History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


Show me, please, I didn't see that. Besides, are you able to prove that IDF was guaring them and not FROM them? Can you also address the other point I made about radical Palestinian organizations doing exactly the same? And about the other part you ignored, specifically the one about crimes being committed by members of every nation, just for some reason you stick to one in particular?

Are you trying to prove here that IDF - which consists also of Arabs - sympathises with football hooligans? Or what's the point?


Like a lot of different media that try to prove their political agenda. What's so surprising?

No, by my logic Hitler was Austrian. If you have the evidence that Bierut was Jewish, please show it.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [400]

I typed "Iwonicz-Zdrój Kandefer" in Google, and there are some results showing people with this surname having some businesses nearby this village. It's not a common surname, so possibly there is some relation.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


Bierut wasn't Jewish.

Besides, capability of committing crimes is not reserved to any specific nations, I don't know what mentioning Jewish criminals is supposed to prove.

Can you show a video of IDF soldiers chanting "Death to Arabs", given that there are Arabs in IDF? Are members of Hamas and other radical Palestinian organizations chanting "Death to Israel"?


Such as?

Hollywood is sucking up to everyone whose "mistreatment" is broadly reported. Or generally film industry in the West.

UK, Ireland / When are the Polish going to stop extorting money from UK businesses [13]

If you're a victim of a crime, report it to the police.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Amazing to see how some act as if millions of people had exactly same approach to reality, based merely on national background. If someone's only encounter with Poles was meeting with a drunken football hooligan, I wonder how it applies to the remaining 40mln of Poles from Poland.

Off-Topic / What is the number one thing that scares you the most in life [94]


I won't be surprised if Russia will collapse, becoming few independent republics, that will finally be able to spend their money on themselves, not on Moscow and Petersburg. Empires tend to fall, why Russia should be any different...

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


Someone who makes such childish lies while the proof can be easily found by a simple scrolling up, and confuses politically biased "journalist" with the historians, doesn't deserve any more attention.


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Enjoy the night.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

I see it's a waste of time.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


Why not? If you post something, it's already finished.


I don't know what you're talking about.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


If you have no time to write a post using a single quote of my own writing, then I'm surprised you bother to respond me at all.


No, it does not. Just because I see oko.press as politically motivated crap doesn't mean, that I disagree with everything they said just as a matter of principle.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


I gave you an advice that if you want to convince someone, don't quote sources he/she will find questionable. That way you'll be playing cat and mouse forever, unless that's the point.

Also, I asked you to show where I said something regarding the subject, so it is your task to show me where I did it. You can freely use quoting option here or show a screenshot.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


I'm neither as well, yet I don't close my eyes when I witness Oko.press writing crap. Still, if you want to provide evidence, and you can easily assume that someone may question the credibility of the source, maybe it's better to search for the better sources?

Otherwise you'll keep arguing by using "no u" method.


Where did I say that it wasn't?

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


Brace yourself - putting a blame on the Germans is probably coming. :) Still, it's true that there are more examples anyway. Same can be said about the opposite situation.


Oko Press doesn't have a good reputation.

Language / Is there an equivalent for the name 'Wayne' in Polish? [11]

As far as I know, there isn't.

News / Chances of Poland in case of war between EU (ie western Europe) and Visegrad Group ? [80]

@pawian

The case of Hungarians and Russians is not the same, for bazzilions of reasons.

I don't know what exactly Orban alludes and what he has in mind. Hungarians vote for the president, not for the prime minister. The candidate they voted for - Katalin Novak - is opposed to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Situation of Hungary is not the same as the situation of Russia. The latter can be isolated to some degree, as it is more self-sufficient. The European Union and NATO would not tolerate any annexation performed by Hungary. It would have no border with any of their new friends, so it would likely end up in a situation worse than North Korea. Additionally, by annexation of Transcarpathia, around million of Ukrainians will suddenly become Hungarian citizens - those will become an internal threat to the Hungarian government.

There's no single reason why Hungary would even consider attacking Ukraine. There's no benefits in this at all.

On the other hand, Russian propaganda works differently in different countries, aimed at destabilising the EU and NATO, creating animosity between the nations. That's why you hear about Hungarian plans about annexing lands, and that's why some other people in other countries hear about Poland trying to retrieve Lviv and resurrect the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In Poland, however, we keep seeing folks yapping about Volhynia 24/7. :)

Another difference is that Hungarians are exposed to the Western way of thinking, they often speak English, they encounter different media. Russians, who are mostly speaking only Russian (and possibly the language of their ethnic group), will be exposed to only one thought. That thought presents invasion as normal.

Someone being nostalgic about historical treaties doesn't automatically becoming Rambo.

The poster you included asks: "Where is the truth?" - as you can easily notice, it shows three different countries controlling same areas in history. Where do you see nostalgia here? To me it looks like a poster from the opposite side. :)

@Kashub1410

From what I keep noticing, these circles are being either ridiculed in every country they operate, or are just disagreed with - with an exception for other trolls and a bunch of useful idiots who are far from being significant.

Seriously, I have a question. What will Hungary do after that hypothetical annexation? Reality is not a video game like Total War series or Crusader Kings. Reality of year 2022 is also not Medieval reality, where the majority of population (peasants) didn't give a damn what's the language of nobles who steal their crops. There are consequences of doing that, and I'd like to know what's the plan? :)

News / Chances of Poland in case of war between EU (ie western Europe) and Visegrad Group ? [80]


That's exactly same thing that certain circles repeat about Poland.


I think that as long as Orban is in power and supports Russia, it will be hardly possible for the Visegrad Group to work efficiently. But as I said, it's temporary. I don't believe that Hungary wants to risk annexing territories of Ukraine, as it would result in its isolation from other European countries. Little to gain, much to lose.

News / Chances of Poland in case of war between EU (ie western Europe) and Visegrad Group ? [80]

@pawian

Because I prefer facts over fairytales.

News / Chances of Poland in case of war between EU (ie western Europe) and Visegrad Group ? [80]

@pawian

I don't recall anybody saying that. Would be pointless, given that governments change and that every issue is temporary.

News / Chances of Poland in case of war between EU (ie western Europe) and Visegrad Group ? [80]

@pawian

And who exactly said anything similar to: "The Visegrad Group has been dissolved"?

Love / I like one Polish girl. a 2 years ago I see her in part time job and I ask her out. [15]

@Arjun24

I don't think there are any significant rules in "charming" a Polish girl that would not apply to women of other nationalities.


If you are able to tell who you are in her vision, then you should know if you have chances or not. Unless you're just guessing.

I'm not an expert on relationships, but I can tell that being in a friendzone is not a good thing if you have different expectations. It's harmful to both of you.

PS. I don't know if I understood everything - did you tell her about these feelings you think you have, or not? I'm a bit confused about that middle part, but I doubt that I could give you any valuable advice anyway.

History / Polish patriotism - through the ages [25]

@Novichok

Then everyone on the planet is responsible for the actions of hooligans and criminals who live in their areas? I'm sure those live in Singapore too.

History / Polish patriotism - through the ages [25]


Yes, pretty much. I'd say patriotism is basically caring for the place one inhabits. Therefore, it's not about ideology but about the mindset.


People who are responsible for drawing graffitis aren't patriotic, since they do their best to turn the place into a shthole - but that's only them. It doesn't take everyone in the neighbourhood to make graffitis, it can as well be either one clown or a small circus.

Just because Joe is a hooligan, doesn't mean that everyone is. Responsibility for Joe's actions is on Joe.

History / Polish patriotism - through the ages [25]

Doesn't throw garbage on the street or in the forests for example, keeps things clean. Country is like a common yard, shared by many - a patriot is the one who can coexist and cooperate with others instead of behaving like vermin, responsible for broken windows, graffitis and destroyed benches.

History / Polish patriotism - through the ages [25]

Like between ABBA and Modern Talking - same genre, yet not same songs.

Plus, the one from 1905 has more covers in other languages with somewhat different meaning.

History / Polish patriotism - through the ages [25]

Yeah, those are different songs.

Off-Topic / What is the number one thing that scares you the most in life [94]

@pawian

Would be an interesting thing to see all the folks in the Task Force Rainbow and Moher Beret Commandos cooperating. :)

History / Polish patriotism - through the ages [25]


The one from 1831 or the one from 1905? :)

Off-Topic / What is the number one thing that scares you the most in life [94]

How? If someone will give guns to the Poles, we'll be busy fighting each other over some minor crap. :)

Life / Is Polish church involved in politics too much? [108]


Recently, Covid may have some impact on it. Although probably not as big as the Church and the wave of enlightenment.


Somehow people believe that Poland is an ultra-Catholic country, only because they saw some questionable statistics. Those seem to be based on either the number of baptisms, or on such idiotic phenomena like the national census, where one member of a family can tell the lady on the other side of the phone that "yes, everyone in the household is a pious Catholic".

Yet people's attitude towards the Church is visible everywhere. And, to be honest, I don't think Poland was ever as religious (practically speaking) as some people want to suggest.

News / Chances that Visegrad countries move out of NATO and EU if security situation in Europe further aggravate ? [20]


Nations being Slavic has no practical impact on anything other than spoken language. Also, I don't see why would any member of Visergrad Group want to leave NATO. Leaving the alliance is not pragmatic even for Hungary.