History / Enemies, Strangers, Friends. Poles and Germans. [82]

The fragment I read in Odra (a literary monthly) was quite interesting. As for the entire book, I'm waiting for the Polish translation.

I like the title. Not sure if we have already moved from Fremde to Freunde, but at least we're not Feinde anymore.

News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]


Jon is neither Polish nor a right-winger.

Poland has no intention of annexing anything. As for nukes... *shhhhhh*... officialy we don't plan to get them.

News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]


Yes, they had a slight advantage in the last three centuries or so but what's three centuries? An eyeblink.

Now, the time of Poland is coming again. :)

News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]


This, young Jedi, you will for yourself figure out have to.

News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

@Bobko

As usual your analysis is 50% surprisingly correct, 50% exaggeration, and 50% bullsh*t.

But you are slowly gaining deep knowledge of Poland. Stick around. :)

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

Obeying orders is soldiers' job.

As long as they don't commit war crimes, there's nothing extraordinary about it.

As for legality of an invasion, it's not for soldiers to decide.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]


I don't believe it's true.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]


Yes, I do. As you said, even nazis were humans, and if we claim otherwise we turn into nazis ourselves.

Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [295]


You confuse irritation with a mix of resentful envy and admiration that Poland inevitably incites in the nations of this world.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

@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.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]


Russian war criminals and Ukrainian bandero-nazis (both being minorities in their respective armies).

Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [295]


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

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]


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.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]


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"?

Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [295]

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.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]


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?

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]


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?

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? :)

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*

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. ;)

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.

News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

@BB

*thumbs up*

PiS will be gone in Autumn.

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. :)

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. :)

News / Poland overtakes Taiwan and the Netherlands... [17]

Exactly. Without them it would be Top 10 position at least. ;)

History / Communism fell 20 years ago, Poland led the fight since WW2 [341]

@pawian

Half a million people, apparently...

wiadomosci.wp.pl/marsz-4-czerwca-w-warszawie-relacja-na-zywo-6905273859197888a

... quite impressive.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [595]


You're anything but boring.


... a weak one. Miserere mei Domine quoniam infirmus sum, and all that. :-/

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [595]


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*