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GefreiterKania   
26 Mar 2023
Life / Relation in Poland to Orthodox Christians? [117]

join the ranks of the Roman schismatics. In this way, Grace was lost

Bobko talking about theology. Well I never!

Any person with a brain

Be careful. Reason is the Devil's greatest wh0re, as one German monk aptly noticed. If you rely on it too much it can lead you astray towards many heresies and away from the True Church. I made this schoolboy mistake once. :-/

Suspend reason, Bobi, embrace faith, forget the plethora of those tiny, puny "autocephalous" churchlets, all those "Orthodox" (Microdox, more like) rebels and join the greatest in the world, Only, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church...

Bobko... I am your father.
GefreiterKania   
26 Mar 2023
History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [454]

What is the proper name of the largest city in Western Ukraine?
1) Lvov
2) Lwów
3) Lemberg
4) Lviv

Everybody has to ask his heart to answer this question...



... it's a city of mixed heritage, what can I say - answers will vary. Of course, one could argue that such a lovely city should belong to a nation most magnanimous, civilised and noble, and to a country in which borders it remained for the longest period of time, but unfortunately we all know that history doesn't work like this.

You could add Львов, Լվով or לבוב to your options, but taking into account the city's history, we should probably agree on its Latin name: Leopolis. :)
GefreiterKania   
17 Mar 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

Rome May Have Her Way - We Have Our Own

Yes. Poland, as opposed to Czechia (definitely Western) or Russia (definitely Eastern), has always been tragically torn in our civilisational identity, and I am not able to say with full confidence what our hearts would choose if they were forced to make a choice (the brains would choose Western). That's why - being torn between two different worlds - we developed our own, unique turbo-Sarmatian, Slavic-Latin civilisation, incorporating all of the best of the two worlds and inheriting none of the worst.
GefreiterKania   
3 Mar 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

Now that I have you here, tell me - how deep is your love for Russia?

As deep as Lake Baikal and as wide as the distance from Volga to Yenisey. But in my case it is love for people not for the state, and at this particular moment of history the interest of Russian state (or the small mafia group of politicians and oligarchs that control it) is deeply at odds with the interests of Russian people. Germany were first defeated, then judged and divided, then reborn and united again - and look at modern Germany compared with Third Reich. Which is better for German people? The new Russia will also be similarly better for Russians. After it's defeated, judged and divided, and then reborn.

Death, redemption and resurrection. Poland went through the same process. And we deserved it too.

More proof of your insanity!

Not of insanity but of Slavicness. Have the winds of Albion blew the remains of słowiańska dusza from you, Milo?
GefreiterKania   
2 Mar 2023
Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]

Ooh, missus!

Oh, gimme a break, Jon. How could I possibly not like the guy? He's smart, likes literature, has a genuine interest in Poland and is a staunch patriot of his country. He's like my twin brother* separated at birth and found after all those years :D

*an evil twin brother, because he supports the putinist regime, but still
GefreiterKania   
2 Mar 2023
Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]

you know just how to ruin a romantic atmosphere

Ignore the Anglo-Saxon ordynus. He lacks the profundity to comprehend two Slavic souls finding delight in each other despite unfortunate circumstances.
GefreiterKania   
2 Mar 2023
Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]

Gentleman Kania

This side of me, only ladies get to know.

Bobko, Bobko... why haven't we met at a more fortunate time? *sighs a deep Sarmatian sigh*
GefreiterKania   
2 Mar 2023
Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]

Atch

You are a bit obsessed about her, aren't you?

suspended me again for no legitimate reason

There is no such thing as suspending you for no legitimate reason. You yourself are a legitimate reason for suspension, Johnny.
GefreiterKania   
2 Mar 2023
Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]

Quite sure. Oh, well. I got the same "Go back" message a couple of days ago when I tried to go from the main page to different sub-fora and now it works perfectly, so I'll do what the Chinese always do - I will wait. :D
GefreiterKania   
2 Mar 2023
Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]

I click the New Thread button, write the title and content but then after clicking "post message" all I get is a blank screen with "Go back" and nothing happens. :-/
GefreiterKania   
2 Mar 2023
Po polsku / Staram się polepszać się po polsku :) [85]

Witaj na PF, Olenko.

Polska stoi murem za Ukrainą. Z podziwem patrzymy jak dzielnie bronicie Waszego kraju przed agresorem. Sława Ukrainie!
GefreiterKania   
2 Mar 2023
Feedback / Feed Back on the Moderating [90]

It's not about moderating but a technical problem but I don't seem to be able to find the right thread for it, so: I can't start a new thread and keep getting the "Go back" message every time I try.
GefreiterKania   
26 Feb 2023
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Here, as a middle aged man.

"Wciąż bardziej obcy" video was made in 1983. Borysewicz was 27 back then.
GefreiterKania   
26 Feb 2023
News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]

@pawian

And let's not forget the 288 Korean Chunmoo launchers. Looks like Poland will have the strongest artillery forces in the world. Cool :)
GefreiterKania   
5 Feb 2023
News / Alexander Dugin is coming to Gdańsk! [17]

*they should pay Kania for advertising lol

I would never propagate any point of view for money. That would be morally doubtful; besides I'm comfortable enough financially not to have to do such things. :)
GefreiterKania   
5 Feb 2023
History / The Battle of Stalingrad saved Poland [34]

propagate

Sropagate. I'm just posting some interesting links to points of view from the other side, without agreeing with them. Balance of nature :)

A weak link in the chain of support for Ukraine

Oh, yeah? How have you been supporting Ukraine, apart from internet posts, Maf? Internet fora are for discussing various points of view, real life is for action. You wouldn't call me a "weak link" if you knew the extent of my help for Ukrainian community in Poland.
GefreiterKania   
5 Feb 2023
History / The Battle of Stalingrad saved Poland [34]

starting to partition Poland by her actions

Austria benefitted the less form partitions (and who the most lenient towards various elements of Polishness). It was Prussia who was the main engine behind partitions because Prussia's position as a superpower pretty much depended on the destruction of Poland and incorporating the stolen Polish lands.

God stands beside us, few others have.

As usual. When you look at our history there are many events that could be considered miracles, so it looks like we have the protection from above. But will we always have it?

As for the Stalingrad battle - one way or another, it's rather easy to see that the outcome of it was very beneficial to Poland in the long run.
GefreiterKania   
5 Feb 2023
News / Alexander Dugin is coming to Gdańsk! [17]

How did it come to this???

Remember, Paulina, that what we, small people, know is a tiny fragment of political/social reality. We can only try to somehow put smaller pieces into a larger picture, hoping that we will understand what's going on. With Piskorski it's one of the mysteries - such heavy charges and such long proceedings with no decisive evidence presented, his seemingly pro-Russian activities and the fact he was Duda's wife translator etc.

Um... Nope... I can read it in a normal way without any "proxy gate" o_O

Very strange. I can't access it no matter from home of from work...

wolnemedia.net/zablokowano-strone-gazety-mysl-polska/

... oh, right - it says "część operatorów z terenu Polski". It looks like your Internet provided allows more freedom of information than providers in Gdańsk.

Kielce outperforming Gdańsk in freedom of speech - well, I never... :-/
GefreiterKania   
5 Feb 2023
History / The Battle of Stalingrad saved Poland [34]

... according to Polish historian, writer and politician, Jan Engelgard.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Engelgard

In 1941 the decision was made in the III Reich to completely destroy the Polish nation by means of executions, deportations and forced germanization. According to so-called Generalplan Ost, by the year 1952 in former Poland only 3-4 million ungermanized Poles were supposed to be left alive (all of them peasants); and those of them not willing to be Germanized would be forbidden to marry and denied access to any medical services. This so far is a part of well researched history...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalplan_Ost

Jan Engelgard claims, mentioning the works of professor Czesław Madajczyk, that it was the German loss in the battle of Stalingrad that made III Reich abandon the GO, and apparently many Poles back then (also anti-communists) understood what happened - that the fate of Poles, as a nation, was in a way decided there by the Volga river. Of course, nobody (or almost nobody) says it aloud today, because that would be stigmatised as "speaking with the voice of Kremlin".
GefreiterKania   
5 Feb 2023
News / Alexander Dugin is coming to Gdańsk! [17]

The entire interview with Dugin is available here...

myslpolska.info/2023/01/29/dugin-obowiazkowo-przyjade-do-gdanska/

... if you are in Poland, you have to use proxy gate to read it, because our dear rulers try to decide what we are allowed and what we are not allowed to read. :-/
GefreiterKania   
4 Feb 2023
News / Alexander Dugin is coming to Gdańsk! [17]

This well shows the inefficiency of PiS state

... or lack of decisive evidence. I bet they really want to find something on him, but it takes time.
GefreiterKania   
4 Feb 2023
News / Alexander Dugin is coming to Gdańsk! [17]

Doesn't it mean that he can't enter EU countries?

Hmm ... if he's on the sanctions list, it will definitely be a problem.

He was charged with espionage for Russian and Chinese civil intelligence,

Apparently he was acquitted of those charges or he would be rotting in prison, not conducting interviews with philisophers.
GefreiterKania   
4 Feb 2023
News / Alexander Dugin is coming to Gdańsk! [17]

he'll allow you to physically lick his ar*sehole

So far he did nothing to deserve such tenderness from me, quite the contrary. But seriously, amiga500, wouldn't you like to ask this guy a question or two in person?
GefreiterKania   
4 Feb 2023
News / Alexander Dugin is coming to Gdańsk! [17]

... or at least he says he's definitely going to come. I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened the 4th page of the latest "Myśl Polska"* (I know, I know... but I can't resist)...

... he's talking about tradition, Christianity, family, holiness etc. He says that continental Europe should be allied to Russia, mentions Polish Sarmatian tradition, his deep sympathy to Poland (even says that he is hypnotised with conservative-romantic aspects of Polish culture) - he's as nice and charming as it gets. Unfortunately, he is not as kind in the interview to the Ukrainians, even calls their country a chimera, accuses them of Polonophobia, and says that they practically don't exist.

In other words he is just being the same Dugin that we all know and love, apart from his newly found love to Poland. :)

One way or another, if there ever is a meeting with him in Gdańsk, I will definitely be attending (and I hope there will be questions from the audience allowed :)). I might even post photos in this thread, so watch this space.

* Aleksander Dugin, Mateusz Piskorski, "Obowiązkowo przyjadę do Gdańska", Myśl Polska 5-6 (2433/2434), 29 January - 5 February 2023, p.4
GefreiterKania   
3 Feb 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

This would have amazing potential, if it wasn't for this damn war.

Most people, myself included, are increasingly in their hawk-mode, so I don't predict much activity in this thread.

Pity. :(
GefreiterKania   
28 Jan 2023
News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

@Lernende

Dmowski was talking about the times of Polish-Lithuanian Union (Middle Ages).

I know that Germany has no territorial claims on Poland today.
GefreiterKania   
28 Jan 2023
News / Polish-German Close Cooperation Plan [31]

As Milo says, SPOT ON!

Hey, I'm still all for better relations with Germany (as BB can attest). However, I do not shrink from gently and lovingly criticising our western friends and neighbours if such need ever arises in these difficult times.

Excellent! We will cross our fingers!

Notice the use of the modal verb "may" in the sentence you quoted above. This verb is used by our English-speaking partners to say that something is possible but not certain. :)

PiS

Huge disappointment. And to think that at some point I had such high hopes for them. Oh, well... życie.
GefreiterKania   
26 Jan 2023
News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

Sure, politician's words can be misinterpreted and very often are. It doesn't change the fact that the idea floated around, was debated and some nationwide newspapers and weeklies printed articles about it (GW and Najwyższy Czas, as far as I can remember, possibly others too).
GefreiterKania   
26 Jan 2023
News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

When did Zelensky talked about creating Polish-Ukrainian Union?

I read about it some time ago but I'm not quite sure if it was said directly or was only inferred from his words. One way or another, such idea floated around and that's what Warzecha referred to.