News / GERMANS WANT TO GERMANIZE KOPERNIK (COPERNICUS)! OUTRAGE! [1016]


They might even rename it to "Kopernik" when it reenters the atmosphere... ;-)

News / Are Polish People Being Discriminated Against? Problems getting a US visa. [258]


Take a closer look at what you have written... ;-)

"They have a 7 or 11 illegal Mexicans,"

News / Is NORD STREAM dangerous for Poland's natural enviroment? [372]


2009 is not 1939, in case you haven't noticed.

Life / Things that annoy you in Poland. [114]


You cannot drive faster simply because you're towing your caravan all the time... ;-)

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]


That's nonsense.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]

vetala

You're talking about the Prussian settlement commision. Straight from the source you provided:

"The Commission was empowered to purchase vacant property..."

You see the words "purchase" and "vacant"?

That Poles were not allowed to own property is not true, Vetala.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]

vetala

You said "When Poland was partitioned, in the Prussian Patrition Poles were not allowed to own houses". This is simply not true. You generalize.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]

vetala

Don't be childish.

Give me a link that clearly shows that Poles were not allowed to own the houses they were living in.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]


Doesn't prove that Poles in general were not allowed to own the houses they were already living in. Being banned to build a new home is a different story.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]


Don't worry - we are talking about something that happened over a hundred years ago. It's of historical interest, but that's about it.

I'm of Polish/German descent as well BTW, and I happen to have an original land record/ deed of my great-grandfather at home. He was Polish and bought a piece of land AND a house in the Poznan area in 1910. That's one reason why I kept insisting.

News / Is NORD STREAM dangerous for Poland's natural enviroment? [372]


To imply that a simple business deal is comparable to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact is nonsense, IMHO. We are talking about the delivery of oil, not about a military attack on Poland.

News / Is NORD STREAM dangerous for Poland's natural enviroment? [372]


All valid arguments, but they have nothing to do with the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. It's not comparable.

USA, Canada / To move back to Poland from the USA or not to move back....that is the question [119]


That's a normal thought almost everybody has shortly before entering the rat race. If I were you I would take a year off and travel around the world. Enjoy life to the fullest and then come back. On the long run work sucks anyway - no matter where you live.

Love / Berlin vs Poznan - fashion of Polish women [36]


If you can't handle western society, why don't you live in the redneck parts of Poland you so much adore?

Love / Berlin vs Poznan - fashion of Polish women [36]


Depends on how many drinkers and fekers you have... ;-)

USA, Canada / Cigarettes reach nine dollars a pack in New York [82]


Have a cookie instead...

Polonia / Poland and France cultures are similar [112]


Poland was defeated, destroyed, humiliated, whatever you want to call it. What does it matter by whom?

Polonia / Poland and France cultures are similar [112]


In what way? Do you feel better if you can say "not only the Germans occupied my country and killed my folk, but the Russians did, too?". The outcome is the same, no matter what. I don't get it, sorry.

Polonia / Poland and France cultures are similar [112]


Who was the third one?


That Poland got attacked is not the country's fault, of course not.


You're telling me that the Polish communists after the war argued that the attack on Poland was the fault of the pre-war government? Do you have links? I never heard about that.

USA, Canada / Cigarettes reach nine dollars a pack in New York [82]


Here in the US junk food is everywhere as you know. Just browse a random food aisle of your local Safeway: hydrogenated vegetable oils everywhere, trans fats, corn syrup, and so on. All the crap that makes you fat first and kills you later. You can't increase prices on all those products, as they are so widespread.

USA, Canada / Cigarettes reach nine dollars a pack in New York [82]


In theory... . I would love to see all those lobbyists of the food industry scream if someone would try. A longer shelf life and higher profits have always been more important than a few million people killed by trans fats for example.

USA, Canada / What do the Poles hate and love about the U.S.? [170]

Just a few...

Love:
Friendly people
Beautiful landscapes
San Francisco

Don't like:
Contaminated food everywhere
Religious nuts
Sarah "Caribou Barbie" Palin

USA, Canada / What do the Poles hate and love about the U.S.? [170]


Yeah, foreclosures are up quite a bit... (sorry, couldn't resist)


Where do you live?

USA, Canada / What do the Poles hate and love about the U.S.? [170]

American Samoa? <vbg>

USA, Canada / What do the Poles hate and love about the U.S.? [170]

PlasticPole
I was just teasing you. :)

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

It was murder, but not genocide.

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

Seanus
Quote Wikipedia:
"...any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such..."

You imply that the Soviets wanted to exterminate the Poles as a national group. Was that really their intent in Katyn?

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

We probably have to go with what the common understanding of a genocide is: something unspeakable like the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda or Darfur with an extremely high number of civilian victims.

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]


That's true. If you think about it, the mind boggles indeed.


Get used to it that there are plenty of people out there who do not share your distorted view of history, man! And stop behaving like a 10 year old brat.


Then the killing of a group of ten people would be genocide. That's nonsense, and you know it.

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]


Forgot to ask:
What did Salomon Morel commit? Murder or genocide?