History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]

A lot of the responses in this forum (and even MANY other threads) don't represent the Polish that I thought I knew.

I always thought of Polish people as being intelligent, a 'straight-to-the-point' eagerness to discuss issues brought up (as opposed to trying to prevent or slow down discussion) and the strength to cope with basic discussions.

If I asked my father what countries like/don't-like Poland, I would have received a straight answer, and he would have been more than willing/enthusiastic to discuss it.

If I asked my Polish friends, I would also receive a straight answer also.

But for some reason, when I go on a (apparently) 'Polish' forum and ask that question, I see responses that look like they're coming from a semi-retarded, politically correct 5 year old girl who is anti-Polish.

The whole point of making a new topic is to cut the crap and get some straight and basic answers, and if I need to: discuss them, without bumping a very old topic which might be also unrelated.

If this is a Polish forum, it's a very bad and self-destructive one.

With all the many Polish people in my life I have known, none of them reacted and responded (and talked about Poland) the way many people do here.

As I said before, if some of these responses really are coming from true Poles, I am extremely surprised and embarrassed (ashamed). To say that a discussion about how other cultures feel about Poland is 'insulting' is also insulting, and darn right stupid. Though, I wouldn't be surprised if its a bunch of anti-Polish foreigners, or halfies who are ashamed to be Polish just trolling around.

If you guys wanna keep talking about this issue, it's for your own sake now. I'm going to get my answers elsewhere.

Thanks, and goodbye.

PS: I hope moderators of this forum will do more to prevent these kinds of issues, as it really does destroy the forum (and I'm not just talking about this thread).

History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]

It's a shame people nowadays cannot answer simple questions with a simple answer. It would take less time and effort than complaining about a question that is not that big of a deal in the first place.

I mean, god.. all I wanted was something like:

Stereotype of cultures that dislike Poland:
* <country1> - brief reason
* <country2> - brief reason

and vice versa for like Poland, and then in the opposite direction..

Really difficult to do.. Like I would really care about fame in this place..

Suspecting someone of being a troll is also considered trolling.

(PS: This reply was not directed at your comment Grzegorz)

History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]

I'm not gonna argue, it's a waste of my time. I'll simply take pawians advice and do a search. I never intended to stay on this forum for long.

Thanks everyone who did help me though.

History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]

Well... that's not what I heard, and a WW2 documentary that interviewed Polish soldiers said otherwise.

I don't know if they were 'forcibly' sent back, but there was apparently a lot of rudeness towards Polish soldiers, Brits saying things like "The war is over. Go back to your own country!" etc.

The documentary also mentioned something else, though I had trouble understanding. Something about all the different countries marching together after the war ended, but did not invite Polish soldiers to march with them??

History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]


I'm not sure the answer to this, my history is not that great. I guess maybe it's to do with allowing Poland to still be under control by Russia even after the war (?) and/or British being desperate to send Poles back to Poland at a bad time when they'd simply be captured, right after WW2 ended.

History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]

@MarcinD: Thank you, I appreciate your input.


Don't reply in it then.


Actually, I have heard many examples of British not liking Poles, that was just one, to the point that I'm suspicious that it may be a stereotype, which is why I'm asking.


I don't see how this thread is any more or less racist than many other threads. At least my thread is not racist against the Poles. This is a Polish forum, and yet, extremely often I see threads that talk badly about Poles, as if written by a Pole, and yet, I am the bad guy?

The fact is that in this world there are cultures that like and don't like certain cultures. Call them stereotypes, or generalizations, or whatever you like, but that is what I am interested in because it reflects what issues exist. All I want to know is what countries like and don't like Poland, since I don't live there. Ok?


Ok, I didn't know that. I'm glad to hear that, and thanks for tell me this.


Already covered this.


I'm studying the stereotypes that relate to Polish culture. Is that a good enough reason? Do I need a special license from you?

Jesus, this forum is really messed up. What has the world come to when you can't ask a basic question without being bombarded with 'why are you asking' responses. Maybe it's because there's so many trolls in this forum (as mentioned above) that now you guys just suspect everyone of being a troll.

News / POLAND RATED TOP 10 MOST UNDERRATED COUNTRY [13]

Seems like the website has so few votes, and so much bias-ness that the results are meaningless anyway.

News / POLAND RATED TOP 10 MOST UNDERRATED COUNTRY [13]

Probably the site doesn't show the decimal place in the percentage.

I really wonder how Germany got so high though..

Why so little replies? You can talk about Polands rated-ness in general too...

Do people think Poland is underrated? Why?

News / POLAND RATED TOP 10 MOST UNDERRATED COUNTRY [13]

Ah.. could someone fix the link? Sorry.

Should be: the-top-tens.com/lists/most-underrated-countries.asp

Merged: Poland rated as #8 most under-rated country in the world

Poland was rated #8 in under-rated countries. Germany got #1, followed by Mexico and Japan.

What are your thoughts on this?

Link: www (dot) the-top-tens.com/lists/most-underrated-countries.asp