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Posts by Babinich  

Joined: 26 May 2008 / Male ♂
Last Post: 4 Mar 2014
Threads: Total: 1 / Live: 0 / Archived: 1
Posts: Total: 455 / Live: 209 / Archived: 246
From: Chicago
Speaks Polish?: not quite yet...
Interests: Math, history, science, economics, & hockey

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Babinich   
29 May 2008
Language / Polish Lessons Units [189]

Janusz,

Thank you for all your hard work not only here but on Solar Net.

The video was stupendous!
Babinich   
14 Jul 2008
History / WWII - Battle of Britain and Poles [104]

Back again and again to WWII. Dont they deserve memory?

Of course; their story needs to be told.

Read 'A Question Of Honor' by Lynne Olson & Stanley Cloud. It is truly a tribute to the Polish airmen fighting against the Germans.
Babinich   
17 Aug 2008
History / I would talk to you about our King WŁADYSŁAW WARNEŃCZYK [9]

May God bless you...

“To escape is impossible, to surrender is unthinkable. Let’s fight with bravery and honor our arms!” - Janos Hunyadi's proclamation before the Battle of Warna.

Thank you for the post!
Babinich   
13 Sep 2008
Language / Polish sayings [236]

McCoy had an excellent one on another forum.

"Don't talk with stupid because first he will bring you down to his level and than he will defeat you with his experience."

I am in the process of translating it into Polish.

Thanks McCoy...

Please, if you do not mind please tell me how I made out... I am trying to learn this stuff :')

nie rozmawiać głupiego ponieważ pierwszy sprowadź się do jego poziomu i wtedy będzie pokonać w jego doświodczenia.
Babinich   
1 Nov 2008
News / Simon Mol is dead:No regrets [74]

I would have loved to see my husbands face if he was the one to go into labor and me wipe his forhead from a armslength distance!!

I have a feeling that this is tongue in cheek but just in case...

Any man should be willing to sacrifice his all for his wife. Yes, that even includes the hypothetical about role change in the birthing of a child.
Babinich   
16 Nov 2008
News / Polish-American soldier and his wife murdered by four marines [163]

So if guns were banned from society, you wouldn't have to be that scared anymore, because maybe 5% of the people will still carry a gun. (Like over here.)

Please refer to the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Specifically the District of Columbia v. Heller (June 26, 2008), to protect an individuals right to possess and carry weapons ( "keep and bear arms").

In the USA I guarantee you that you could not keep guns off the black market. Five, ten, whatever percent is not the point.

The point is that the evil in society will have greater access to weapons of destruction. All of this at the expense of the good, honest, & hard working members of society.
Babinich   
16 Nov 2008
News / Polish-American soldier and his wife murdered by four marines [163]

That's why we have a Police force? (Police officers will also be able to do a better job when less people are likely to carry a firearm?)

First off I choose to defend myself. It is my right to do so according to the Second Amendment.

Second, good people who own guns are not a threat to the police. If guns are taken off the market, the bad guys are the majority in possession of firearms.

That means the level of danger says constant because the police do not have to fear the good, respectful gun owner but they do have to fear those armed harboring bad intentions.

Oh, and a society (Or even a world!) which is neatly divided into good and evil people doesn't exist, it's usually a lot more complicated than that.

I respectfully disagree; evil is evil. It cannot be quantified or qualified.
Babinich   
17 Nov 2008
News / Polish-American soldier and his wife murdered by four marines [163]

There would be little to no reason to defend yourself at all if guns were banned from society.

Do you have faith in God?

If killing is evil, then what is the difference between a soldier and a gangmember? [sic]

Please refer to the Ten Commandments: Killing is not necessarily evil; murder is evil.

Oh, and ofcourse [sic] corrupt Police officers also exist. Priests who abuse children also exist. So who is good and who is evil?

The profession of the individual does not guarantee morality. It is the person that is responsible for their own acts.

Now, Robin Hood was a criminal according to the Sherrif, [sic] but he did good things..

He did good things? For who did he do good things? What cost went into these 'good' acts?

If you divide the world into good and evil, it only shows you haven't been through much yet? If you were a good person at heart, but grew up in a rough neighbourhood [sic] which was infested with gangs, then you would have to seriously consider joining one of these gangs just to survive. (And not because you enjoy being a criminal!)

Oh, I've been through plenty.

To say that a person is forced into a gang and then performs an act of violence because they are coerced is quite a stretch. They have free will NOT to commit that act of violence. According to your argument, the person being coerced would never have to go join a gang because they can go to the police for protection.

As far as the world divided into good and evil, it is. Never once did I say that a person could not be contrite.
My point is that a person cannot commit sins/crimes/violations intermittently and proclaim themselves as a good person.

I guess I might aswell [sic] talk to a wall?

Thank you for the beautiful example of an ad hominem attack. :')
Babinich   
17 Nov 2008
News / Polish-American soldier and his wife murdered by four marines [163]

I leave that open, because it's obvious that if there is a God, he gave us free will, and so if there is a God, I think WE have to DO things for eachother to make life better for ALL of us.

Do you have faith that guns can be eliminated from society?

I don't refer to anything except common sense. (Anyway, the first commandment says: Thou shalt NOT kill, so NOT means NOT. It doesn't mean not necessarily.)

Sorry, that is a common misconception. You need to brush up on the Ten Commandments.

When you have gangs in your neighbourhood, intimidating you, threatening to kill you or your family, then you might be too scared to refuse?

Or, you might ask yourself what conditions exists that make gangs a reality. The other action you can take is to arm yourself to protect your family. If your child joins a gang your familial troubles do not end; they are just beginning. Your child's decision to join a gang puts the entire family in harms way.

Let me rephrase that into another question; If you kill someone, does that make you feel good?

This question is a non sequitur; but I'll answer it anyways: No.

Hey, you're welcome, no real harm intended there!

I know; hence the smiley...
Babinich   
17 Dec 2008
Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]

I've noticed immature people look at what the person looks like on the outside, while the mature ones see the beauty from within that person.

Maybe the times and the expectations of people have changed over time.

These days there does seem to be a greater focus on the superficial.

Love: It's not a matter of convenience; it's a matter of commitment.
Babinich   
11 Feb 2009
News / Poland Should Beef Up Military [286]

Will nobody want to buy our goods anymore? Does the world dislike us?

Germany is experiencing weaker export demand. Germany's reliance on foreign demand is a drag on their economy so much so that the IMF predicts that GDP will fall this year in Germany to a greater extent than GDP sinks in countries like France, Italy, or Spain.

Source: The Economist February 7th-13th 2009
Babinich   
18 Feb 2009
USA, Canada / WHAT IS THE US POLONIA LIKE? [42]

I would have to say Chicago Polonia is better people

The Polish in Chicago are second to none. I hope the Poles in town stay; they add so much to the city.

Chicago is the best place and it is very beautiful.

Chicago of the past is a beautiful city. Now, well, it's a shame in what it has become.
Babinich   
19 Feb 2009
USA, Canada / WHAT IS THE US POLONIA LIKE? [42]

oK whens Paczki day,,,,Isnt it coming soon?

sledz,

I believe the date you have in mind is February 24th 2009.

As for the Polish in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune ran an article about the Poles in the city. Many are disillusioned and looking to return home unless immigration laws change.

archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jan/18/magazine/chi-mxa0118mag azinepolespg8-14jan18

Poles leaving Chicago would be a shame.

As to the other comments posted by sledz, he's right. The city has become far less safe and enjoyable as the years have past.

Sadly, it (Chicago and society) only looks to be getting worse.
Babinich   
3 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [404]

Without Bismarck there wouldn't even be a german nation as we know it!
Stop flaming the man, man!

Bismarck felt that the existence of Poland was a threat to the German state.

Bismarck wrote this about the Polish people: "One shoots the wolves if one can." viva wilk!

As far as the missile defense shield is concerned: en.rian.ru/russia/20090302/120375219.html
Babinich   
5 Mar 2009
History / Polish-German alliance. [489]

Forget DeGaulle, Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky's innovation transformed war in the twentieth century. His offensive operational theory known as Deep Penetration was a precursor of the Wehrmacht's Blitzkrieg..
Babinich   
6 Mar 2009
History / Polish-German alliance. [489]

Can you give an example when Nikolayevich put his theory in action before 1920?

I believe that Tukhachevsky used some similar tactics in the south of Russia during the Civil War.

I am not disparaging Piłsudski; nor the Poles. I am well aware of the impact of the Husaria.

I am just trying to give some credit to the father of 'Deep Operations'.

I am sure Zhukov's philosophy at Khalkhyn Gol was directly attributable to Tukhachevsky.
Babinich   
8 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [404]

Wahldo,

I would agree with you that this president has a huge task in front of him. I find it rather unsetling that the nerw president is tired this early in his term.

Maybe go to bed earlier, quit smoking,, in general maybe he should take better care of his health and fitness?

We all know that the job will not get easier or less stressful anytime soon.
Babinich   
3 Apr 2009
History / Poles in the Napoleonic era [224]

Ah, old Napoleon, what a guy, ran amok in Europe till Great Britain decided to take the cane out of the closet and give him a damn good thrashing my dear boy :D

Napoleon's greatest mistake was not utilizing the talents of the the "two Louie's": Davout & Suchet
Babinich   
2 Jun 2009
Life / Why are Poles in other countries called "Plastic Poles"? [168]

So a Plastic Pole i would say is someone who has no close family in or from Poland but a tiny bit of heritage but still wanders about celebrating polish holidays and stuff like that.

So you're saying that third generation ancestors, of full Polish heritage, and whose second level relatives, native to Poland, died in fighting Nazi/Soviet aggression, celebrate Polish holidays so as to "belong" rather than out of respect?

I am proud that I am an Americans of Polish decent. You can call us Plastic Poles if that is the label you choose.

Just do not think your smart enough to know what our level of respect is for our Polish heritage.
Babinich   
24 Jul 2009
Food / Polish Eating Habits [87]

i've had M&Ms for dinner today...

You've been truly Americanized!