News / GERMANS WANT TO GERMANIZE KOPERNIK (COPERNICUS)! OUTRAGE! [1016]


They might even rename it to "Kopernik" when it reenters the atmosphere... ;-)

News / Are Polish People Being Discriminated Against? Problems getting a US visa. [258]


Take a closer look at what you have written... ;-)

"They have a 7 or 11 illegal Mexicans,"

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]


That's nonsense.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]

vetala

You're talking about the Prussian settlement commision. Straight from the source you provided:

"The Commission was empowered to purchase vacant property..."

You see the words "purchase" and "vacant"?

That Poles were not allowed to own property is not true, Vetala.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]

vetala

You said "When Poland was partitioned, in the Prussian Patrition Poles were not allowed to own houses". This is simply not true. You generalize.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]

vetala

Don't be childish.

Give me a link that clearly shows that Poles were not allowed to own the houses they were living in.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]


Doesn't prove that Poles in general were not allowed to own the houses they were already living in. Being banned to build a new home is a different story.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]


Don't worry - we are talking about something that happened over a hundred years ago. It's of historical interest, but that's about it.

I'm of Polish/German descent as well BTW, and I happen to have an original land record/ deed of my great-grandfather at home. He was Polish and bought a piece of land AND a house in the Poznan area in 1910. That's one reason why I kept insisting.

Love / Berlin vs Poznan - fashion of Polish women [36]


If you can't handle western society, why don't you live in the redneck parts of Poland you so much adore?

Love / Berlin vs Poznan - fashion of Polish women [36]


Depends on how many drinkers and fekers you have... ;-)

Polonia / Poland and France cultures are similar [112]


Poland was defeated, destroyed, humiliated, whatever you want to call it. What does it matter by whom?

Polonia / Poland and France cultures are similar [112]


In what way? Do you feel better if you can say "not only the Germans occupied my country and killed my folk, but the Russians did, too?". The outcome is the same, no matter what. I don't get it, sorry.

Polonia / Poland and France cultures are similar [112]


Who was the third one?


That Poland got attacked is not the country's fault, of course not.


You're telling me that the Polish communists after the war argued that the attack on Poland was the fault of the pre-war government? Do you have links? I never heard about that.

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

USA, Canada / What do the Poles hate and love about the U.S.? [170]


Yeah, foreclosures are up quite a bit... (sorry, couldn't resist)


Where do you live?

USA, Canada / What do the Poles hate and love about the U.S.? [170]

American Samoa? <vbg>

USA, Canada / What do the Poles hate and love about the U.S.? [170]

PlasticPole
I was just teasing you. :)

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

It was murder, but not genocide.

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?

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.

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]


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


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.


Then the killing of a group of ten people would be genocide. That's nonsense, and you know it.

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]


Forgot to ask:
What did Salomon Morel commit? Murder or genocide?

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.


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.

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]


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.


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


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.

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]


Yes, a mass murder that was a war crime.

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]


Sure, and the earth is flat. I give up - you're just too ignorant.

UK, Ireland / Cheap calls to the UK from Poland [30]


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.

Genealogy / Genetic difference between Poles and selected others. [83]


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.

Genealogy / Genetic difference between Poles and selected others. [83]


That's a ... how can I say this politely ... pretty f*cked-up view ...

Love / Polish girls attitudes towards sex. [568]


Three strikes and out... :)