History / Yalta Conference and Poland [78]


Just a tongue in cheek response to the "he wasn't political comment.


Oh errm crumbs you stumped me errrm of hang on it's coming to me..... Didn't Polish forces reach Moscow??

Hand over the plunder, ye land lubber!!!

History / Poland's General Anders and one of the biggest "What Ifs?" of WW2 [31]


King Tiger was still cutting edge until the 1970's


when did they drop the first 2??? After Berlin fell!


That was a quote from churchill - just an indication of his mind set


did they have nukes?? case closed!

History / Poland's General Anders and one of the biggest "What Ifs?" of WW2 [31]


The German tanks outclass their Soviet counterparts, the Soviets just had massive numbers.

Churchill was for the idea, and commented along the lines of we'll nuke their cities until they fall into line. (They = Russians)

The initial primary goal of the operation was declared as follows: "to impose upon Russia the will of the United States and the British Empire. Even though `the will' of these two countries may be defined as no more than a square deal for Poland, that does not necessarily limit the military commitment."

He wanted to arm German POW's too - quite surreal - occupiers becoming liberators within a matter of months.

History / Yalta Conference and Poland [78]


Marshal of Poland, Polish political figure, Commander-in-Chief of Poland's armed forces, and a painter and poet. After many earlier successes as an army commander during the Polish-Soviet War, Rydz succeeded Józef Piłsudski as General Inspector of the Armed Forces in 1935. Source Wiki.

Obviously a very insignificant man - how foolish of me to have brought it up.

History / Yalta Conference and Poland [78]

It was at a public speech whilst inspecting Polish troops, didn't he realise the Neonazi's were listening and would be posting it on websites in 70 years time!!

History / Yalta Conference and Poland [78]


The Daily Mail and Telegraph aren't neonazi as far as I'm aware. Besides if it is a quote and on neonazi sites so what?? It's still a quote and therefore indicative of the man's sentiment. If the phrase was never used - it's an entirely different matter.

With reference to the other point - did Polish forces ever enter lands that the Russians considered theirs??? I believe that'll be a yes!! Fairing quite admirally as well by all accounts!

So if you play big boys games, you play by big boys rules.

I didn't state Polish people brought Communism on themselves, that the leaders did.

Like the leaders in the UK have made us a target for every nut job with a Koran.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


i know that Mr Hussar!! - and it was chinese not steak and chips - my sincere thanks for your feed back it's been really helpful - I was beginning to doubt my gut feeling on the situation.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


She really well educated, currently studying for a doctorate.

Family - mum and dad, sister, brother seem ok - but obviously not spent as much time with them.

Kids - IMHO - are monsters and very rude

This is described as normal polish behaviour and i am getting offended because of cultural differences.

In reality, I think she left home when she was young, raised the kids on her own, so she was basically a kid raising kids, so no adult values to pass down to them as she had none.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


To be honest, this is why I posted.

I wanted feed back from Polish members as to whether or not this was normal Polish behaviour, which is what she explains it as.

Apart from a stay in Wroclaw about 7 years ago (apparently there was a fair amount of trouble in the city with stag parties and drunk Brits) I've found Polish people polite and friendly enough on a casual basis.

History / Yalta Conference and Poland [78]

The truth of the matter is the UK was not a major player at the end of World War 2, our empire was crumbling and we'd been bankrolled during the war by the Americans, who had no stomach for fighting the Russians.

Were we really expected to confront Russian on our own?

If the Poles are going to lay the blame at anyone's door maybe they should look at their own leaders and their forays into Russia - if you keep poking a dog with a stick eventually it's going to bite you.

"Poland wants war with Germany and Germany will not be able to avoid it even if she wants to." -- Marshall Rydz-Smigly

History / Yalta Conference and Poland [78]


Old post i know but....

Churchill's plan to liberate Poland from the Russians was called Operation Unthinkable British Troops were instructed to stockpile weapons to rearm German POW's for the invasion.

Yes, he was quite mad.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

So why the "I hope you are rich" comment?

I had seen the commercial, which I found mildly amusing and certainly nothing to complain about.

As I stated earlier, my opinion (which I am free to state - this being a country that believes in free speach) is based on my experiences. It might not be an accurate representation of a whole nation of people but neverless it is based upon my experiences.

Surely a more constructive stance from Poles would feel they are not rude would be stating something along the lines of "you're right, that was rude" or "we aren't all like that" or to explain your culture in some way? Instead of jumping up and down feeling vitimized or abusing me and questioning my level of eduation.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

How exactly is that talking down to you?

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


My comment was directed at the Mayor who had obviously had a sense of humour bypass, until it dawned on him "hang on" there's coin to be made from this.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

If this is directed at me, you are sadly mistaken.

Speaking of a sense of humour - In order to get his bank loan, John Cleese had to pretend he was Polish, and claimed that his aunt came from the small southern town of Pcim, which is on the road to the Zakopane ski resort from Kraków. The result? An outcry by Pcim’s mayor, who failed to see the humour in the joke. But after consulting with some PR agents, the mayor U-turned on his accusations and now Pcim wants to use Cleese’s image to promote the small town, with a slogan stating ‘Thanks for remembering us – Your aunt from Pcim.’

Apparently you can buy a sense of humour!

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


it's faithfully, peasant

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


I'm well educated and familiar with the concept of statistics, but thanks for the assumption! In a debate concerning manners, politeness etc I found it ironic that someone would resort to profanity. Maybe that's simply because he lacks the capacity to contribute anything. Hence my tongue in cheek comment.

I understand that Polish people are straight forward that's not the issue, possessing above average intelligence I'm able to separate straight forwardness from manners. I've travelled widely and experienced a number of different cultures and I can honestly say that my opinion of Polish people is that they lack manners, and opinions are cultivated by experiences. I used an example to illustrate my point i.e. a family being invited for a meal and none of them offering a word of thanks but I could have used others. I have never experienced this with any other culture, it gives the impression of arrogance and that the invitation was simply expected.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

..and there we have it! McCoy proves that Poles are in fact rude.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


So saying thank you is an unnecessary courtesy??

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

What's the definition of rude? And what's good manners? What is considered the polite way to act in a given social situation?

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Which is peasants way?? To offer no thanks?? Or to just like meat and potato?

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Absolutely. My girlfriend is Polish and she and her kids are completely lacking in basic manners, for instance if we are invited out for a meal they simply eat and leave. No thank you's, no see you soon, they just feed their faces, invariably turning their noses up at anything which isn't meat or potato, and leave.