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How about that press conference when Kamiński and Błaszczak showed a video allegedly found on migrants' phones, showing a man having sex with an animal, which they labeled as a cow, calling it "evidence of zoophilia" among Middle Eastern migrants? Investigative outlets quickly revealed the clip was not from any migrant's device, was old internet content, and even featured a horse - not a cow.

Or that PiS MP (Sobecka?) who claimed that people don't come from monkeys and demanded that schools return to Biblical teaching. Or when Braun proposed exorcisms for Parliament and holy water purification of public offices. Or the entire Tinky-Winky drama. Or when Ziemkiewicz waved a banana on stage while ranting against the EU and leftist degeneracy.

F*ckinhell... I admit that in the eyes of foreigners it must seem at least a little bit odd. :D

But hey - this is our country, we love it, and no Tinky Winky, zoophilic migrants or homosexual EU cows will ever undermine our love. Ha!

History / Why didn't Britain declare war on USSR for invading Poland in 1939? [103]


A reasonable request indeed, but making it on PF is unlikely to be very effective--as far as I know we only have two members living in the UK, and I doubt if they are among those polluting the Internet with all things anti-British.

In any case, you seem like a smart guy. Stick around.

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]


Look, Grunni, in case you haven't noticed, since February 24th 2022 nobody in the world cares too much about international rule-based order, and we have only one person to be grateful to for it. I'll give you a hint: he likes botox, ice hockey, and bare-chest horseback riding. The axis of evil regimes needs to be stopped and their people liberated.

At least now Iran has something else to concentrate on than supplying Russian army with drones, ballistic missiles and artillery shells.

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Appalling indeed. Democrats are a shady bunch, the lot of them. Luckily, we have His Excellency, Honourable Donald J. Trump running things now. A great guy, I always said so (well, almost always but let's not dwell too much on the past).

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Hm... good thinking, Iron. We will need a lot of workforce when Ukrainians go back to their country or move further West. It would be nice to have our own back instead of importing workers from all over the world.

Tell ya what, @WarSore, if you can somehow arrange for all (or at least most) Poles to come back from the UK, we promise to never mention 'betrayal' or 'phoney war' again. As a bonus, we will also proclaim everywhere that British ladies are second only to Polish when it comes to beauty, warmth and personal charm. Do we have a deal? ;)

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Hm... this is a very vague statement, a one that is seemingly true but would seem to entail a measure of oversimplification and, possibly, a bit unfair as well. I understand you are annoyed by the unfair comments towards your country but you seem to be doing exactly the same thing here. Or maybe I am wrong. Maybe you are not putting an equals sign between Poland and Germany when it comes to Holocaust and the responsibility for it. Surely you realise the difference between the actions of certain civilians or crimes perpetrated by an angry mob here and there, and the official state-level genocidal policy?


Jewish population in Poland thrived and multiplied throughout centuries and whilst Poland was also affected by the pre-WW2 wave of antisemitism in Europe, there was no official state-level genocidal policy of the Polish state towards Jews, so maybe - just maybe - using the collective 'you' when you apparently mean 'Poles and Germans' is just a tad unfair, don't you think?

But sure, I get it - you reply to our unfairness towards Britain with unfairness of your own. Understandable, I suppose.


Wow! I didn't expect that from you, Amiga. *high five*

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True.

Compared to his usual demeanour Iron is behaving like a fluffy, cuddly teddy bear at the moment. :D

@Jon

Where is this screenshot? I can't find it.

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I do not condone violence and especially not directed against the PF Old Guard, of which Jon is a valuable member.


I doubt it. *goes looking*

History / Why didn't Britain declare war on USSR for invading Poland in 1939? [103]


I can only apologise for the things written on the Internet by my compatriots that you read and will inevitably read in the future, but believe me - most of them are not bad people. They would behave differently if you sat at the table with them in the real life. Internet, unfortunately, has this annoying quality of bringing out the worst in people. :(


Jon, I told you so many times - either show us this mythical invitation now or forever hold your peace.

History / Why didn't Britain declare war on USSR for invading Poland in 1939? [103]


People with attention spans that weren't destroyed by social media.

History / Why didn't Britain declare war on USSR for invading Poland in 1939? [103]


But there was such a plan, wasn't there? Operation Inconceivable, or something like that. Fair play to Churchill for even making such plans. Without American willingness to help they couldn't have been realised, we understand that.


Look... every country has its peasant (and I don't mean farmers - the salt of the earth - but mental and moral peasants). Who do you think left Poland for the UK? Our elites who did well in Poland, had great education, great jobs and brilliant future ahead of them? Think again. Those were by and large peasants, and people who think otherwise can read the YT comments section, as you very rightly point out.

As for the resentment that some Poles might have felt towards Great Britain, there's more to it than just disappointment regarding the phoney war in the West in 1939 (and it applies more to the French--they had the largest land army in Europe back then, not the Brits). In my circles people from previous generations used to talk more about the way our generals were treated in the UK after the war, it's just a long story of grievances and bitterness (justified or not).

After the war, around 120-130 Polish generals found themselves in exile, mostly in Britain. These included commanders from the September Campaign, the Anders Army, and the Polish Armed Forces in the West. They could not return to Poland, which had fallen under Soviet control (also, because they had their citizenship revoked by the communist government in Warsaw). Their wartime efforts were not officially recognized by the British government - there was little support for Polish officers in general, financial or institutional. Generals were often forced to take low-paid or manual labour jobs to survive - General Stanisław Sosabowski (commander of the 1st Independent Parachute Brigade) worked as a warehouseman, Gen. Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski - former commander of the Home Army was an upholsterer in London. Others became janitors, factory workers, or caretakers etc. You could say "hey, each to their own - you've got to crack on" and you would be right, but those officers very often came from noble families, owned real estate confiscated by the communists, and never had to do a day of work in their lives. You can imagine the resentment caused by the forced poverty coupled with the sense of political betrayal (justified or not).

But that's all only really relevant to the 20th century. I think you may be getting a wrong impression that it matters to people in modern Poland. It doesn't.

As for your remarks about the imprudence of the Warsaw Uprising, attitude of a part of civilian population to the surviving Jews, and the eternal victim complex, there is some truth to it. All these things haven't been properly processed within Polish collective memory, and I would be the last person to deny that. The problem with national collective attitudes is that it takes bloody ages for them to change. Look at Hungarians - they are still sore about the Treaty of Trianon in 1920! Not to mention Poles and partitions (of which we ourselves are largely to blame).

But hey - if you want to be a Don Quixote battling the windmills of historical burdens, ancient grievances and sore arses, I'm not going to stop you. I shall, instead, observe your efforts with reasonable benevolence and mild amusement. Good luck! :)

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Judgement? What judgement? What I might or might not have said about President Trump was merely a slip of the tongue (or a couple of them maybe).

One of my friends, back in Ireland, was having a breakfast with his wife. He wanted to say "honey, you couldn't pass me the salt, could you?", but instead of that he made a slip of the tongue and he said "you f*cking wh*re, you wasted 20 years of my life". Slips of the tongue - these things happen.


E-x-a-c-t-l-y.

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Bombing a country into submission is definitely a possibility (a distant one but still).

Ask Crow.

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [63]


Apart from those rare moments when you're being a complete and utter son of a Brit. ;)

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Well, well, well. Have I ever called President Trump an orange man? Forgive me my bad command of the English language. Of course I meant delicately and elegantly tanned. Great job, Mr President!


Exactly, and it includes not supporting the aggression against Ukraine. President Trump, what a guy! Gotta hand it to him--he's a force of nature.

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [63]


Wait till you see what Bobko can do! He wields irony like a rapier whilst I'm still using a butter knife. :)


Well, one tries to use elegant British English to the best of one's ability, but no, I've never lived in the UK. My wife and I spent three years in Dublin though, and we enjoyed it a lot.

Gotta catch some z's (that's American idiom, right?). Good night, Halfi.

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [63]


Now, that's racist! ;)


Yip, the very same place--the greatest city on Earth where Polish discipline and order meet German spontaneity and warmth.


Hey, nobody's perfect.

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [63]


Ah, an American. :)

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@Bobko

:)

This is galactic-level irony, absolutely brilliant.

*and another Bobko's post goes straight to my "Gold Treasury of PF Quotes" book*

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [63]


Oh, come on, Jon - let the man breathe. He seems alright.


:)

What's the other half?

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I can't decide if it sounds more like an insult or my new LinkedIn headline. :D

Anyways, guilty as charged - now, where's my honorary Kugel Badge?

Life / Why are so many Polish People rude on the internet? [147]


We are indeed; and we do respect an honest man even if we don't like what he says.

Looking forward to reading your posts.

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [63]


Well, as Halfi said, there are many definitions of antisemitism (and antipolonism for that matter).

As long as he's not a hate-filled, genocidal, nazi-style maniac (and I don't think he is), I suppose I don't give that much of a toss really.

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [63]


Fair enough. :)

Welcome to PF, Half a Slav. Stick around and post a lot - maybe we got a wrong first impression. *high five*

Life / Why are so many Polish People rude on the internet? [147]


Oh, absolutely. Hang around and enjoy the board. We haven't had a genuine Pole-hater here since Espana. *high five*

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [63]


I am Polish. Picking bad time for everything is in my DNA.


Ah, yes, mental gymnastics - the most dangerous and injury-prone sport in the world.

Life / Why are so many Polish People rude on the internet? [147]


Try Israel.

That's why I like them so much. Poles and Jews, the only two nations in the world chosen directly by God, have to stick together. :)

Anyways, WarSore, we get your point: we are a bunch of rude, nationalistic, megalomaniac c*nts. Quite an accurate observation. Well done. Is there anything else, apart from stating the obvious, that you're here for? Propose a solution? Appeal to our common sense? Anything?

History / Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements [63]


Looks like being half a Slav doesn't stop him from being a full anti-Semite. I wonder how he feels about the fact that Jews are only 0.2% of world's population but received 22% of Nobel prizes. :)

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]


Righteous mujahideen murdering women and children? May Allah, Subhanahu wa ta'ala, forgive you this insult to the memory of all true mujahideen who fell defending the Ummah! Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) once said...

'One who looks after the widow and the poor person is like the one who fights in the cause of Allah, or like him who fasts during the day and prays all night.' (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 69, Hadith 2787)

... notice how the Prophet (SAW) said 'looks after' not 'murder' the widow and the poor person. Please, brother Bobko, return to As-Sirat Al-Mustaqim and don't insult Allah, ʿAzza wa Jal, and His true soldiers.


For all I care, they can fly the red banners of revenge and proclaim decrees from the Pamphlet of Misquoted Verses all they want. What they should keep in mind, though, is that at the end of their road awaits disgrace, wrath of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) and 72 well-endowed African males.


Anti! :)

This is PF, my friend, nobody is doing well, but I'm surely glad to see you back in this pit of passive aggression, ancient grudges, and irony so deep that no one remembers who's serious anymore.


What gave you the idea that I support Iran?

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BB is from Germany, so he would be an Ashkenazi not a Sephardic Jew, so more like Gefilte Fish Boy or Kugel Boy, or maybe if we want to stay closer to Bratwurst, then Kischke Boy.

Anyways, why are you two shmondaks ganging up on him? He is an amser guter mentsh, bringing us good news of terrorists finally cashing the checks that they wrote on October 7th '23. Keep up the good work, BB!