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Sokrates   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

Taking into consideration Dr. Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof,

Harriet is, for the first time in his life correct, the guy didnt have an ounce of polishness in him, he was a russian jew who just happened to live in a polish city.
Sokrates   
1 Feb 2011
Life / Do Poland take care about their Culture ? [39]

What about the Arab hordes there ?

No Arab hordes here, i've seen about 10 pakis in the past six years in Wrocław.

how the people react ?

Not at all given that minorities here are about one foreigner per 10.000 Poles.

I love the clean and white Poland.

Good news for you, its probably the whitest country on the face of the earth.

The Arab Hordes in Poland amount to one or two falafel stalls off Krakowskie Przedmiescie. Get real.

They can hide more of them under the counters! Them pakis are shifty bastards.
Sokrates   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ...

LTB you're a cretin, Zamenhof was the son of a Russian and a Jewes, how is he a Pole? He was a russian jew.

Esperanto is a failed experiment.

Yes it is.
Sokrates   
23 Jan 2011
History / How Polish history is viewed by other countries textbooks [124]

Of course, that was the region he was born in and loved, just like some of my famiy was born in Wilno and loved it, but he wrote it in polish, his parents were both polish and his first language was polish (he couldnt speak lithuanian).

So yeah he was Polish.
Sokrates   
22 Jan 2011
History / How Polish history is viewed by other countries textbooks [124]

His father even though he was a Frenchman, was very attached to Polish society during the times of partition

His father took part in the Kościuszko's uprising, spoke fluent Polish and despite being a Frenchman considered himself a Pole saying it openly in most letters.
Sokrates   
21 Jan 2011
Work / Polish schoolteachers are being crushed by the system [24]

Sok - understandable on an emotional level, but violence (whether you agree with it or not) can only ever work within a system, and as that system is a thing of the past ...

Create a new one that takes kicking the crap out of kids into account, thats the missing cog that makes the current education system go boink.
Sokrates   
21 Jan 2011
Work / Polish schoolteachers are being crushed by the system [24]

Sok, go and be bored someplace else. You haven't exactly contributed to the sum total of human understanding of late. Or change your password 'cos some 14-year-old sociopath gluesniffer seems to have hijacked your account.

Just got into a trollish mood lately, anywho i completely agree with Varsovian, our teachers got it uphill hardcore, i still think backhanding a kid is a solution more often than not.
Sokrates   
16 Jan 2011
History / My Great Grand father took part in the Battle of Warsaw! [90]

So these intact,more or less armies,of France and germany

Neither was intact in any way whatsoever, France had to resolve most of its troops risking nation wide revolution and Germany had plenty of fight in it except that half of it sided with communists and the economy was gone.

Russia did not need economy to wage war because Russia is Russia, Poland had the only intact army capable of repelling Russia in 1920 which is the whole point.

forgetting the US occupying force,what remained of the british army and a completly intact Royal navy

What US occupying force? America recalled most of its troops except for three cavalry divisions, UK simply dissolved its troops outright to avoid economic collapse.

would have fallen to the soviet rabble would they?

You mean that rabble that had years and years of experience fighting Germans and each other? That rabble that b*tchslapped the tsarist armies, the expeditionary force, the ukrainian army (which was elite by any standards)?

Sorry but thats again the voice of western bullcrap historiography, the Red Army at that time was an extremely efficient fighting force, thats not the same as being shiny, civilised or simply cool looking but they were efficient.

At the same time the West had no desire or capacity to wage war, not the kind of war the Soviets were waging.

Maybe with a little help from all those machine guns.

Shooting up your own civilians is easier than shooting up an enemy who fires back.
Sokrates   
16 Jan 2011
History / My Great Grand father took part in the Battle of Warsaw! [90]

Its all,what ifs,this could go on forever,my point being though that at any time after 1920 western Europe could have turned Red despite anything Poland did

No, not on account of goverments having enough machineguns to stop it.

but it didnt,there was always enough nationalism to counter communism.

Not really, in Germany and France it was just that most of the army remained intact.
Sokrates   
16 Jan 2011
History / My Great Grand father took part in the Battle of Warsaw! [90]

I doubt that Russian would have spread as far at that time.

With communism rife in Germany and France depopulated and exhausted? And with their resources and German/French industries they'd have a fleet within four years, the kind of fleet that'd make Royal Navy surrender by just looking at it.

but It can be said pretty certainlly that the germans would have united against the Reds and frankly the occupying powers

And do what? They could count on about the same amount of men as Poles did but unlike Poles they'd have milions of communists within their own national ranks, any confrontation in 1920-21 meant instant game over for Germany.

wouldnt have stood about with their hands in their pockets either.

Yes they probably wouldnt, except that by that time they'd be looking at what? Five milion Red Army troops? Neither Germany nor France/UK had juice to continue and US was far away and isolationist as hell.

As for getting as far as London,come on,be serious for a minute,communisim was never a serious possibility in the UK,not even during the general strike of '26.

In case of victory Russia would have a fleet that'd put RN to shame by 1926, the fact is no one could stand up to Russia in a war of attrition and the only reason there was no such war was because Poland laid down the pain so quickly and decisively that any and all motivation for further european conquest vanished for two decades.

it did not save europe from communisim. Did nothing to stop its spread in germany,france,spain...

Erm yes it did, it stopped the Red Army from spreading it on the tips of their bayonets?
Sokrates   
16 Jan 2011
History / My Great Grand father took part in the Battle of Warsaw! [90]

How the feck is this a western myth,are you seriously trying to tell me only Poles fought against the Red Army?

No, i'm trying to tell you that the West did not help Poland in any critical way and that polish independence was achieved without outside help.

OMG,say it aint so.....just google russian civil war mate before you spout more selfpitying/gloryfying nonsense

Lets rephrase that shall we? Poles took advantage of the russian civil war to establish their armed forces after which they were faced with the bulk of the Red Army and won, no one helped them in any serious way, they helped themselves by picking the right moment and taking full advantage of it.

quite honestly I dont believe it is a western myth at all

I do, in every western book about the subject you can read nonsence about how France and UK massively helped Poland, the fact is Poland took its independence by force of arms and the West just "approved" of what was already done by the Poles.

to "the west" the Polish campaigns after WW1 were nothing more than little sideshows in another conflict

Well the West has repeatedly proven to be a bunch of idiots when thinking in macroscale but i agree to them 1920 war was Polands issue even if Polands loss meant they'd have to start learning russian in Paris, London and Berlin.

the russian civil war,that not many people know or care to know anything about.

By 1920 the Whites were over, Poland had to take on the bulk of the Red Army.
Sokrates   
16 Jan 2011
History / My Great Grand father took part in the Battle of Warsaw! [90]

Not to take anything from Poland in 1919/20 but as you say,this was a force organised into an army and not under occupation conditions

It was organised exactly under occupation conditions, it was organised at the same time everywhere which means that the occupiers found themselves outnumbered and outgunned virtually overnight.

I see where you're going though.

even so this heroic force could have done very little without the outside support it recieved from the "western" powers to fight in proxy the soviets on that front.

Thats another western myth, apart from the "Blue Army" the West did nothing, Poland won its independence using only domestic resources.

One could of course argue that the Blue Army helped and it did but it was 72.000 men in a force of more than 730.000 so no, not only did Poland regain its independence without western support but it held its shape and form despite western opposition.

Remember most of the weapons and even a lot of the uniforms came from Britain,France etc as these nations were fighting the "Reds" on different fronts at the time.

No, the correct sentence would be "some weapons" more than 80% of polish arms were those captured from Germans, Russians and Austrians, the only significant injection of western equipment was with the Blue Army which while ceirtanly of some help was neither neccesary nor critical.

France etc as these nations were fighting the "Reds" on different fronts at the time.

Are you talking about the tiny intervention force? Thats hardly helpful and it was not meant to help Poland either, it was meant to help the whites who were enemies of Poland by the way.
Sokrates   
16 Jan 2011
History / My Great Grand father took part in the Battle of Warsaw! [90]

We could split hairs here for ages,I say there were,you say there were not,ok,fine,but Im with you I think in your main point,the orrganised army did the bulk of the fighting.

More or less.

And again,no underground force in history has ever overthrown anything without the outside help of a third party nation and its armed forces.

Poland did, though to be honest it did so by re-organising its underground forces into an army.

Lets recount what it did.

It defeated Prussian and Ukrainian armies simoultanously, then it defeated Soviet Russia.

Also lets be honest, in 1830 Poland had every chance of stomping Russia face down into the mud, the leadership failed though.

Also South America has multiple examples of rebels overthrowing govts though i'm not sure if these monkeys count, their goverments last as long as a smell of a fart.
Sokrates   
16 Jan 2011
History / My Great Grand father took part in the Battle of Warsaw! [90]

So I guess you discount all the Police and civilian hunters that helped fight the soviets then

Of course i do given that there were no police or civilian hunters that "helped" all the police and civilians who could fight got drafted into the military, they were organised, armed and commanded as soldiers of the finnish army not paramilitary.

Why so hatefull all the time,relax man,take a few deep breaths,you'll live longer.

I'm relaxed, however when i see an obnoxious anti-polish lying b*tch like Delphia i just feel better dropping a few dung bombs here and there.

As for Poland? Quite a few times it did fantastic, lets not forget that Poland regained its independence in 1918-19 not by international agreement but by its very own show of force/uprising/war effort.

In 1830 Poland challenged Russia in a manner that half way through the war had France and UK completely certain that Poles will defeat Russia and roll over Prussia, the leadership failed true but if Poland showed anything its that it was a dangerous place to occupy and a difficult place to hold, ultimately impossible to keep too.
Sokrates   
16 Jan 2011
History / My Great Grand father took part in the Battle of Warsaw! [90]

Indeed. The experience of the Finnish paramilitaries during WWII shows what can be done.

What finnish paramilitaries you liar? Learn history, Finnland had a powerfull army with even more powerfull fortifications.
Sokrates   
13 Jan 2011
History / Polish flag over the Reichstag first? [399]

Neither, marsh camo came in four different patterns but hey you're the big one on the uniforms you should know right?

As for the spares Ishtatu they got pin-up lighting bolts to go with camo.
Sokrates   
13 Jan 2011
History / Polish flag over the Reichstag first? [399]

Being as the wSS never wore insignia on their camo

Got any more rubbish you wish to share with us?

The m43 was the grey tunic and trousers

As well as m43 Ostfront marsh camo which is what this is.


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Sokrates   
13 Jan 2011
History / Polish flag over the Reichstag first? [399]

And after all, revenge was tried after WWI and only helped sowing something much worse...

Revenge works if used with excessive force, you either wipe someone out or learn to see their better half if they have one, Germans have one and its water under the bridge now.

nope,no need for markings,he's wSS,clear by the wSS specific camo.....

Yes there is need for markings, the 1943 pattern uniform was worn by panzergrenadiers and SS, this guy is clearly Wechrmacht, SS always had their markings, they carried an asston of spares too.
Sokrates   
13 Jan 2011
History / Polish flag over the Reichstag first? [399]

Jesus ... you are a simple mind!

I believe in mass responsibility as far as nation-wide crimes, every single German initially profitted from invasion of Poland, food prices dropped by 70% because confiscation of polish harvest from people who were left to starve for example.

Germans as a nation were willing to go to war and pay the price for regaining their pride with the lives of half of Europe, for that they should have been exterminated.

As if every German during that time was a Nazi.

Thats not relevant, the vast majority profitted (untill the bombs started falling) and just for that as well as for quiet acceptance they needed to be shot, the few innocents who'd get killed would get sorted by God afterwards.

You've lost all credibility or the faintest notion of respect with a remark like that. I won't bother talking to a cvnt rag like you.

Why? I never made it a secret that i hold a grudge towards Nazi era Germany, grudge big enough that i dont care if a random German was firebombed along with his family.

That doesnt stop me from admiring Germany as a historical entity and BB can attest to that, i enjoy their architecture, music and much of their history but if i and Uncle Joe would exchange minds my first order would be to kill every man, woman and child in Germany untill there's none left.

There's crimes big enough that they justify mass responsibility in my opinion, its by gones now of course but i will never ever have pity on german soldiers, these people enabled the spread of death and concentration camps, no pity at all.

If it was me i'd bring back the time tested polish practice of impalement or skinning alive or whatever, anyone who was serving in Wechrmaht deserved a long and painfull death by default.
Sokrates   
13 Jan 2011
History / Polish flag over the Reichstag first? [399]

Well...so goes the myth but I don't buy it:

No myth BB, there was never an order but there's enough "suggestions" in official reports, SS was not big on prisoners, big on executions though.

The guy on the pic is not SS he's a Wechrmacht panzergrenadier.

But as I read often it had been the Soviets who started the torturing to death of german POW's, hanging their corpes onto trees to mock the enemy. Like that:

And whats wrong about that? You know my opinion, every German of the WW2 era whether man, woman or a child deserved death,civilians a quick one and soldiers needed to be skinned alive, the longer they died the better.

You should be grateful Stalin didnt just decide he wants Germans extinct, any sort of mercy or understanding towards Nazi Germany and its general populace is bloody stupid.

Germany started the war with a full intent of exterminating 200 milion people, you wanted to make Warsaw and Moscow into water reservoirs after gassing/expelling their populations, sorry mate but if german soldiers were tortured i can only hope the f*ckers died a long and painfull death.

Michael Wittmann became famous as he was asked for a wish as a reward for a special successful day on the Panzer front in Russia...he asked for the lifes of the russian whose tanks he just had destroyed. He wanted them to be brought to the lazarett.

Why did he have to ask for their lives though? Sorry the odd human being among Germans circa 1936-1945 does not justify any sort of leniency.

Germans of WWII were not human beings but rabid monsters who deserved total extermination and got away with much less, they wanted to kill 200 milion people, wipe out their often millenium long heritage, they had plans to create human farms ffs!

Germans of WW2 should have been exterminated, anything less was a lucky break for them and needs to be treated as such.

I'm glad we got over the time where only one side is blamed for everything.

Its not the war itself Germany is blamed for, if it was just war people would get over it quickly, its the idea to wipe out half of european population and degrade the survivors to the level of human farm animals that ticks people off.

Soviets might have killed slightly more people but they were nowhere near as creative and you could survive under soviet rule, under Germans you were either soap or a farm animal.

People and countries play pretend games called politics but BB lets be honest the world will never forget what Germany did or plan to do, ever, though adult people wont be stereotyping the words German = Nazi are embedded in global consciousness for good.
Sokrates   
9 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

Given that the entire family was from the polish Piast dynasty i doubt it.
Sokrates   
9 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

Why not stop pointlessly arguing and actually check out the EU's regional strategy - it isn't as if there's any dearth of material about it. Plenty online, so you don't even have to leave your bedroom

Thats not EU strategy, thats german strategy.

Nobody ever said it was a true autonomy between the wars - we are talking about regionalism, not independence. Slask does however have a very long history, whether you like it or not.

Regionalism in EU/german approach equals authonomy for regions and Śląsk does not have a history as a region, not one you're looking for anyway.
Sokrates   
9 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

Nobody's talking about what you amusingly call the "Sillesian authonomous movement" which is more a nineties thing than anything else

Have you been talking about Silesia wanting to gain authonomy?

. The Silesians (a distinct group, by the way, with a foot in two countries) aren't interested in independence, but there is a move towards more regional autonomy and Katowice certainly wants this.

Yes you were, nobody in Katowice wants it, there's no move towards such you're not only pulling stuff from your arse but lying when caught selling ignorant bull.

d the cultural attributes of Slask as a discrete historical Entity.

No such thing as a discrete historical entity, Śląsk was never not once in its history a separate entity, whether historical or political, its interwar "authonomy" was never a true authonomy since its foreign policy and business relations were regulated by Warsaw.

Also what would be the benefits of regionalisation in Poland? I can name a number of disadvantages such as incorporation of said regions by neighbours, using the theme of regionalisation to decompose and partition our country.
Sokrates   
9 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

is that quite a few politicians, especially in Upper Silesia are keen on the idea of European funding going directly to them,

Name 3 :)))))

I love making you my b*tch, my best friend is the son of the vice secretary of Sillesian authonomous movement, his name is Piotr Gaca, i can discuss the none existent interest in silesian authonomy all day, especially given how you have no idea whats happening:)

Also i enjoy how to cover the fact that you're attempting to discuss a subject you're completely clueless about you bring around UK which is completely different than Poland.

In Poland there's no push towards authonomy of any region, i'll help you out the city councilmen of Katowice are members of the authonomy movement and they (you can search yourself a bit of research will do you good) are the only public spokesmen for the shrinking movement.
Sokrates   
9 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

The problem with regionalism in Poland is that no one wants regionalism in Poland, if we added the various regional movements i doubt we'd scrape 50.000 people together in a nation of 38.2 milion, various Kaszubian authonomy movements had a whopping 600~ members when combined, out of a region with a few milion inhabitants.

An interesting note is that many of these very few activists for authonomies are german, a point could be made that regionalism, as far as Poland is an attempt by Germany to break polish political coherence in an attempt to nab this or that, note that Sobieski openly used a german name for Śląsk when speaking about authonomy.

So a polish autonomous region suddenly gets a german name?
Sokrates   
8 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

You'd think that would be relevant, but it isn't. Not least because no concrete proposals have been formulated, discussed at either a local or national level or put to the voters yet

Yes there were very concrete proposals formulated discussed and rejected by the crushing majority who were offended by the small groups hint that you could be Silesian first Pole second, Silesians consider themselves Poles first.

Just because YOU are an idiot who wouldnt bother to research the subject before opening his yapper doesnt mean stuff didnt happen, it did.

is rather silly, since regionalism is a complex thing about identity, dialect and culture, all of which in Silesia have been very much a focus of "increasing interest" since 1989.

Increasing interest by whom? The Silesian authonomy movement decreased from 90.000 members in 1999 to 42.000 in 2010 so not only is there a decreasing interest but its not even 2% today, in fact its not even one percent.

Sorry but you're still an ignorant idiot now go do some research.

As far as Poland is concerned regionalism is a non issue, there's virtually no drive to it internally.
Sokrates   
8 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

but there is a move towards more regional autonomy and Katowice certainly wants this. No reason they shouldn't get it either.

First of all there's no move, a move implies increasing interest in a cause, there's none, and yes there's a reason ,the reason is that 98% of the regions population is against it.

Any area or region has the right to seceed and declare independence provided they have a referendum open to all residents of that region, regardless of identity.

Well given the polls approximately 2% of Śląsk inhabitants want autonomy, case closed.