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Joined: 3 Mar 2008 / Male ♂
Last Post: 26 Mar 2009
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IronsE11   
26 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Nearly every smart mind in the world thought there were WMDs in Iraq

Keep telling yourself that gtd ;)

But we were lied to by our leaders.

An often repeated untruth.

Not really an untruth in the UK though:

guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/19/iraq.iraq
IronsE11   
6 Mar 2009
History / Polish-German alliance. [489]

The Polish troops in London begged the UK generals to be parachuted close to warsaw so they could help the warsaw uprising but UK lot refused so as not to upset Stalin.

They would have been the proverbial lambs to the slaughter...

the official stand of British Government stand on not helping in Warsaw uprising...

*rolls eyes* - Yes, it was because of Britain that the Warsaw Uprising failed. It was Roosevelt's number one priority... Stalin was eager to provide assistance... but it was Britain who are to blame...

It is all SYMBOLISM, compared to how many Poles fought FOR Britain

Yes, they were fighting FOR Britain - no self interest, a completely selfless, altruistic act?

coward with your head stuck in your behind; typical limey.

*Yawns* - Christ you are boring.

Maybe this should be another thread?

I'd rather you didn't, it would only turn in to another 'Britain was to blame for Polish suffering during and after WW2... etc etc' argument.

As for the thread title - frankly it doesn't matter, Poland would still have suffered greatly, and there would still be a minority of morons who continued to blame everything on the British government.
IronsE11   
3 Dec 2008
Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

My aunt used to teach a young man from a religious family with the same surname. They called him Isaac.

True story.

Should Cilla Black change her surname? Oh and my friend has an uncle Paki (pet name for Patrick in Ireland)

Welcome to our lovely multi-cultural society :)

It's all about context, as has already been demonstrated:

A word in itself, and here I mean any word, is not offensive but the intentions can be. The word "murzyn" for me is a neutral word, however it can be used as a derogatory word if the person who uses it will have the intentions to offend.

IronsE11   
1 Nov 2008
Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [554]

Polish girlfriend.

I'm spending Christmas with her family in Czestochowa/Zakopane. Not sure about all this eating fish on Christmas Eve malarky though!!!
IronsE11   
14 May 2008
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Today, Poland is a Central Eur. country because its economy is the same as westerners economies

The Berlin Wall is best used to define Eastern/Western Europe. The politics are no longer relevant

This central European term seems to be applied to countries with developing economies that don't wish to be associated with the old East for some reason.

And pleaase..."the only reason" ?... tss...

You're right Polson, he should have said 'the most important reason by far' rather than the only reason...
IronsE11   
13 May 2008
Life / Poles are not racist [873]

America is as bad as it was 60 years ago.

*Hands EbonyandBathory award for most ridiculous statement of the year*

So Obama's chances are the same now as they would have been in 1948? (I think he would have had trouble even getting a seat on a bus!!)

Jesus Wept.