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Joined: 12 Jul 2013 / Male ♂
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From: New York, USA
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Lyzko   
17 Nov 2018
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Well your chat seems to reveal a strong inclination towards AfD, PEGIDA and the rest of that rot.
Maybe I'm wrong. Hope I am. It'd sure be a shame to lose my favorite sparing partner:-)

@Maf,
Being misguided doesn't make her a sinner, neither does being a slightly half-cocked do-gooder. The alternative is so unimaginable
in the light of Germany's past (which still hasn't passed away) that many Germans are willing to put up with her tactics.
Lyzko   
17 Nov 2018
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

@Maf,

She's not entirely responsible for the slime who come into the country, try as she may to separate the wheat from the chaff.

@Bratwurst Boy,

My answer is like the late Sir Winston Churchill's remark about democracy: "It's the most ineffectual form of government around, but do we have anything better?"
Lyzko   
17 Nov 2018
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

@Bratwurst Boy,

The only reason Germany IS the most civilized, enlightened country she's ever been is because of people such as Angela Merkel who fly the banner of tolerance...even when it's inconvenient for a spoiled generation of post-War boomers!

She and those like her are adamant in their determination to exorcise the ghosts of her country's Nazi past one horror at a time:-)
Lyzko   
14 Nov 2018
News / An EU army. Impact on Poland [155]

Agree to an extent, though there are as many exceptions to the "rule" as examples of it, in my experience with Germans and Germany.
Lyzko   
14 Nov 2018
News / An EU army. Impact on Poland [155]

Geopolitically spot on!

Only, Hungary has been of late empowered by a super-nationalism not seen in that country easily since Admiral Horthy and Szillasy, and we know what monsters those Arrow Crossers turned out to be.
Lyzko   
14 Nov 2018
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

What if you as a Brit give up your seat on BR to a Pole or a Frenchman, is that being "patriotic"?? Fail to grasp the usage distinction here, honestly, I'm not trying to

nitpick.

Now I see the point, Delph, I hope:-)

Working together is surely a part of teamwork and being patriotic DOES mean supporting the best in one's country.
OK, got it finally. Hate to appear thickLOL
Lyzko   
14 Nov 2018
News / An EU army. Impact on Poland [155]

Your right.

However, sooner or later, even a leopard has to learn to change its spots. Evolution, you know.
Darwin doubtless would have agreed:-)
Lyzko   
14 Nov 2018
News / An EU army. Impact on Poland [155]

On the other hand, post-War and post-Wall Germans have apparently turned over a new leaf. I believe they ought to be given a chance to actively defend the freedoms they remain so intent on protecting.

We've got to bury the hatchet at some point, at least for practical purposes.
Lyzko   
14 Nov 2018
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

I for one prefer "patriotism" for several of the reasons mentioned thus far on this forum. It's less aggressive and more culturally based to my likings.

As an American, I feel a degree of patriotism, though surely I don't feel my nationality is superior to another, advantages that lie in both societies considered.
Lyzko   
14 Nov 2018
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Playing checkers with ultra-conservatives is also a challenge; first they have to learn to count...much less to read:-)

I don't agree with the "progressive" agenda either, at least in whole, however, many are at least in a positive direction of not intentionally undermining

those who wish to advance in society.

Both indeed tend to go overboard, frankly! Ultra leftists are surely as unthinkingly doctrinaire as ultra rightists.