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Polish, language of future - Post-apocalyptic [45]
Good point, andrei. Rarely do you see absolute equality in a set-up but they must remember that they signed up to it. They have to honour that commitment
they voluntarily entered into.
Oh, as a I Scot, I can sympathise with their quest to carve out their own identity. However, that pursuit can exist in tandem with respecting the rights of others. It is an EU member and they have to accept that they will come into contact with other cultures. That's just part of the deal. In theory, they are almost as Catholic as Poland. This means sth IMHO. They are not Latvians who are far more mixed when it comes to religion. They need to acknowledge that there are far greater modern threats to their identity than Poland. There's a litote for you :)
That's true, andrei. I've been to Ozimek in the Opole region and I did see many German signs. However, I feel that Lithuanians, as you said, feel pressure from bigger powers and they are fighting tooth and nail to resist. Germany, being a major power, negotiated the Aussenliede and have more clout at the bargaining table. Lithuania likely still feels the strain of the times of the CIS.
Surely that breaches the right of freedom of name? ;) What they are doing is close to fascism, albeit on a much smaller scale.
Well, they remember Piłsudski's relentless efforts to get Lithuania 'on board'. Being of Lithuanian stock, he felt that he could pull the strings but imposing a vision on Lithuania in the interwar years was like, to quote Stalin, "trying to saddle a cow". What was their leader's name? It began with V, I think. He thwarted Piłsudski almost at every turn. Forgive me, I am Scottish and my knowledge of the PLC is piecemeal when it comes to a comparison with an educated Pole.
