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3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]
I don't hate as a general rule, but if stating what you don't like about Poland is good enough for this thread, then here is my penny:
What I don't like about Poland is following:
- they always claim that they have been so mistreated throughout history, hereby forgetting that the past is the past and that it's time to move on to a better future.
- they always make it seem that the whole world owes them because they happen to be behind the Iron Curtain for decades. Guess what, Poland wasn't the only country behind that Curtain and yet I hear only the Poles complain about this constantly.
- they always claim that Poland is so much better than the other countries, with higher moral values, better women, better way of life and the Western world is just a Sodom and Gomorra while they provide the example for the world. Guess what, Poland is just a backwater in Central/Eastern Europe, which is in many fields outright behind the West.
- they always present incidents of little impact (within the European context) as major events that shaped the world, when in fact they only changed things for themselves.
- they always feel free to speak their mind of how they don't like blacks and make it seem that racism is acceptable and just a way of thinking. Fine, you're entitled to your opinion, but then they always scream rape when somebody makes a remark about the Poles or Poland. Then you're suddenly a racist and discriminate them.
Besides this, I have no problem with Poles and Poland. I know quite a few Poles and the vast majority of them is not like described above. Exceptions do the rule, so to say.
Let me give you an anecdote of my very first trip to Poland: I came with the train from Berlin, got off the station in Warsaw. I was just 10 metres away from the train and the very first Polish person that spoke to me said: "You are from the West? Yes? Give me money." When I asked him why I should give him money, he replied: "Because you are from the West and you owe us because you have always treated us bad." I didn't give him any money and told him to f*ck off. I felt sorry for the Poles, but it's not my fault what happened to them and I certainly did not feel obliged to hand him a handful of Złotys. He may have gotten them, if he would have asked me nicely, not demanded it the way he did. That was my very first contact with a Polish person. Thank God the ppl that I met later on were nice and friendly, but you know what they say about first impressions.
M-G (I gave 5 reasons, is that breaking the rules of this thread?)
