Genealogy / Adopted from Poland; trying to find my biological parents [99]

Such family reunions rarely end well. After the initial excitement, hugs and a couple of tears, what's next? If you don't have that figured out because of language and distance, let the sleeping dog sleep in peace.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]

kumbaya-type thinking is an oxymoron. It is for the stupid or, worse yet, stupid on drugs.

Love / Just started dating Polish guy - what is typical of a man from Poland? Cultural differences. [78]


OK. So let me rephrase it. Never send to anyone a picture of yourself that you would not post on the internet for all to see - naughty, compromising or naked. That goes with the rule: trust no one.

Love / Just started dating Polish guy - what is typical of a man from Poland? Cultural differences. [78]


Women who do this are idiots.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


Because to some simpletons Russia cannot be trusted and Putin is evil. If you ask why, the best you will get is because he was with the KGB. The fact that he was in the intelligence gathering business matters little. The KGB tag is like being called a racist. End of discussion.

FYI, I am known here to be a Russian troll. Which is a lot better than a mindless liberal, in my opinion.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]

I know that defending the USSR and Russia is not the mainstream here. I got it. Still, I never saw one single Russian in Poland during the darkest moments under Stalin. I never heard of mass executions of Poles by the Soviets, Katyn aside. Poland was liberated by them and the rest of Europe by the Americans. Just in the battle of Kolobrzeg, they lost about 100,000 dead. Those numbers are hard to comprehend.

Yes, there were rapes and other crimes committed by the Soviet individual soldiers. That, and imposing communism later, does not even remotely compare with the German SS, Gestapo, death camps and the rest. So, let's keep things in perspective.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]

From their point of view, occupying the eastern part of Poland was logical. The move created a buffer Germans would have to attack first. Hard to argue with this.

Genealogy / Polish Romani (gypsy) surnames [64]

How would it improve your life?

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]

I am really curious what is behind curtain #1...

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


No, I don't. If that is the threat to Poland, I am going to sleep like a baby tonight.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


I may be naive. You know, old age. But I just can't see Germany and the US being part of that scenario and, without them, it just will not happen. The rest of Europe is a bunch of powerless and irrelevant metoos.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


Be specific. Do you mean German tanks rolling in just as they did in 1939? Who would order Poland's partitioning? Who would do the partitioning? Would Russia be part of it, again? Would the US, which controls the Security Council through its veto power, and NATO just stand by and smile? The US could finish off the EU very quickly if it wanted.

It would be helpful if, instead throwing ten single-sentence things into one post, you covered one in reasonable depth. Minus gods.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


How can they and what's the payback?
You do realize that we are discussing nukes, guns, armies and the wars that kill millions and you are bringing up fictional stories about gods and popes meant for impressionable kids and confused adults?


What is that supposed to mean? Poland has an army, doesn't it? What is "everything"? Can you make a list?

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


At 76, I already avoid getting my pictures taken. 103? No f****** way!

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]

The 100th anniversary of the end of the war will be celebrated in only 27 years. My bet is - which I will never win because, to the relief of so many here, I will be dead by then - that the same exact discussion will be raging on at this forum and elsewhere.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]

Just wondering who is dumber: the author of that profound Post #6 or me responding.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


"America" was not my project. When I came here, it was what it was, and all I could do is adapt to it the best way I could. That meant avoiding the danger zones and getting a gun to protect myself at home. If home invasions are unknown in Europe, then I am happy for you, but I will not move for that reason alone, all else being equal, which it is not.


That sentence needs a lot to be a debate material. What are "their blinkers"? What do the Russians have to do "to join the rest of the human race"? At best, it's part of a political speech devoid of all meaning and lacking in specifics. In other words, pure bulls***.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


If you want to deflect, make it less obvious and leave your straw man alone. The Halloween is over.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [97]


You mean, like Germany, France, the UK, Sweden, Belgium, and welcome the western decadence, globalism, and gay "rights" in?

Law / Polish work visa refused - what should i do next? [23]

I like Poland more and more...
I wish the US would learn a thing or two from Poland.

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]

Any parent who spends 40 gees a year to put a kid in a private school is a nut or very rich or both. Pushing wet noodles seldom works.

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]


You disturbed me greatly with this comment so I quickly checked if I am slipping into an early onset ...but that wasn't it. Must be something else.

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]

Why do I have this feeling like I am playing the Pinball Hammer Whack a Mole Style Pop up Mushroom Game here?


And I thank you for it just in case you and others thought that I post to get a reaction from anyone here. I post for the same reason why dogs lick their balls: because I can.

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]


Equal? They are better!
Why would the white Euros risk their lives getting into those rickety boats to seek better life in Africa if not for that reason? Ebola is yummy but that alone would not be enough. It must be those famous African clinics if they get sick.

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]


Well stated. Before you celebrate, be aware that you just made yourself a "racist" to the PC morons because, to them, everything is environmental and, therefore, the white man's fault.

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]


Do you have an opinion if being nasty and personal is acquired, inherited, or gender-based?

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]


Perfect. That's all that was needed to be said to Dirk, instead of getting nasty and personal. He never does, unless attacked.
No, I am not Dirk and I never met him.

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]


The lucky ones are raised by the atheists who will talk on any subject and make every attempt to explain things without throwing in "It's God's will and plan". That line is an escape from the embarrassment of appearing ignorant.

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]

The more religious the society, the dumber it appears and accomplishes even less. It's hard to think and create when one lives in fear of offending some imaginary god, as all of them are.

Such people, instead of buying a drug, pray. To our credit, we throw them in prison when a child dies because the parents are stupid that way.

Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]

To his credit, Dirk didn't get personal here. Only losers like some of you do.
Nobody needs to measure IQ. Just look how they live and what they created, invented, and discovered on their own. End of the story. The rest are post-fact rationalizations. Yeabatism at its most transparent.


He didn't call them "stupid". You just did. Not nice.


You don't know what he grasped and how completely. You are pulling this out of your a**.


You don't know his motivation, either.
Let me guess: you never tried to show how smart you are. As your post editing proves it, at least, you are consistent.