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Puzzler   
30 Jun 2007
News / What do you think about what the Kaczynskis say about Germans ? [90]

Polson, also Roman Giertych has been demonised by the media hacks, not only in Poland, but all over Europe. There are, for example, dripping-with-hateful-venom attacks against him by the Italian hacks.

And his father Maciej has been demonised by the EU Parliament itself. Especially its German members scolded him angrily for - guess what? - his alleged 'antisemitism.'

Thing is our present government is disliked by the power circles in Europe for its caring for what all other European countries care for - the national interest. Of all the EU countries, 'East Europeans' have no right to do that; they are expected to shut up, obey, and be grateful for being EU members.
Puzzler   
30 Jun 2007
News / What do you think about what the Kaczynskis say about Germans ? [90]

re: i think you can't say he's a very nice person by being even a little "anti-semitic"

- Well, but is he? By the way, would you also say it's not a very nice person one who is even a little Polonophobic?

re: by wanting Polish schools to stop reading books of Goethe or Sienkiewicz

- This has been blown out of proportion by the media hacks, I'm afraid. (Notice how they spread hatred, set people against each other.) In reality, Mr Giertych postulated withdrawing all the books that are difficult to read, and replacing them with easy-reads. and that's what he should be perhaps criticised for - for going to easy on the students. But maybe he's right? Such 'Faust' by Goethe, which was on the school readings list in Poland through all the communist era, can be dropped off, not because it's German (Goethe, by the way, wasn't a Polonophobe), but because it's to hard to get through by high school students nowadays. And the sole Polish translation, by Konopka, seems outdated already. By the way, are German high school kids forced to read 'Pan Tadeusz' by Mickiewicz? Do English or French kids are forced to read 'Faust' by Goethe or even 'Hamlet' by Shakespeare?

re: but to prefer more "Christian" ones

- What's wrong with Christian literature? After all, Poland is still a Christian nation.

re: or i don't remember what

- No, you don't, and it shows.
:)
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

I don't think the Polish-German relations are dead. How could they be dead? We're such close neighbours. The relations have actually just started - really started, that is, because what was before was just something totally fake and dishonest. Personally, I am optimistic about the future of the relations. Our politicians can communicate with each other very well. And no amount of hate from the media psychopaths, who try to set our nations against one another, seems really able to change it.

PS. And yes, the Polish-German relations could be much worse if types of Cohn-Bendit's ilk started ruling Germany. Cohn-Bendit - a Marxist hooligan in the 1960s in France, isn't German, by the way.

Also, yes, Poles and Germans aren't nations who have, ahem, lots of amicability towards each other. But this can be improved in time, I think.

I think that the Germans should govern Europe along with the British and French.

By the way, when as a kid in communist Poland I was visiting Auschwitz along with my schoolmates, I was bored too. And depressed. Some of the kids, in order to cheer up, joked stupidly, as kids do in all places where they shouldn't, e.g. churches.

On the other hand, such visits have an important purpose and value, of course. Lots remains in one from them.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

re: Hungarian

- I've never heard about Hungarians dying in German concentration camps. Hungary was on the German side in WWII. Hungarians took part , among others, in the cruel suppression of the Warsaw Rising in 1944. Also, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Rumanians, Croats, Ukrainians, all were on the German side during WWII. Only Poles, Czechs and Serbs fought on the Allied side.

Actually, the neo-Nazi movement is particularly strong in Hungary.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

I thought, Amathyst, that you meant non-Jews when you mentioned Poles, Hungarians and Gypsies.

Lots of non-Jews died in German camps too.

But I've never heard about Hungarian gentiles dying in those camps.

By the way, other countries also had labour camps. The Russian ones were far worse than the German ones; there's actually no comparison between them. E.g. German camps had hospitals, doctors, etc.

Don't forget that Germany was waging war, so people in labour camps, deemed as, and often being, sworn enemies of the Third Reich, could not be treated gently.

I'm not going easy on war criminals; I am saying all this for the sake of historical truth.

By the way, as far as I know, no Russian commie criminals have been brought to justice so far. Only the German ones, even if their guilt is hard to prove and they are folks in their eighties. This is outrageous indeed.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

re: The good (Jews, Poles, etc.) who are demand tears and compassion and the bad ones (Germans)...who are not really victims and don't deserve any feelings at all???

No tears for them!

- As long as the Germans don't turn it upside down so that the Germans become the good ones and e.g. the Poles the bad ones. There is the tendency in the Germans to 'revise' things in this way. And this tendency is older than the WWII period, or even than the just after WWI period. The Germans aggressively attack first and when beaten up, they shed crocodile tears over their lot and blame those whom they attacked. The German self-pity is abhorrent indeed. It's the Germans who were the aggressors in WWII. They got beaten up. From the viewpoint of those with whom the Germans fought, i.e. the Allies, the German civilian losses are the enemies losses and should not be mourned as much as the Allied losses. Do the Germans mourn the civilians killed by the Germans in e.g. in England and Poland? Never heard of that! Isn't it therefore an incredible arrogance on the German part to demand that the German losses be mourned by the Allies just as the Allied losses?
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

re: And here I always thought it was Poles who forcefully drove the Germans out....neither Stalin or Roosevelt...silly me!

- Well, if you yourself admit: 'silly me,' then be it. :) So you have always thought the Poles 'forcefully drove the Germans'? So that's what they teach you in Germany? By the way, did Germans, along with the Russians, partition Poland in the late 1700s, or not? Did you grab e.g. Gdansk (called by you: Danzig) from us in 1700s, or not? How much Polish teritory did you grab as a result of partitions? Did you chase out Poles from their homes during WWII and put in their place German settlers, or not?

re: Neither were the victims of the bombings or the expellings the bullies but rather women and children

- The Germans as a nation were the bullies during WWII. The vast majority of you backed a murderous and crazy regime (yes, Hitler was crazyin that he underestimated the power of the British Empire, then of Russia). You started an aggressive war. You bombed and shot down civilians in Poland, Yugoslavia, England. You didn't care about their fate. You expelled countless people from their homes. You got paid back by the same coin. You brought it down upon yourselves.

re: nor would I ever demand from you to mourn OUR deads....we Germans are quite capable of that alone, thank you!

- Well, I thought you were demanding pity for the Germans in the following utterance: 'The good (Jews, Poles, etc.) who are demand tears and compassion and the bad ones (Germans)...who are not really victims and don't deserve any feelings at all???No tears for them!'

Or you perhaps demanded it not from us, Poles, only from e.g. the English and American members? If yes, then why? Why would you divide Polish Forum members like that?

re: For self-pity NOBODY can hold a torch to you Poles....even after 60 years you are still full of it and even try to use it internationally to your advantage...:)

- Even your postings seem to indicate that it's Germans who pity themselves beyond measure, absurdly; they pity themselves to such an extent that they demand from their victors the same treatment as the victors' own war casualties. Besides, I think that you're scared to say that you think it's actually the Jewish people who pity themselves beyond measure. Don't be such a coward, butty; let go what you really think. :)

Yes, even 60 years after the war we Poles still feel its effects, and we feel uneasy when numerous Germans try to falsify history, portraying themselves as the victims of the Poles in WWII, accusing us (along with many zionists) of 'antisemitism' (to divert attention from their dark deeds), making property claims, belittling and ridiculing their war crimes against the Poles (I mean here ethnic Poles).

re: Did you already forgot that if it had not been for the generosity of the victors of WWI there wouldn't had been a Poland

- In November 1918, soon after the end of WWI, Poland became free again; the German and Russian occupiers were kicked out. What's so diminishing that countries stronger than us, such as Great Britain and France, recognized us as an independent country? If it's diminishing, then also the Allied recognition of West Germany (in 1949?) is diminishing. Actually, the Allies, especially the Americans from Roosevelt's entourage (e.g. the Jewish guy Morgenthau), fed up with the German pugnacity and destructive role in Europe for ages, had plans to convert the Germans into an agricultural nation e.g. by destroying the Ruhr region. You avoided this fate only by the hair's breath. Now is that diminishing, or not? ;)

Enough said.... I feel so tired by all this. And I myself would feel happy if we all could really forgive each other, shake hands, give each other a hug, cry together over the killed Poles, Germans, Englismen, Americans, Serbs, Czechs, Russians, Finns, and all others, drink toasts to the memory of the war dead. That would be good for Europe indeed. But is it possible today? Is it possible if there are folks with such an attitude as that of Butty? May Heaven allow me live long enough to witness a Europe where all nations, including Poles and Germans, love each other like brothers.

I can only say that if the Germans changed their contemptuous attitude towards us, then we would change our attitude towards them in an eye wink.

We could like you (almost the same) as we like e.g. the Brits.
:)
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

re: You bombed and shot down civilians in Poland, Yugoslavia, England.

- Actually, I don't know about shooting down of English civilians by the Germans. My sentence should therefore sound: You bombed civilians in Poland, Yugoslavia, England; you shot them down en masse in Poland, Yugoslavia and in other occupied countries.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

re: Yes, even 60 years after the war we Poles still feel its effects

- And so do you, Germans. Don't you? Don't you, Butty, dwell compulsively on WWII and its aftermath? You do, just as we do.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

re: Maybe...but would you please explain your "since ages"-sentence?

- 'For ages.' - The drive to 'the East' (including Poland) in the Middle Ages. Prussia of Friedrich II. Bismarck's Germany (e.g. the invasion of France). WWI. WWII.

Your philosopher Nietzche mentions the horror of 'the blond beast' in Europe. Your great poet Heine suggests that when the Germans rise up the whole world shakes.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

re: What SCANDAL in Poland? Anybody?

- Perhaps the media allegations - never proved true - pertaining to Agriculture Minister Lepper. Just stupid stuff fabricated by the likes of the Gazeta Wyborcza (the most disliked rag in Poland).
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

Butty, yes, in the Thirty Years War you were definitely victims. But it wasn't us who mistreated you.

Well, and how about your invasions of Poland in the Middle Ages and later? Even Himmler spoke about Poland as the country that blocked the German drive to the East for 800 years, didn't he?
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

Shopgirl, yes, there are political motivations. The Gazeta Wyborcza (consisting of militant Marxist-zionist hacks, some of them sons and daughters of prominent commie figures) perceive Lepper as both ignorant (he's a farmer, so the drones regard themselves as superior to him) and 'populist.'
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

Shopgirl, they've alleged he molested sexually a woman from his party. Now it's just enough to see Lepper's looks and hear how he speaks to know that the charge is utterly absurd. But of course there should be a better proof, and, to my knowledge, there has been a police investigation which, as far as I know, has proven nothing against him.

Yeah, you should see Lepper in action. You'd have fun.
;)))

Oh, and he's a very good agriculture minister. And he's Gemini too.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

Shopgirl, as far as I know the Gazeta Wyborcza did. You should see Lepper's reaction!!! He almost dropped dead from outrage; he was red on the face; he kept on assuring he loved his wife and that she was beautiful (you should see her!!!)... And when Lepper starts going on, no one can stop him, and he's, well, a bit like a certain Gemini guy (with nick starting with 'p') from this Forum.... I almost died laughing. :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

As for the great British Empire, I agree with what George Orwell said about it: that it wasn't the worst empire in history. Actually, I think it was the greatest.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

re: Germans and Brits weren't natural enemies, we even fighted together against the French.
- Germans and Brits weren't enemies as long as Germany didn't tip the balance of power in Europe, in the times preceding WWI. When you did, the Brits came down on you like a ton of bricks. And this time they and the French fought against you. The Germans seem not to understand the role that Britain has been playing in Europe since the 18th century: keeping the balance of power, not allowing any continental country to grow too aggressive and powerful. That's why they hit hard Napoleon's France (even if many Brits liked Napoleon) and then the Keiser's and Hitler's Germany. In spite of the fact that Hitler actually did try to tempt the Brits with the prospect of ruling the world together. They didn'ty buy it. :)

re: But somehow all that got buried in the history of WWII....

- And WWI. And probably it will get buried even deeper if Germany tries to get stupid once again.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

re: That is really interesting..you are demonizing so easily Germany and the Germans

- Perhaps it may appear so from some of my posts. But, truly, I have also lots of admiration for German culture and history. I know your literature and philosophy quite well. Bach is my most beloved composer. I admire you as soldiers. I admire your aesthetic sense. Truly, I value highly the good things in Germany and Germans. And I regret that our two nations have been so adverse towards one another for such a long time. In spite of some great similarities between us. In spite of the fact that many German immigrants became loyal Polish citizens, and many Poles melted with the German mainstream.

re: but are quite generous to others who were even more prone to use their armed forces to get what they wanted

- Well, they never invaded us (except for the Russians, but , frankly speaking, we Poles despise them - and we don't despise the Germans). Well, perhaps you've got a point here.
Puzzler   
1 Jul 2007
News / Polish-German Relations in the Present [697]

El Gamal, take it easy. Bratwurst Boy is a nice guy, only a bit rough on the edges. If more Germans are like him, we're going to get along. You can talk with him honestly, and that's something good indeed.

Cheers.
;)
Puzzler   
2 Jul 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

re: producing soap from them

- Matt, it seems that the soap story was just a piece of propaganda. No real proof the story was true. The Germans did various things during WWII, but rather not the aforementioned soap.
Puzzler   
2 Jul 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

re: like in those many pogroms...with shovels or bullets???

- Do you allude to the zionist and neo-nazi horror stories about the alleged 'pogroms' by the Poles? You germans like to repeat this nonsense to divert attention from themselves, right? If you whine that lots of stories about the german alleged atrocities are absurd, then why do you repeat equally absurd tales about the Poles? The usual german self-centeredness, manipulativeness, and lack of higher emotions? Yes, for such reasons as these you can't be a really great nation. You can't compare e.g. with the English.

:)
Puzzler   
3 Jul 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

re: But fact is Jews got killed since they wandered into Europe...

- You mean that Jews got killed since they got into Europe? - If yes, well, Jews also weren't innocent lambs and they killed too, as e.g. stalinism (i.e. Russian terror in rougly 1944-53) in Poland shows. Have you heard about the atrocities of Solomon Morel, for example, who ran a concentration camp for Germans (and also Poles) in Silesia? How many thousands of German (and some Polish) civilians did he murder with his own hands? There were scores and scores of those like him.

re: and the methods were surely not as "modern" as gas chambers but were they less cruel because of that???

- I've heard stories about those 'gas chambers' but don't know much about what they were like. How did they look? Is there e.g. any credible photo of them?

Shopgirl, don't worry. If he really clicks with us, he'll be back. If not, then it'd be sad, but well, it's life. I think that if he's really such a splendid 'Teutonic' warrior, then he should come and keep on fighting, until peace is reached.

All the best , Butty.
;)
Puzzler   
4 Jul 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

Oh, here's some pertinent news regarding the medieval oppression in some European countries.

PRISON FOR COMPARING ABORTION TO HOLOCAUST

Dr Johannes Lerle, Lutheran priest, was given a one year sentence for 'Holocaust denial.' He compared abortion to the Holocaust of the Jews. 'One hundred and fifty thousand abortions every year in Germany are the same as the murder of innocent Jews in Auschwitz,' he said.

(after Polish website ekumenizm.pl)

May God protect Herr Lerle!
Puzzler   
4 Jul 2007
News / A thought on Poland! [140]

re: more okay if Germans had not killed Jews at all.

- I just wonder Matyjasz why are you so concerned about Jews, and not e.g. about Poles? Do jews care about the killed Poles, or for that matter about anybody else but jews?

Is it an obsession with some people this whining about Jews?

You'd better be concerned about Poles killed by jews e.g. during stalinism.

Or about the outrageous property claims levelled at Poland by the 'Holocaust Industry' today.

Or about Palestinians, including children, killed today by jews almost everyday.