it's my duty as a citizen.
Mr Grunwald   
12 Sep 2009
History / What would Europe look like with Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian Commonwealth today [209]

Pissing on peasants delayed the creation of citizen society

Well many complain about that the moronic masses have the right to choose wich moron is to rule a country. At thoose times atleast there were SOME minimum you had to have to do anything.

Now anyone can do "anything"
Mr Grunwald   
12 Sep 2009
News / Death Sentence in Poland, when was it abolished? Last executed? [26]

So you agree that indeed lifelong imprisonment is a much harsher punishment than the death penalty?

Yes it is...
Options:
1. Live the rest of your life in a jail having no freedom of getting outside unless you will be find innocent or you escape it (feeling hunted then too)

2. You go to heaven where you will have eternal peace unless you want to listen to all your grandparents arguing if Warsaw Uprising was good or not

3. You go to hell where you will find no communication with God
Mr Grunwald   
12 Sep 2009
News / Poland Remembers start of WW2 [200]

No myth...

Yes a myth!
Most French soldiers who were near Belgium seeing Germans were... recruits yes and as allmost any recruit allmost having no training and having rest of his nations thinking "We shouldn't die" then what do you think he thinks whne he see a German Panzer?!

Optimisticly: Shoot some shots and understands that it is basically no sense fighting it
Pessimisticly: Finds a German uniform and get starting by taking French priosoners
Realisticly: Runs like hell

As you see only the pessimistic one is with a white flag.

Most French soldiers retreated when they could while some surrendered and even fewer was still fighting.

The German advance forced the French to change their positions while many times beeing surrounded. The myth of French people with a white flag can mostly be taken from Petain's surrender and the prisoners taken by Rommel (Even tho it isn't much considered as a fact of what he wrote but more of a heroic telling)

As I think you know I am no Frenchman, I don't feel so anti-French when it comes to the WW2. Thinking of WW1 and their later actions covers the 1940 event a bit.