History / The Gustloff - one of the worst maritime disasters that seemed to never have happened [66]


when did you hear that? i doubt it very much.

I read an account by Radek Sikorski about his Grandma (I think) almost being raped together with some other German woman in his book Full Circle, and there wasn’t much they could do about it, besides hiding and being surrounded by a lots of Polish men.

History / The Gustloff - one of the worst maritime disasters that seemed to never have happened [66]


Very disturbing indeed. And more to it than revenge that's true.

Law / The 'Secret' of Poland's Economic Success [83]


You have got to be Joking, it is Tusk and Rostowski who are in charge of the finances, the stupid bumpkin Kaczynski insisted on getting us into debt during the crisis, and thank goodness that Rostowski ignored him

History / The Gustloff - one of the worst maritime disasters that seemed to never have happened [66]


Fascinating, I assumed that abortion would be an obvious first resort. So I guess if we would conduct a very rough calculation, out of all the women who were raped maybe 10% would have become pregnant? (I am guessing unless a women or somebody who is more knowledgeable about this stuff tells me otherwise) Out of the 10% of these women about say 7%-8% would decide to abort and many of those born would also probably die in infancy, perhaps 10%.

History / The Gustloff - one of the worst maritime disasters that seemed to never have happened [66]


Putting this down into figures, how many female victims would there be, both German and Polish and how many of those who were raped would have produced offspring? Any rough ideas, I suppose it is all dependent on a woman's menstruation cycle and how inclined she would feel to abort a child that was the result of rape, any ideas BB or anybody else? This would make for a very interesting study albeit a study that would be close to impossible to conduct.

Travel / Poland from a Persian Tourist's Perspective [269]


you mean the Islamic Republic of Iran

Life / Mixed race girl in Poland, good idea? [149]


i hope you visit the country and share your observations later on the forum.

Best of luck, i hope you get treated normally and not disrespectfully.

UK, Ireland / Time for the Poles from the UK to go home [437]


which country Went through a period of soviet imperialism? Does that answer your question?

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


well with the French and the Brits and Italians legitimizing the whole thing it was pretty much a done deal. Besides I'am sure that the Czech minority would've preferred the Poles to the Germans given the chance.

And for the record I think that the Brits were great allies who did all they could under the circumstances, the same can't be said about the Americans.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


This is not a fair comparison, The Czechs invaded first when the Poles were fighting the Bolsheviks. They were simply returning the favor.

News / Crucifixes to stay in Polish schools [364]


Ignorance is bliss, it's religion that helped with the former and now you want to do away with it.

Life / Polish culture do's and dont's? [106]


usually only pregnant women drink bawarka in Poland.

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


Not irritated at all, but I am a citizen you know.

News / What the Polish government do to bring back home Polish immigrants? [116]

Well Kris you clearly don't know much about Polish politics, on paper they probably have the most competent government in Europe.

[Maybe if people actually steered for change, rather than voting in the same old typical cronies Poland would have more to offer its people. Namely, quality of life, good economy, and lower rental/accommodation costs.]

claptrap, if you really haven't got a clue what you are talking about it's best to keep quiet.

[2. That candidate countries have a working market economy, capable of competing effectively on EU markets.]
Under that criteria they are way ahead of Ireland, they have a more stable economy which isn't going through a crisis right now and currently has the highest growth rate in Europe. I think it should be Ireland that you should be worried about so that it doesn't get kicked out of the Euro Zone.

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

That is true, but the vast majority of Australians were later, or like me (2001) very recent arrivals.

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


No, you don't know your history criminals were also shipped to America, it only ended after they gained their independence.

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


I'am just responding to a previous American who did just that posted IQ results, seeing how contradictory they were to common assumption i countered them with other results.


Once again the razor sharp American wit. Actually if you could've been bothered to learn something about your country's history you would realize that America preceded Australia in accommodating what you call 'misfits of society'

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


highest average IQ at 107, compared with 100 across Britain. The UK is also beaten by Poland (106), Sweden (104), Italy (102), Austria (101) and Switzerland (101).
But Britons are brighter than people in Belgium (99), Spain (98), Hungary (98), Russia (96), Greece (95), France (94), Romania (94), Turkey (90) and Serbia, which finishes bottom with 89.

it's 98 for the US by the way.

So not really, i think knowledge is still quite a good indicator.

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


that bit sounds about right, but i would add fat and stupid to the mix as well.

Work / Why Poland employers are afraid of hiring any foreign nationals? [171]


Actually stats show that they three times less likely to commit crimes than the locals.

Language / What are the Polish words of Mongol origin? [14]

papagarth ( this is , shall we say, a curriocity : I've learned that the Mongols left er, DNA samples in poland, but are there words other than a variant of 'horde' borrowed from Mongolian to Polish ?)

There is a Tatar minority of about 10 000 strong or less on Poland's eastern borders. In Poland they are Referred to as Tatars, and are of the Muslim faith. They have a long history of fighting as mercenaries for various Polish armies. Their original incursion into southern Poland took place in the 12 hundreds, when they practiced their horde activities.

Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]


I know a Polish lady here in Australia who was explaining a story at a gathering, involving a hairdresser, and she did not know the word for hair dryer or hair drying. So instead she said that he gave her a blow job:) I almost choked to death on orange juice because of my outburst of laughter

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


From my understanding the people that were targeted were a social class like those who were non-workers. And the whole thing was a genocide.

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


By that you mean a national group, which seems distinct from an ethnic group and is classified as genocide if targeted for extermination. like the Cambodian case for instance, were a whole group was targeted, and to my knowledge is classified as genocide.

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

Right, so we go back to the original question why the distinction between ethnicity and national group.

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


sorry but this argument still does not make sense to me. According to you there is no way of distinguishing a pole living in Russia from a Russian, if he happens not to have a Polish nationality. And gain this isn't exactly about numbers it is about intent.

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

Ethnic groups would mean Soviets kill all Slavs

Religious groups would mean Soviets kill all Roman Catholics

The Soviets didn't do any of those.[/quote]

I'am still not sure if that is right. according to this how would you describe somebody of Polish ethnicity living in Russia, if you include Russians and Poles in the same ethnic group. Since you don't have to be a Polish national necessarily.

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


indeed it is not, but surely ethnicity includes everyone regardless of nationality. So why bother including national groups, unless they mean something different.

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


I get you, but that is already covered by ethnicity, so why bother repeating it.

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


But surely if they include ethnic before national than why bother with national. after all isn't nationality indicative of ethnicity, or does nationality include groups within a nation like different classes.