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Tacitus   
15 Jun 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]

MLP has pledged to cut the Cohesion Fund for Eastern Europe and is - together with Salvini - interested in forming a partnership with Russia. I imagine that neither of those things are within Polands' interest. MLP also wants to leave NATO. Think about what that means for Poland's security in the future. An America that is increasingly unwilling to defend Eastern Europe against Russia. A Germany that can't defend Eastern Europe. And France who simply won't defend Eastern Europe. Not exactly an appealing scenario in my court.

There is no nationalist "internationale"

Amen to that.
Tacitus   
13 Jun 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]

very funny... but cheap

And true. And expensive, since Poland received already far more money than any European country via the Marahall Plan. In fact, given that the Marshall Plan consisted of approx. 150bn€ in todays money, then Poland is close to getting what all of Western Europe received.

Ossis prefered West-Fernsehen and West-Radio in GDR times too

Tradition television is dying anyway. More and more people are watching Netflix, HBO et al.
Tacitus   
13 Jun 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]

where is that equivalent of the Marshall Plan

It is called EU cohesion fund ;)

Poland is a market economy like Germany and only those can survive who sell enough

Indeed. Springer and Co. want (and need) to make money.
Tacitus   
13 Jun 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]

Well, their direct interventions were neglible, but they certainly helped funding the democratic reeducation of the German people and provided an additional safety net (that was thankfully never needed). The EU is trying to do the same for Poland but sadly for the democracy in Poland, their options to interfere are much more limited.
Tacitus   
1 Jun 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

the modern leftists who still cheer for Putin in the ex-Sovietunion,

Particulary this aspect has always been puzzling to me.

Russia under Putin is a corrupt oligarchy that persecutes minorities and wages imperialistic wars against its' neighbours. All things those guys supposedly abhor, yet they always feel the need to defend Russia-
Tacitus   
31 May 2021
News / School shooting in Sweden. Should Poland be worried about a copycat? [24]

noone in Germany or France could have even imagined what would happen

This is not entirely true. If we are going back in history, then we will always find cases in which deranged individuals attacked public spaces like the Cologne school massacre from 1964. Back then the explanation was that people who had experienced war were more likely to crack, but as we know now, this does not explain all cases.
Tacitus   
28 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

If Assad had that kind of support among the population, he wouldn't have needed Russia and Iran to bail him out, just as the GDR would not have needed Russian tanks to secure its' rule if it had truly received 99% of the votes. Lukashenko also wouldn't take such drastic measures if he had that kind of support either. Maybe Lukashenko did win previous elections fairly (though obviously not with the margins he claimed) because he could present himself as the anchor of stability, but as the previous year showed, especially young people are no longer satisfied with this.

Opposition tried to kill Assad

Assad started the killing when he arrested and tortured people to death because they were peacefully protesting.

? But somehow our "weak and spineless" West not only survives that but still flourishes, how come?

Very true. Say what you want about Merkel, but I think she nailed it when Putin tried to intimidate her with a dog. Like she said to journalists afterwards. This is all countries like Russia have: Intimidation, no succesful economies are attractive policies.
Tacitus   
28 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Basically he is of accused of organizing protests against the government, aka something that wouldn't be punisheable in any democracy.

That he was tortured and now faces decades in prison for it tells you anything you need to know about Belarus.
Tacitus   
25 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

At least Biden is unlikely to side with Putin over American intelligence agencies.... . Or be intimidated by stories over a Moscow luxury hotel and what a Russian prostitute did there at her clients behest.
Tacitus   
24 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Russias' brain drain of highly skilled expert to Western countries has in fact accelerated in the las few years.

thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-brain-drain-scientists-flee-spy-mania-vladimir-putin-wbbrknzkc
Tacitus   
20 May 2021
Life / Fat People in Poland? [161]

Probably because BDI does not take muscle mass into account, if you have decently sized muscle you will end up with a BDI above 25.
Tacitus   
18 May 2021
History / What do Poles owe to Jews? [586]

Please include your publicly stated opinions on how you are against foreign migrants of any kind

You expect him to share/create on a Polish forum a link in which he is against Polish migrants - the largest group of migrants we had in the last 20 years?
Tacitus   
17 May 2021
History / What do Poles owe to Jews? [586]

They have a lot more in common with Poles than the Hun

They are still culturally neither. The Sorb I recently met insisted that she was Sorbian first and foremost. She viewed Poles as fellow Slavs, just as she viewed the Czech or Slovaks. But she would have rejected the idea of being Polish.
Tacitus   
17 May 2021
History / What do Poles owe to Jews? [586]

I have read that some kindergartens near Szczecin are only open thanks to the many Polish children visiting them.
Tacitus   
17 May 2021
History / What do Poles owe to Jews? [586]

and Poland....and Russia...and France.

I am fairly certain that, given his past posts, he wholly agreed to what Hitler did to gay people as well.

faces the problem of being invaded by foreign

Polands problem is not the imaginary invasion by foreigners, but rather losing so many of its' people to foreign countries.
Tacitus   
17 May 2021
History / What do Poles owe to Jews? [586]

If you tell something like that in Germany you are instantly neonazi

Nonsense, any thinking person knows Hitler wasn't wrong with every decision he made, at least in the way it paid off for himself, or he would not have risen from a failed artist to (briefly) the most powerful man in Europe. Hitler was however completely wrong in his world outlook and the trajectory he put Germany on could only lead to disaster.

If you claimed that he "loved" Germany, you would probably be seen as either completely deluded or clueless since it is very clear that Hitler at best "loved" his vision of Germany and not the existing one. Otherwise he wouldn't have destroyed so much even when everything went his way, and later wouldn't have tried to destroy it when he failed.
Tacitus   
15 May 2021
News / Poland Sports News [1079]

Merged:

Lukasz Piszczek - Polish football player and BVB Legend



Yesterday Polish football player Lukasz Piszczek won the German cup with his club Borussia Dortmund. The player who will retire after this season has long won the hearts of his fans who will always remember him fondly for his eleven years with us. He is the last remaining player of the "Polish trio" consisting of Jakub Błaszczykowsk and Lewandowski which played together during Dortmund's very succesful Klopp era. With Dortmund, he won twice the national championship and three times the German cup, and 2013 almost the Champions League.

As a devoted Dortmund fan, I can only sincerely say: Thank you "Pische" for everything, you were an absolute legend!

Video in German but it is rather self-explanatory

youtu.be/_eu5lMwQNzM

whatsnew2day.com/borussia-dortmund-lukasz-piszczek-in-tears-after-playing-his-last-professional-match-in-the-cup-final/
Tacitus   
13 May 2021
News / Army of Poland and other kin Slavic countries [39]

Do Serbia and Czech have a combined military unit?

army.cz/en/ministry-of-defence/newsroom/news/czech-and-german-soldiers-to-train-together-under-new-agreement-130760/
Tacitus   
13 May 2021
News / Army of Poland and other kin Slavic countries [39]

To tackle Germany, for example

The Czech Republic cooperates with Germany on a level that Serbia can only dream of.

nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_141113.htm
Tacitus   
16 Apr 2021
Polonia / Let's talk about Sweden and other Scandinavian countries [236]

I suppose being refuted with facts every single time is just too frustrating. Then again, nobody forces him to go into those arguments wholly unprepared.

At least he refrains from writing truly mentally unhinged crap like he did before he got banned.

There are reasons to be critical of Sweden, especially because of its callousness during the Covid pandemie, but they are doing very well on most issues.
Tacitus   
15 Apr 2021
Polonia / Let's talk about Sweden and other Scandinavian countries [236]

@Novichok

It is always impressive with how much opinion and how little knowledge you argue. You dont have any idea on how parties in Sweden have been arguing about asylum laws in the last decade. You would also know that statements like "80% are military-age men" simply do not reflect reality. In Germany male refugees made up only 60%, with men aged 18-40 making up less than 40% of all arrivals. Meanwhile 30% of all applicants are below the age of 4. Not exactly how you envision it, right?

de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/452165/umfrage/asylbewerber-in-deutschland-nach-geschlecht-innerhalb-altersgruppen/

de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/452149/umfrage/asylbewerber-in-deutschland-nach-altersgruppen/
Tacitus   
15 Apr 2021
Polonia / Let's talk about Sweden and other Scandinavian countries [236]

The Russians never voted for the Soviets, the latter came to power via a coup. Nor did a majority of Germans vote for the NSDAP in free elections who certainly had no death camps in their election program. Nor were there elections in either country in 1936. You seem to lack even the simplest of historical education.

Sweden is famous for its' liberal asylum laws, and the parties that champions them continue to be reelected. Thus is seems that the people of Sweden agree with the current situation. Which is not surprising, since as pointed out to you, Sweden is a safe country with one of the highest standards of living in the world.
Tacitus   
13 Apr 2021
Polonia / Let's talk about Sweden and other Scandinavian countries [236]

says he is "Minister of Justice

"Shadow" minister of justice, you should read up what that means. Violence by migrants is always a good topic for election campaigns, no matter how dire the situation truly is, and as pointed out, Sweden is not doing worse than most European countries.

crime in Sweden Paulina

I don't doubt that there are places in Sweden that are problematic, but you have such places in every country without them being indicative of the entire country. As pointed out, Sweden is overall a safe place for women which anyone who actually has been to Sweden could verify.
Tacitus   
13 Apr 2021
Polonia / Let's talk about Sweden and other Scandinavian countries [236]

This article explains the situation Sweden and why Richs' depiction of it as a rape capital is completely ridiculous.

google.com/amp/s/thelocal.se/20201006/how-do-swedens-rape-statistics-compare-to-europe/%3famp

In short, using the rape definition of other countries, the number or rapes reported in Sweden is thr European average.

Crime studies have also found no significant link between the arrival of refugees and the increase of rape reports.

google.com/amp/s/thelocal.se/20190529/increase-in-swedens-rape-statistics-cant-be-tied-to-refugee-influx-study-suggests/%3famp