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TheOther   
6 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in the UK. Ch. 5 - Racism [259]

What you're referring to is part of the "back-stabbing" legend

I know. Just wanted to mention it. Where Hitler's irrational hatred for Jewish people came from can probably never be explained.
TheOther   
6 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in the UK. Ch. 5 - Racism [259]

It's not quite clear where his hatred for Jews came from, but the most plausible 2 reasons are

There's another explanation/ theory floating around: the Jewish bankers were responsible for Germany's defeat in WW1, because they simply cut the funding. Hitler supposedly hated them for this.
TheOther   
28 Sep 2009
History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

There were approxiamately 960.000 Jews killed at Auschwitz and 140 to 150.000 Poles

M-G, I asked you before in a different thread: why do you distinguish between Jews and Poles? Many of the Jewish Holocaust victims were Polish (or other) nationals.
TheOther   
26 Sep 2009
History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

only to end that the Poles were worst off and not the Jews

Why do you distinguish between Poles and Jews? The Jewish victims of the Holocaust were Polish, Dutch, German, French, etc. nationals.
TheOther   
25 Sep 2009
USA, Canada / Can Polish citizens with US greencard travel to Canada? [63]

well, it's a bit different on the ground then in the air..

Yeah, might well be. Although I would bring my passport anyway - just in case.

You don't need your Green Card if you are a permanent citizen

If you're a US citizen, then you only need your passport, but if you are a permanent resident (holding a permanent greencard) then you need both greencard and passport. Just happened to me.
TheOther   
25 Sep 2009
USA, Canada / Can Polish citizens with US greencard travel to Canada? [63]

plk123
I don't know about crossing the land border between Canada and the USA, but I'm certain about flying into the US. Just went through it a few weeks ago when I came back from a business trip. They even fingerprinted and photographed me at the passport control, although I am a permanent resident and have a greencard.
TheOther   
25 Sep 2009
USA, Canada / Can Polish citizens with US greencard travel to Canada? [63]

permamnent green card doesn't need travel documents

Not true. If you want to reenter the USA you will need your greencard as well as your passport. Otherwise they won't let you in.
TheOther   
24 Sep 2009
Love / Polish girls attitudes towards sex. [568]

Some of the guys on PF would probably be serving life sentences for their conduct

Three strikes and out... :)
TheOther   
21 Sep 2009
Genealogy / Genetic difference between Poles and selected others. [83]

How different are we Poles

Genetically there's hardly any difference. Cultural difference? Send a German baby over to Poland to be raised by Polish parents and you'll get a little Pole. Send a Polish baby to Germany, and you'll end up with a little German. It's all about education and how kids are brought up. In the end there is no difference.
TheOther   
17 Sep 2009
UK, Ireland / Cheap calls to the UK from Poland [30]

I swear by vonage

That's interesting. Here in the US they have a rather bad reputation partly because it seems to be almost impossible to cancel the contract once you've signed up with them. The company must be doing a much better job in Europe.
TheOther   
12 Sep 2009
History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

Its not my definition you twat

First of all, that you need to resort to insults once again shows that you have a severe lack of social and communication skills. If you want to be taken serious, I suggest that you change that behaviour. Second, it was your definition, or your personal interpretation of the definition of genocide respectively. I just wanted to show how twisted your point of view is in this case.

Sorry bud but Silesians were Polish,

Oh, all of a sudden all Volksliste I and II Silesians are Polish and not German traitors anymore? How interesting. I will remember that.

Because it was not aimed at elimination of any particular group thats for one

Morel specifically targeted the ethnic Germans, there's no doubt about it.

I personally believe that Morel was a mass murderer by the way, and for the same reasons I believe - like quite a few others here - that Katyn was a mass murder and not a genocide. In the end it doesn't matter though because both were horrific crimes.
TheOther   
12 Sep 2009
History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

Sokrates

Quote Wikipedia:
"Zgoda Labour Camp:
... but the majority consisted of Silesians from I and II categorie Volksliste and Germans (these two groups encompassed almost all Silesians), with some Poles and at least 38 inmates of other nationalities; often entire German villages were deported to such concentration camps. According to the Polish Institute of National Remembrance, after the World War II, "almost the entire local population (of Upper Silesia) became legally suspect of the crime of treason against the Polish state" [1] . At least 1,855 lost their lives at the Zgoda camp from February until November 1945. ... The inmates were systematically maltreated and tortured."

"Sometimes children were sent to the camp along with parents. Prisoners were not accused of any crime, but were sent by decision of Security Authorities. Authorities tried to convince society that prisoners were only Germans and Nazi Activists.[4] It is estimated that close to 2,000 inmates died in the camp, while torture and abuse of prisoners were rampant"

So, not an "odd German", but mostly German. And not "primarily Polish civilians", but "some Poles" (according to the source). Inmates maltreated and tortured on purpose until the were dead.

The guy was just a nutcase and a murderer but according to most definitions not a genocidal one

He was an animal, yes, and according to your definition he must have commited genocide because he killed based on the ethnic group his victims came from. So why do you call it murder then? Only because Morel was Polish? Try to answer without resorting to insults, please.
TheOther   
12 Sep 2009
History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

Well, they killed more than most mass murderers combined

That's true. If you think about it, the mind boggles indeed.

You sir are an anti-Polish idiot

Get used to it that there are plenty of people out there who do not share your distorted view of history, man! And stop behaving like a 10 year old brat.

It doesnt need to be murder of all Poles just any group based on their ethnicity

Then the killing of a group of ten people would be genocide. That's nonsense, and you know it.
TheOther   
12 Sep 2009
History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

We probably have to go with what the common understanding of a genocide is: something unspeakable like the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda or Darfur with an extremely high number of civilian victims.
TheOther   
12 Sep 2009
History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

Seanus
Quote Wikipedia:
"...any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such..."

You imply that the Soviets wanted to exterminate the Poles as a national group. Was that really their intent in Katyn?
TheOther   
5 Sep 2009
USA, Canada / What do the Poles hate and love about the U.S.? [170]

Just a few...

Love:
Friendly people
Beautiful landscapes
San Francisco

Don't like:
Contaminated food everywhere
Religious nuts
Sarah "Caribou Barbie" Palin