Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

Poles generally are tall, not necessarily wide or stocky, but
on average have several inches on, say, Southern Europeans,
such as Italians or Greeks.

Although eye color will vary, as will facial features, most Poles tend
toward light-eyed and generally sharp or sculptured features and
many will be full lipped, particularly women.

Hair is normally light brown or auburn, frequently blond, and coarse textured in any event.
I suppose a "stereotype" Polish male might well be the '60's actor Zygmunt Malanowicz
in "Noz w wodzie", as but one example:-)

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

@Tacitus, your remarks some days ago regarding Merz I found quite on point.
You seem not to be a die hard Merz supporter, while at the same time, no particular fan
either of the former Chancellor.

You never responded to my private mail, by the way.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

I'm incapable, but you are??!

Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [215]

Although "Islam" means in Arabic "to submit", surely the
Catholic Church too taught submission to Christian dogma
on an equally draconian level, no?

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

Meaning what, pray? Sure the shoe's not on the other foot, Rich?

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

Likewise, however, I was referring of course to the CONtent, not the INtent!

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

@Rich, the richest single institution in history's the Catholic Church, so don't go on that anti-Jewish rant!
Had the Church not spread all those vile rumors about Jews, instead of the Romans, as Christ killers, we
wouldn't be having this pointless conversation.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

Thank you, Alien!

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

Already listed above, Rich, so stop trolling and start reading....heaven forbid, thinking.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

@Maf, I agree to a certain extent.
However for a long while now, America's problems have become the Europe's problems as well.

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]

With a kind request to avoid national stereotypes, German history offers significant examples of
how her society developed in the manner in which it did leading up to the rise of Hitler.

"Ruling clique"?? History has often observed how Germany's "Mandarin" or intellectual class during the 19th century,
university academics in most cases, made every effort to distance themselves from the grit and smell of everyday
politics, leading to "not in my back yard" approach to maintaining a sharp distinction between statemanship and
intellectual involvment.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]

Germany faces many of the same economic challenges as the US: fear of continued outsourcing,
problems with migrants underbidding the native-born workforce, environmental issues.

Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [215]

@Korvinus & Rich,
I am simply trying to show how often a double standard exists when
comparing one group with another!

While Islamic extremism surely can be a hostile force, Fundamentalist Christianity,
for that matter ultra orthodox Judaism, can also be a danger, as can any extremist ideology.
No school of thought has a monopoly on bigotry,

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

@Crow, it was Serbian nationalism in the figure of one Gavrilo Princip
(after whom many high schools are proudly named) who unleashed the
First World War, later paving the way for German expansionism under Hitler
aka the Second World War.., arising embittered and emboldened from their
defeat during WWI.

@Milo, right as rain!

Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [215]

While EXTREMIST Islam most certainly is a threat to the West (much less
to more moderate, free-thinking Muslim nations, such as Turkey until Erdogan!),
we must not forget that the Christian Crusades were no less brutal in their own
way, violently proselytizing so-called "heathen" non-Christians, including Jews along
with followers of Islam.

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

Hear, hear, Milo!
You do know your history, mate.

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

As they say in French, "la meme chose"! LOL

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

Papiez Franziskus nie zyje! On mial 87 lat. NIECH ZYJE PAPIEZ!!
To bylo bohater ludzkosci.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

But this makes no sense, Rich! You'RE projecting again.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

You're = You are stupid is correct.
Gaslighting again, Gregory??

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

Ever heard of the difference between a typo vs. a mistake based on ignorance?

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

You're opinion, mate.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

I knew 966 is a historical date, I simply forgot which, apologies!
@Milo, do tell what mind-altering drugs you're obviously on when
you read these posts. Maybe I could take someLOL

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

We seem to be missing the point here.

Had Rich mentioned the founding of what is today Poland by Leszek and Mieczko round about 966 AD, then there'd have been
room for discussion. However, he didn't make his intentions clear, at any rate not to me.

As far as my being Jewish and the Destruction of the Temple, I fail to see what possible relation this
has to the present discussion. I never mentioned a historical date in any of my posts.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

No. I was merely responding to what I presumed was a typo on the part of Rich.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

Not unless Rich here wants to be the comic.

Unless he's referring to the birth of the Polish nation,
1966 was the beginning of the mass exodus of Poles
to America under Gomulka, many of them Jews.

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

966?? Wow! That's even before the Norman Conquest LOL
You meant 1966, of course:-)

Oh, did you have a chance to read my private message I sent you the other day?

History / What made Poland into the country it is today? [62]

Who/What made Poland what she is today?? The Warsaw Pact:-)

Language / Question about grammar books [10]

Sadowska is nearly as comprehensive as Brooks published by Mouton in the late 80s.

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

Correct, Maf!
Imperial ambitions have now been taken over by the once democratic nation
which currently resembles her erstwhile enemies: THE UNITED STATES.