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I've heard that before. Russia is never as weak as she seems to be.


There's always a choice and should Russians decide to defend those lands at all cost, they will be defended. Whether it would be a wise choice is a different matter.

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Well, the Ukrainian offensive has been rather moderately successful so far, hasn't it? Do you think Russia will just give those lands back?

News / Does Poland support the idea of Slavic unity? [142]


Ha, ha - yehudi, he was a great poster here. :) Also, I hope Nathan is OK - a genuine registered Ukrainian member who actually talked to us instead of just dropping their essays like those bots these days.

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Definitely. The idea, however, has been mentioned also by Polish politicians including the one and only Andrzej Duda.

There is something fishy about it. I think that it is just a crafty intrigue to compensate Ukraine for the inevitable loss of their eastern territories. In case of such "union", some part or even the whole of so called Закерзоння would be passed under Ukrainian administration (what's the difference if it is within one country, right?). Of course every union can be broken and then Poland would be left without Przemyśl, Rzeszów and Chełm. Call it paranoia but I would be very careful with such ideas.

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OK, there's apparently something wrong with my maths today. xD

It was 10 years for us, so probably 5 for Ukraine.

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Not very likely. Even after the war is over. Czechoslovakia didn't work, Yugoslavia didn't work, there's no reason to think that Polkraina/Ukropolia would work.

The best way for Ukraine would be to pursue the EU membership. Poland officially applied for membership in 1994 and it took us 20 years to fulfill all the conditions and adjust our law and economic system to EU standards, before we finally joined in 2004.

Ukrainians are a TurboNation, so it will take you 10 years, maybe 15 at most.

Good luck.

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:)

So I suppose I cannot interest you in a gold membership card in my fan club? As a gold member you would be entitled to 25% discount for every jump on my pukiel. Hahaha xD

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [943]


They might have made correct observations about the church but they drew wrong conclusions from them.

The existence of venal priests and bishops doesn't prove that religion is bad in itself; just like the existence of corrupt referees and players doesn't prove that football is bad.

I firmly believe that Our Lord Jesus Christ will return one day, and when the King returns it will be a good time for most archbishops and patriarchs to change their diapers. :)

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [943]


Watches - easily, yachts - probably not (yet).


They are exactly like us only even more badass. :)

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [943]


You introduced it as an example of Polish and Russian culture.


When it comes to skurwienie with the ruling party, leeching of taxpayers' money and the levels of hubris, then yes - I'd say they are not very far from each other. Brotherly churches one might say. :)

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [943]


When it comes to efficiency then it looks like: Protestantism > Catholicism > Orthodoxy.

However, when it comes to sticking to tradition, we have: Orthodoxy > Catholicism > Protestantism.

Of course, this is an oversimplification. We have protestant denominations who are extremely traditional, and we have Catholic episcopates (e.g. in Germany) that are very progressive.


Yes, I am. I said it many times and you repeated it many times. It doesn't change the fact that I try to remain objective, as much as possible, and not let my love for Russia cloud my judgement on important matters. It's called integrity. :)

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Polish Wiki says that Suworow took no action to prevent it nor did he punish any of the perpetrators.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obrona_Pragi


Oh, poor holy man. Poor saint. :) Were the soldiers under his command or not? Did he give an order to stop the slaughter?

Anyways, don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to say that he was either better or worse than any other military commander of his time. All I'm saying is that declaring such man to be a saint is bound to get varied reactions (to put it very mildly).


Ukrainian SS units in Warsaw Uprising proudly continued this tradition. I wonder when they will be pronounced saints!

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Pious and kind... hmm... I wonder what prayer he said before the slaughter of Praga...



... Catherine II was quite happy though...



It is not about applying modern standards to an 18th century military commander. It's about declaring him to be a saint in 2023. It's not about trying to posthumously put Catherine II before the Hague Tribunal - it's about the Pope giving her as an example of greatness to follow.


Strange indeed. And, of course, as you said - it is not something chracteristic only of ROC.

One way or another, Pope Francis' attitude towards the war in Ukraine cannot be explained with his "clumsiness" or ambiguous statements which people misinterpret. He is clearly pro-Russian, just as most Orthodox Churches with the obvious exception of UOC (Kiev patriarchate). As for me, I think that mixing religion with politics - especially with war - emits a rather foul stench, as Anti put it. We are witnessing it in Poland, with the unholy alliance of PiS and RCC, and I suppose we are not unique in this regard. People like to use God to justify their greed, hatred and lust for power.

Oh, well... I suppose the older one gets the more disappointed one is bound to become with major, dripping with gold, churches. Życie.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [943]


I wouldn't draw any far-reaching conclusions about our respective cultures based on the abovementioned canonization processes. If you look at RCC in Poland, they are similarly supportive towards PiS as ROC is towards the current Russian government. Not much difference there.

Besides, the influence that religion has on general culture either in Poland or in Russia isn't as strong as it would seem to be at first sight.

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That is correct. Luckily, the hierarchical Church can be corrupt or a large part of it can even be heretical (as it was in the times of Saint Athanasius) but the deposit of Catholic Faith remains intact.


Thanks.

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Well, I suppose I have my moments. Thanks, Anti.

However, I would trade all my occasional comical skills and sense of humour for one tenth of my former faith in the hierarchical Church. Life used to be simpler in blissful ignorance.

Sorry. I'm a bit of a gloomy pill today. :-/

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I said it long time ago: Lukashenka is annoying us? Close the damn border and let the Chinese sort him out. No mercy.

News / "A merciful heart can share its bread with the hungry and welcome refugees and migrants" Pope Francis [89]

In both RCC and ROC there are many great priests, monks, nuns, even an occasional bishop. It's the top rank (archbishops, exarchs, cardinals, patriarchs) that is the most venal and corrupt.

They have no faith. The bishops who refuse the access to church files in paedophile cases, corrupt local episcopates who live off state money and serve the political rulers, local churches who canonize war criminals, mockery of sacraments etc. The only way to explain it is that they don't believe in God. Simple as that.

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Sounded rather unconvincing if you ask me. Especially coupled with Bergoglio's direct mentioning of Catherine II, the great empire etc.

And ROC with their canonization of Suvorov...

It's all rather sad really...


*sighs*

Evangelical simplicity - what happened to it?

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Or maybe the mainstream Christianity is too corrupt?Maybe all the money, all the titles and honours, and all the palaces of gold and marble did something to their brains? WTF?

News / "A merciful heart can share its bread with the hungry and welcome refugees and migrants" Pope Francis [89]

Something not quite right is going on in the mainstream Christianity these days. Comrade Bergoglio's usual antics aside, here's what Russian Orthodox Church is planning to do...

newsinfrance.com/the-russian-orthodox-church-can-start-the-canonization-process-of-suvorov/

... they are going to canonize Александр Васильевич Суворов - the butcher of Praga. Is this the kind of great Russian saints the Pope was talking about?

What an unfortunate turn of events in the two largest mainstream Christianity denominations... quite sad ... or am I missing something... hmmm...

EDIT:

Nice one, Anti. Any idea why ROC are planning to canonize the Butcher of Praga? It will probably be received in Poland in a similar manner to UOC canonizing Shukhevych (which they don't plan to do, I hope).

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I'm afraid I can't think of any appropriate literary equivalent of your telling people that you would gladly f*ck their dead grandpas. You are descending to ever new lows, unexplored even by fiction writers. :)

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And they were right to be sometimes, as we both know from history. There is, however, a certain difference between nobly standing up to the Pope when you think he treats your country unfairly and telling him to f*ck himself.

Ah, well - I suppose the border between inteligencja and żulia is quite fluid these days.

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My paternal grandpa would have inhaled you through one nostril and snorted you our through the other. My maternal dziadunio, on the other hand, used pawians like you as step-up stools to mount his horse, so I'm afraid you wouldn't have had much chance of any closer intercourse with either of them. :)

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Hm... a balance of nature, as he says!


Yes, that was a low blow. :-/

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Let's not simplify things too much, Iron. The great East-West Schism is still an open wound on the Church's body. The worst and most shameful wound, considering how little separates us theologically from the East. If any Pope could ever heal this wound, wouldn't that be something?

Maybe we, being small people on a small forum, just fail to see the greatness of Pope Francis. Hm...

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Very well said, Your Holiness! It's always a good idea to direct young people towards their Christian roots.


Hm... I wonder when our Foreign Ministry will invite Papal nuncio for a talk. ;)


Imagine Crow saying something positive about Vatican! 0_0

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History will judge who those people were. Meanwhile, try to curb your pawianism to a generally accepted level. :)

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Of course, you could. There are no rules on this board - look, I am extending my best posters list to 13...

13. Tacitus - well ordered and thorough; tries not to make wild claims and supports his posts with links; rather Teutonic in his approach to all things Polish but with a visible undertone of sympathy;

... and my worst posters list to 4...

4. Espana - so easy to hate that it almost makes him lovable... almost;

See? No rules, just fun - that's PF. :)

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Here's my TOP 12 Best Posters

1. Bratwurst Boy - cultured, well-informed and kind; besides, we are alte Kameraden since I don't even remember when ;)
2. Bobko - even zoological Russophobes must admit that the guy is charming :)
3. AntV - the best America has to offer in forum users department!
4. Paulina - because she is a proud local patriot and an interesting hybrid of a charming lady and a fire-breathing dragon :)
5. Ironside - a first-rate patriot and I really enjoy the way he uses the English language (no respect, even contempt for the rules, but still gets his strong message across).

6. Crnogorac3 - in the absence of Crow southern Slavia (the mother of all Slavic people) must be represented here; also, Crno started interacting with us more recently, instead of just posting various links;

7. Novi - his NKVD nonsense is a bit annoying lately but apart from that the old-timer can still impress with his consistency and lovely venom;

8. Lenka - because she's not one of those emigrants who forget their native tongue, or develop a foreign accent, after 6 months abroad;
9. Jon357 - it's funny how you can disagree with a poster on almost everything and still like him; if only he could find some place in his heart for Eastern Slavs other than Ukrainians ;)

10. Alien - proudly representing German Polonia and never really falling out with anybody (which is an achievement on PF :))
11. Velund - down to earth, sensible, with a sense of humour; if it wasn't for the war his reception among PFers would be more than positive;

12. Atch - educated, well-mannered and Irish - do I have to say more? :)

My TOP 3 Worst Posters (why 12 best and only 3 worst? because Good is always stronger than Evil - at least 4 times)

1. Pawian - because he starts threads that destroy my nerves and he completely lost touch with his Slavic soul;
2. Amiga500 - the combination of worst Australian and Polish qualities; also - he insulted my Mum :(
3. Strzelec35 - self explanatory