GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]
I don't believe it's true.
pretty well all of them are in one way or another
I don't believe it's true.
GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]
Yes, I do. As you said, even nazis were humans, and if we claim otherwise we turn into nazis ourselves.
whether you view those war criminals and neo-nazis as humans.
Yes, I do. As you said, even nazis were humans, and if we claim otherwise we turn into nazis ourselves.
GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [202]
You confuse irritation with a mix of resentful envy and admiration that Poland inevitably incites in the nations of this world.
quite irritating
You confuse irritation with a mix of resentful envy and admiration that Poland inevitably incites in the nations of this world.
GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]
@jon357, @Paulina
Read again what I wrote: I don't feel contempt or hatred for soldiers who are neither war criminals nor neo-nazis.
As for all the childish Tolkienesque bullsh*t, it bores me. It was maybe a bit funny for the 1st, 10th or 100th time; now it's just tedious.
@jon357, @Paulina
Read again what I wrote: I don't feel contempt or hatred for soldiers who are neither war criminals nor neo-nazis.
As for all the childish Tolkienesque bullsh*t, it bores me. It was maybe a bit funny for the 1st, 10th or 100th time; now it's just tedious.
GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]
Russian war criminals and Ukrainian bandero-nazis (both being minorities in their respective armies).
What "two groups"?
Russian war criminals and Ukrainian bandero-nazis (both being minorities in their respective armies).
GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [202]
Something taken out of Kaczyński's nightmare. The only worse thing for him would be an atheist, gay, UPA-glorifying, Russian-speaking muslims with German roots. :D
Russian-speaking Muslims.
Something taken out of Kaczyński's nightmare. The only worse thing for him would be an atheist, gay, UPA-glorifying, Russian-speaking muslims with German roots. :D
GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]
As far as our hopes for Russia's defeat are concerned, then I suppose we do agree. I do not, however, feel any hatred or contempt towards soldiers in this war (with the obvious exception of war criminals on the Russian side and bandero-nazis on the Ukrainian side), but rather sympathy towards them and their families - they are merely pawns on the chessboard.
I'm too old for this Tolkienesque sh*t. There are people fighting on both sides and, with the exception of the two groups I mentioned before, they are neither better nor worse than we are.
So we agree.
As far as our hopes for Russia's defeat are concerned, then I suppose we do agree. I do not, however, feel any hatred or contempt towards soldiers in this war (with the obvious exception of war criminals on the Russian side and bandero-nazis on the Ukrainian side), but rather sympathy towards them and their families - they are merely pawns on the chessboard.
RuSSia to Mordor, the West to Elves (...) Ukrainians are calling them "orcs" now :) RuSSia=Mordor too.
I'm too old for this Tolkienesque sh*t. There are people fighting on both sides and, with the exception of the two groups I mentioned before, they are neither better nor worse than we are.
GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]
I answered the question already but I shall repeat it again: I am in no doubt at all about it. That's exactly what has to happen.
I find this whole "orcs" thing very strange. Yes, soldiers you mention are human. Evil ones - yes, deserving of punishment - certainly, but human nonetheless.
Or do you think Belgians were not human when they commited the atrocities in Africa? Would you have written their nationality as "bel***nSS" back then and denied their belonging to the human race? What about the Armenian genocide - was is commited by people or "Turk*SSh orcs"?
To repeat the question you're trying to dodge: Are you however in any doubt that r*SSia must not only be defeated but also put in a position where they can never invade a neighbouring country again?
I answered the question already but I shall repeat it again: I am in no doubt at all about it. That's exactly what has to happen.
Are orcs (the uniformed killers who've descended on a peaceful country to kill and rape) human?
I find this whole "orcs" thing very strange. Yes, soldiers you mention are human. Evil ones - yes, deserving of punishment - certainly, but human nonetheless.
Or do you think Belgians were not human when they commited the atrocities in Africa? Would you have written their nationality as "bel***nSS" back then and denied their belonging to the human race? What about the Armenian genocide - was is commited by people or "Turk*SSh orcs"?
GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [202]
136 thousand immigrants from Islamic countries came to Poland in 2022...
... that's a city larger than Płock or Koszalin.
I wonder how many of them stayed and how many are already in Germany.
136 thousand immigrants from Islamic countries came to Poland in 2022...
... that's a city larger than Płock or Koszalin.
I wonder how many of them stayed and how many are already in Germany.
GefreiterKania
16 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]
No doubt at all.
I'm just wondering where does the extra special hatred (to the point of not considering Russians to be human) come from. Germans and Ukrainians commited worse atrocities on Jews and Poles, and you don't seem to question their belonging to the human race.
Or is it only about a particular moment in history when some nationalities/ethnicities lose their right to call themselves humans which they regain later?
Are you however in any doubt that r*SSia must not only be defeated
No doubt at all.
I'm just wondering where does the extra special hatred (to the point of not considering Russians to be human) come from. Germans and Ukrainians commited worse atrocities on Jews and Poles, and you don't seem to question their belonging to the human race.
Or is it only about a particular moment in history when some nationalities/ethnicities lose their right to call themselves humans which they regain later?
GefreiterKania
15 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]
Hmm... it does sound like a valid question.
Sometimes I too get this impression that Britain is ready to accept many sacrifices to defeat Russia: they would fight until not only the last Ukrainian but also to the last Pole to see Russia humiliated.
To hear the answer to the question 'Why?' would be genuinely interesting.
Jon?
What is it that Russia ever did to Britain to deserve such hate
Hmm... it does sound like a valid question.
Sometimes I too get this impression that Britain is ready to accept many sacrifices to defeat Russia: they would fight until not only the last Ukrainian but also to the last Pole to see Russia humiliated.
To hear the answer to the question 'Why?' would be genuinely interesting.
Jon?
GefreiterKania
10 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]
No need to be rude to Lyzko; what he said was quite accurate - at the moment Poland is not a strong military power. We will be, when the reform ends and all the purchased weapons arrive, but at the moment our army is simply average and our reserves have been diminished by sending a constant stream of equipment and ammo to Ukraine for the last 16 months.
Are you saying Brexit was a success and Brits are happy that it happened? :)
remember to engage your brain before posting
No need to be rude to Lyzko; what he said was quite accurate - at the moment Poland is not a strong military power. We will be, when the reform ends and all the purchased weapons arrive, but at the moment our army is simply average and our reserves have been diminished by sending a constant stream of equipment and ammo to Ukraine for the last 16 months.
Brexit Britain is not
Are you saying Brexit was a success and Brits are happy that it happened? :)
GefreiterKania
9 Jun 2023
History / Are Poles happy with the current Polish borders? [134]
Brilliant. So, we give Ziemie Odzyskane back to Germany. What happens next? Who will live there?
Former DDR lands are depopulating, and many smaller towns are already deserted, so who will come to "former" Poland? Ethnic Germans have negative birth rates and about 25% of their population have migrant roots, so whom will they send to live here? Syrians or Turks? Besides, what's the point? Poland and Germany are both in the EU, so if any German wants to come to live and work in Poland (and vice versa) they are free to do so any time.
It would be the same thing if Poland ever "regained" her former lands in Belarus and Ukraine. Who would move there, with negative birth rates and Poles flocking to large cities? Total stupidity. Far right politicians should play Europa Universalis or Hearts of Iron and conquer all the lands to their hearts content but let's keep the idiots away from real politics. *rolls eyes*
Poland's western lands legitimately (...) belong to the modern German state
Brilliant. So, we give Ziemie Odzyskane back to Germany. What happens next? Who will live there?
Former DDR lands are depopulating, and many smaller towns are already deserted, so who will come to "former" Poland? Ethnic Germans have negative birth rates and about 25% of their population have migrant roots, so whom will they send to live here? Syrians or Turks? Besides, what's the point? Poland and Germany are both in the EU, so if any German wants to come to live and work in Poland (and vice versa) they are free to do so any time.
It would be the same thing if Poland ever "regained" her former lands in Belarus and Ukraine. Who would move there, with negative birth rates and Poles flocking to large cities? Total stupidity. Far right politicians should play Europa Universalis or Hearts of Iron and conquer all the lands to their hearts content but let's keep the idiots away from real politics. *rolls eyes*
GefreiterKania
8 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]
@AntV
Hmm... maybe this whole war is just an American intrigue to force Europeans to spend more money on their armies. ;)
@AntV
Hmm... maybe this whole war is just an American intrigue to force Europeans to spend more money on their armies. ;)
GefreiterKania
8 Jun 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]
Nothing to do with mouths and trousers. I already told you: I don't make bets about the future of my country with some random Australian.
all mouth and no trousers like OP
Nothing to do with mouths and trousers. I already told you: I don't make bets about the future of my country with some random Australian.
GefreiterKania
8 Jun 2023
GefreiterKania
8 Jun 2023
News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]
Yes. That's why in 2022 92% of Poles supported the EU (record high), compared to 60% in 2003...
obserwatorgospodarczy.pl/2023/04/27/poparcie-polakow-dla-ue-jest-rekordowo-wysokie/
... let that properly sink in - 92%.
That's ninety two percent. Ninety... two... percent.
I'll just break it down into syllables, in case someone here failed to get it: nine-ty-two-per-cent.
Let's just give it a couple of minutes to properly sink in.
*waits for about 3 minutes*
...and among the EU countries not a single one has been as unwavered, steadfast and consistent in their support for Poland as Germany. Now, let THAT properly sink in. :)
there is nobody who has done more as the EU for Poland
Yes. That's why in 2022 92% of Poles supported the EU (record high), compared to 60% in 2003...
obserwatorgospodarczy.pl/2023/04/27/poparcie-polakow-dla-ue-jest-rekordowo-wysokie/
... let that properly sink in - 92%.
That's ninety two percent. Ninety... two... percent.
I'll just break it down into syllables, in case someone here failed to get it: nine-ty-two-per-cent.
Let's just give it a couple of minutes to properly sink in.
*waits for about 3 minutes*
...and among the EU countries not a single one has been as unwavered, steadfast and consistent in their support for Poland as Germany. Now, let THAT properly sink in. :)
GefreiterKania
5 Jun 2023
News / Poland overtakes Taiwan and the Netherlands... [17]
@Bobko
It's not only about pure GDP but also about exports and other factors (please, read closely the brilliant article from the excellent journalists).
As for the population; well, it would be nice to be ahead of Netherlands and Switzerland in gdp per capita but let's not forget that we have to make up for 45 years under idiotic Soviet system.
Always. But we take it well. :)
@Bobko
It's not only about pure GDP but also about exports and other factors (please, read closely the brilliant article from the excellent journalists).
As for the population; well, it would be nice to be ahead of Netherlands and Switzerland in gdp per capita but let's not forget that we have to make up for 45 years under idiotic Soviet system.
You hurt their feelings, Bobko
Always. But we take it well. :)
GefreiterKania
5 Jun 2023
News / Poland overtakes Taiwan and the Netherlands... [17]
Exactly. Without them it would be Top 10 position at least. ;)
Exactly. Without them it would be Top 10 position at least. ;)
GefreiterKania
5 Jun 2023
News / Poland overtakes Taiwan and the Netherlands... [17]
... in global GDP influence.
Poland was responsible for 1% of global GDP in 2022, 1.4% of global exports and 3.5% of greenfield projects (better than China in this respect). It gives her the 19th place (ex aequo with Australia) ahead of the Netherlands, Taiwan, Switzerland and Argentina. Also, almost a quarter of all European companies who decided to shift their production abroad chose Poland as the place to move to.
biznes.interia.pl/gospodarka/news-polska-z-wiekszym-wplywem-na-swiatowa-gospodarke-niz-tajwan-,nId,6817219
Looks like we might have the money to buy all the fighter planes, missiles and tanks after all. :)
... in global GDP influence.
Poland was responsible for 1% of global GDP in 2022, 1.4% of global exports and 3.5% of greenfield projects (better than China in this respect). It gives her the 19th place (ex aequo with Australia) ahead of the Netherlands, Taiwan, Switzerland and Argentina. Also, almost a quarter of all European companies who decided to shift their production abroad chose Poland as the place to move to.
biznes.interia.pl/gospodarka/news-polska-z-wiekszym-wplywem-na-swiatowa-gospodarke-niz-tajwan-,nId,6817219
Looks like we might have the money to buy all the fighter planes, missiles and tanks after all. :)
GefreiterKania
4 Jun 2023
History / Communism fell 20 years ago, Poland led the fight since WW2 [339]
@pawian
Half a million people, apparently...
wiadomosci.wp.pl/marsz-4-czerwca-w-warszawie-relacja-na-zywo-6905273859197888a
... quite impressive.
@pawian
Half a million people, apparently...
wiadomosci.wp.pl/marsz-4-czerwca-w-warszawie-relacja-na-zywo-6905273859197888a
... quite impressive.
GefreiterKania
2 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [554]
You're anything but boring.
... a weak one. Miserere mei Domine quoniam infirmus sum, and all that. :-/
I am as boring as rock.
You're anything but boring.
Are you not Catholic?
... a weak one. Miserere mei Domine quoniam infirmus sum, and all that. :-/
GefreiterKania
2 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [554]
Bollox.
If it was the case, Poles would be the wisest nation in the known universe. All the invasions, partitions, uprising, emigration waves, genocides, border shifts and so on; first Sanacja and their idiotic generals (Zwarci! Silni! Gotowi!), then the nazis, then the commies... and what do we get for all that in 2023? Kaczyński on one side and Tusk on the other.
Wisdom gained by pain my arse. :-/
But I forgive you your naivety because you're young like chives in spring. *rolls eyes*
Pain is the beginning of wisdom.
Bollox.
If it was the case, Poles would be the wisest nation in the known universe. All the invasions, partitions, uprising, emigration waves, genocides, border shifts and so on; first Sanacja and their idiotic generals (Zwarci! Silni! Gotowi!), then the nazis, then the commies... and what do we get for all that in 2023? Kaczyński on one side and Tusk on the other.
Wisdom gained by pain my arse. :-/
But I forgive you your naivety because you're young like chives in spring. *rolls eyes*
GefreiterKania
2 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things People Say in Ireland - Even though Novichok thinks they can't. [66]
Then I have no more time for you.
Yes.
Then I have no more time for you.
GefreiterKania
2 Jun 2023
History / Future of Kaliningrad Oblast - is it possible to annex by Poland or will it become an independent country? [137]
i.postimg.cc/nrqhyXK8/AXDN368-CKxm-Vh4-Tj.jpg
Hundreds of road signs will have to be replaced
i.postimg.cc/nrqhyXK8/AXDN368-CKxm-Vh4-Tj.jpg
GefreiterKania
2 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Russian Surrender [116]
@Novichok
NATO, NATO, NATO, USA, USA, USA... blah blah blah... *facepalm*
Rich, for crying out loud, surely such an intelligent guy like you must understand that it's not Americans but the British who are mostly behind the support for escalating the conflict. Americans are more concentrated on China (look at the American support that Taiwan gets/will get compared to Ukraine). Sure, the USA invested a lot in Ukraine for the purpose of weakening Russia but their main enemy remains China.
Why do you think Boris Johnson once travelled to Kiev, if not for making Ukrainian-Russian agreement in 2022 "a bit more difficult"? The loss of influence in the post-Soviet zone, especially now after Brexit, would be too painful for the City to accept. As for Poland - well, Morawiecki has banking background (connected with British capital), so no wonder Poland goes hand in hand with Brits on this one.
Of course, it would be easier for Poland to adopt a more "Hungarian" approach to this conflict if Putin could hold some of his more eager dogs on a shorter leash with their fantasies of restoring control over Poland and the Baltics, bringing back the Soviet Union, nuking Warsaw etc. Basically, we had no choice but to support Ukraine in this war, but I think you are missing the most important British factor here.
@Novichok
NATO, NATO, NATO, USA, USA, USA... blah blah blah... *facepalm*
Rich, for crying out loud, surely such an intelligent guy like you must understand that it's not Americans but the British who are mostly behind the support for escalating the conflict. Americans are more concentrated on China (look at the American support that Taiwan gets/will get compared to Ukraine). Sure, the USA invested a lot in Ukraine for the purpose of weakening Russia but their main enemy remains China.
Why do you think Boris Johnson once travelled to Kiev, if not for making Ukrainian-Russian agreement in 2022 "a bit more difficult"? The loss of influence in the post-Soviet zone, especially now after Brexit, would be too painful for the City to accept. As for Poland - well, Morawiecki has banking background (connected with British capital), so no wonder Poland goes hand in hand with Brits on this one.
Of course, it would be easier for Poland to adopt a more "Hungarian" approach to this conflict if Putin could hold some of his more eager dogs on a shorter leash with their fantasies of restoring control over Poland and the Baltics, bringing back the Soviet Union, nuking Warsaw etc. Basically, we had no choice but to support Ukraine in this war, but I think you are missing the most important British factor here.
GefreiterKania
1 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Russian Surrender [116]
@Novichok
Don't you EVER get tired of repeating the same old stuff over and over again?
NATO is not an empire, it's an alliance of free, democratic countries (well, Turkey is an exception). And no matter how much you try to twist everything around and distort facts - it was Russia that invaded Ukraine; NATO had nothing to do with it, as Putin himself admitted.
@Novichok
Don't you EVER get tired of repeating the same old stuff over and over again?
the aggressive imperialism of NATO
NATO is not an empire, it's an alliance of free, democratic countries (well, Turkey is an exception). And no matter how much you try to twist everything around and distort facts - it was Russia that invaded Ukraine; NATO had nothing to do with it, as Putin himself admitted.
GefreiterKania
1 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Russian Surrender [116]
Neutral? Do you realise that Poland fought many bloody wars against the Ottomans, and the population of our border lands suffered immensely from Turkish invasions? I won't even mention your best pals Serbs (or Bulgarians) - ask them what they think about the Turkish rule. I'd rather have lines drawn in the sand and one desert tribe killing another desert tribe than constant invasions from an aggressive empire.
True, the Ottomans opposed the partitions of Poland but apart from that - good riddance.
When I stop worrying about Poland and think about what's better for the majority of Middle East countries instead, it will be a very sad day indeed.
Ottoman Empire - as neutral ground for both.
Neutral? Do you realise that Poland fought many bloody wars against the Ottomans, and the population of our border lands suffered immensely from Turkish invasions? I won't even mention your best pals Serbs (or Bulgarians) - ask them what they think about the Turkish rule. I'd rather have lines drawn in the sand and one desert tribe killing another desert tribe than constant invasions from an aggressive empire.
True, the Ottomans opposed the partitions of Poland but apart from that - good riddance.
the majority of the countries of the Middle East
When I stop worrying about Poland and think about what's better for the majority of Middle East countries instead, it will be a very sad day indeed.
GefreiterKania
1 Jun 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]
I'm not sure if Putin even knows who Korwin-Mikke is. :D
He is an 80-year-old politician, well-known for his shocking views. He is also protected by parliamentary immunity*, so he can openly say things that most people can't openly say without fear of being persecuted (like the teacher who was put in front of disciplinary committee for taking part in a legal demonstration against Polish support for Ukrainians).
*Now, however, with "lex Tusk" passed, even MPs might be afraid to say anything that could be considered pro-Russian. Strange times we live in.
I'm not sure if Putin even knows who Korwin-Mikke is. :D
He is an 80-year-old politician, well-known for his shocking views. He is also protected by parliamentary immunity*, so he can openly say things that most people can't openly say without fear of being persecuted (like the teacher who was put in front of disciplinary committee for taking part in a legal demonstration against Polish support for Ukrainians).
*Now, however, with "lex Tusk" passed, even MPs might be afraid to say anything that could be considered pro-Russian. Strange times we live in.
GefreiterKania
1 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Russian Surrender [116]
I'd rather dispense with both.
Hm... the only two empires that this might be true about are The First Rzeczpospolita and Austro-Hungary. As for others, good riddance.
I'll take imperialism over nationalism, any day of the week.
I'd rather dispense with both.
the world lost a lot with the passing of most historical empires.
Hm... the only two empires that this might be true about are The First Rzeczpospolita and Austro-Hungary. As for others, good riddance.