Tacitus
22 Oct 2021
News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]
To quote Helmut Schmidt. "If you have visions, go see a doctor."
To quote Helmut Schmidt. "If you have visions, go see a doctor."
Tacitus
21 Oct 2021
Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]
Just a matter of time. Germans are mostly reasonable people, and once it sinks in that the fear of muslims is anything but reasonable, they will change their mind.
Just a matter of time. Germans are mostly reasonable people, and once it sinks in that the fear of muslims is anything but reasonable, they will change their mind.
Tacitus
6 Oct 2021
Polonia / Possible Green Surge in Germany [118]
Yeah, I'd rather see the money invested in more useful infrastructure.
Yeah, I'd rather see the money invested in more useful infrastructure.
Tacitus
5 Oct 2021
Tacitus
1 Oct 2021
Off-Topic / Foreign news in Polish media [108]
But how long will this last? Both the SPD and Green party have pledged to ease restriction on asylum laws and both parties will likely end up in government. Their probable partner, the FDP, has no strong opinion on this, they however want to make it easier for qualified migrants to immigrate.
As for the AfDs' party program, it is honestly a joke. It completely leaves out complicated yet pressing issues like our pension system and is on other intentionally vague to not scare off somewhat moderatw victors. The AfD has nothing really to say except on refugees, and that point is simply no longer relevant to most voters.
the stand on immigration and subsequently many of it's policies have hardened since 2015
But how long will this last? Both the SPD and Green party have pledged to ease restriction on asylum laws and both parties will likely end up in government. Their probable partner, the FDP, has no strong opinion on this, they however want to make it easier for qualified migrants to immigrate.
As for the AfDs' party program, it is honestly a joke. It completely leaves out complicated yet pressing issues like our pension system and is on other intentionally vague to not scare off somewhat moderatw victors. The AfD has nothing really to say except on refugees, and that point is simply no longer relevant to most voters.
Tacitus
28 Sep 2021
Polonia / Possible Green Surge in Germany [118]
As for men and impulsivness, there are plenty of studies out there about it.
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40473-015-0031-8
wgno.com/news/local/why-are-men-more-impulsive-tulane-brain-institute-study-hopes-to-answer-that-question/
And so on et cetera.
What I do and what men on average do has little in common. Men are statistically more likely to commit murder and rape, I have done neither, does that make the former statement invalid? I get it, we can add women to the many groups of people you despise and move on.
Well, the USA elected someone opposite with Trump and its' democracy was almost brought to its' knees as a result. Tree huggers might chain themselves on tracks, but they are not known to storm the parliament. I am far from a fan of the current Green party, but they had with Joschka Fischer one of Germany's best foreign ministers in their ranks, so who knows what they are capable in the future.
As for men and impulsivness, there are plenty of studies out there about it.
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40473-015-0031-8
wgno.com/news/local/why-are-men-more-impulsive-tulane-brain-institute-study-hopes-to-answer-that-question/
And so on et cetera.
when did you last
What I do and what men on average do has little in common. Men are statistically more likely to commit murder and rape, I have done neither, does that make the former statement invalid? I get it, we can add women to the many groups of people you despise and move on.
Green idiots and their even more idiotic brothers
Well, the USA elected someone opposite with Trump and its' democracy was almost brought to its' knees as a result. Tree huggers might chain themselves on tracks, but they are not known to storm the parliament. I am far from a fan of the current Green party, but they had with Joschka Fischer one of Germany's best foreign ministers in their ranks, so who knows what they are capable in the future.
Tacitus
28 Sep 2021
Polonia / Possible Green Surge in Germany [118]
Well, the chance for a green chancellor was there in May/June, but the thoroughly inexperienced (and some would say unqualified) Baerbock blew it. The Green party will almost inevitable be part of any coalition, but they are not going to get the chancellery.
Well, the chance for a green chancellor was there in May/June, but the thoroughly inexperienced (and some would say unqualified) Baerbock blew it. The Green party will almost inevitable be part of any coalition, but they are not going to get the chancellery.
Tacitus
4 Aug 2021
News / Heavy fighting. Legia Warszawa brutally attacked in Croatia by pro-German fanatics saluted by local mob ! [49]
None of whom I might add had done any harm to him or Serbia. Ferdinand was completely sidelined from government since the Emperor disliked his well-known sympathies for the minorities in A/U.
two strangers, one of them a woman"
None of whom I might add had done any harm to him or Serbia. Ferdinand was completely sidelined from government since the Emperor disliked his well-known sympathies for the minorities in A/U.
Tacitus
3 Jul 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]
Merkel has done a lot of things right. Managing the Euro crisis, forging an European response to Russia's agression against the Ukraine, brokering Minsk II to name some examples.
Merkel allowed the EU to mess up the vaccination program - although the diverging demands of various countries were mostly at fault - yet she gets also credit for getting through the crisis better than any other mayor European country (or the USA for that matter) in terms of victims. And while the vaccination roleout was slower than it could have been, we are catching up to the likes of the UK who did benefit all that much from their advantage all things considered (they still had and have restrictions).
No doubt what will define Merkel's legacy is how she has dealt with the two challenges that will have the biggest impact on future generations: The survival of the EU and Climate change. If the EU survives Merkel's departure for say 30 years, then her place in the history books is assured. As for climate change, she has done more than others, but maybe not enough. That being said, most of her contemporaries will be judged harshly as well, many of them even more than her.
About the only thing she has done right
Merkel has done a lot of things right. Managing the Euro crisis, forging an European response to Russia's agression against the Ukraine, brokering Minsk II to name some examples.
messing up on Covid.
Merkel allowed the EU to mess up the vaccination program - although the diverging demands of various countries were mostly at fault - yet she gets also credit for getting through the crisis better than any other mayor European country (or the USA for that matter) in terms of victims. And while the vaccination roleout was slower than it could have been, we are catching up to the likes of the UK who did benefit all that much from their advantage all things considered (they still had and have restrictions).
No doubt what will define Merkel's legacy is how she has dealt with the two challenges that will have the biggest impact on future generations: The survival of the EU and Climate change. If the EU survives Merkel's departure for say 30 years, then her place in the history books is assured. As for climate change, she has done more than others, but maybe not enough. That being said, most of her contemporaries will be judged harshly as well, many of them even more than her.
Tacitus
2 Jul 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]
Looks like the Spectator is still salty that all its predictions about the imminwnt demise of the EU during the Eurocrisis and later after Brexit have again and again by frustrated by Merkel. No doubt there is also some jealousy that she is Europes' most impreasive politician of this generation while the UK (and the conservative party) has only produced failures and mediocrities.
Looks like the Spectator is still salty that all its predictions about the imminwnt demise of the EU during the Eurocrisis and later after Brexit have again and again by frustrated by Merkel. No doubt there is also some jealousy that she is Europes' most impreasive politician of this generation while the UK (and the conservative party) has only produced failures and mediocrities.
Tacitus
25 Jun 2021
History / Why Was D-Day So Significant for Poland ? [266]
No, because there were no independent polls in Nazi Germany and the regime had obviously no intention on casting doubts on the German resolve for war. We have however many Gestapo reports that inform us about the mood at social gatherings and at bars, and they are overwhelmingly pessimistic. Germans knew from their experience in WWI that there would inevitably huge suffering for both soldiers and civilians.
When you say most Germans, is there a reliable estimate about the percentage of ordinary Germans who were against war at the time?
No, because there were no independent polls in Nazi Germany and the regime had obviously no intention on casting doubts on the German resolve for war. We have however many Gestapo reports that inform us about the mood at social gatherings and at bars, and they are overwhelmingly pessimistic. Germans knew from their experience in WWI that there would inevitably huge suffering for both soldiers and civilians.
Tacitus
25 Jun 2021
History / Why Was D-Day So Significant for Poland ? [266]
The acquisitions maybe, but we know that most Germans were unhappy about the outbreak of the war, as many Gestapo informers noted.
Germans knew about and supported the acquisitions and wars
The acquisitions maybe, but we know that most Germans were unhappy about the outbreak of the war, as many Gestapo informers noted.
Tacitus
25 Jun 2021
History / Why Was D-Day So Significant for Poland ? [266]
And commited a genocide within that short time frame. Though admittedly the Nazis were later even more "efficient" in that regard. It is good that we finally acknowledged this and settled this issue with rather paltry amount of money.
Well, the Soviet Union did not exclusively consist of Russians, most of the fighting was done in what is now Belarus and the Ukraine, and in terms of percentage both people suffered higher losses than ethnic Russians. Many Ukrainians are in fact annoyed that the suffering and triumph is often solely attributed to the Russians.
Besides, nobody calls the Weimar Republic German Reich, even contemporaries rarely did. Nazi Germany or the Nazis is and perfectly valid description.
they colonized Namibia for a few years
And commited a genocide within that short time frame. Though admittedly the Nazis were later even more "efficient" in that regard. It is good that we finally acknowledged this and settled this issue with rather paltry amount of money.
Germans against Russians
Well, the Soviet Union did not exclusively consist of Russians, most of the fighting was done in what is now Belarus and the Ukraine, and in terms of percentage both people suffered higher losses than ethnic Russians. Many Ukrainians are in fact annoyed that the suffering and triumph is often solely attributed to the Russians.
Besides, nobody calls the Weimar Republic German Reich, even contemporaries rarely did. Nazi Germany or the Nazis is and perfectly valid description.
Tacitus
25 Jun 2021
History / Why Was D-Day So Significant for Poland ? [266]
And that is the estimsted based on the inflated numbers given by the GDR. By 1989 a citizen of the GDR earned officially 1/3 of his counterpart in West, though in reality it was more like 1/5.
And that is the estimsted based on the inflated numbers given by the GDR. By 1989 a citizen of the GDR earned officially 1/3 of his counterpart in West, though in reality it was more like 1/5.
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.
Amen to that.
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
15 Jun 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]
Why, it is de facto the same thing, or where do you see differences?
Not really.
Why, it is de facto the same thing, or where do you see differences?
Tacitus
13 Jun 2021
News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]
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.
Tradition television is dying anyway. More and more people are watching Netflix, HBO et al.
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]
It is called EU cohesion fund ;)
Indeed. Springer and Co. want (and need) to make money.
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.
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]
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-
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]
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.
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
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.
Assad started the killing when he arrested and tortured people to death because they were peacefully protesting.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
24 May 2021
News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]
This was really a stupid move from the regime of Belarus. The giy was a nobody outside of Belarus and now the world knows his name.
This was really a stupid move from the regime of Belarus. The giy was a nobody outside of Belarus and now the world knows his name.
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.
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? [597]
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?
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? [597]
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.
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.