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Tacitus   
30 Oct 2018
News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

The implications of her departure are pretty heavy for Poland as well. Few German politicians showed so many sympathy and understanding for Poland. There is no guarantee that her successor will be similiary inclined.
Tacitus   
29 Oct 2018
News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

Perhaps someone could tell me what is so problematic about this picture? France and Germany are working on a solution for Syria that will stop the bloodshed and end the flow of Syrians to Europe, two goals I believe everyone can agree on. And for that to happen, they need to talk with the countries that have influence in Syria, and those are unfortunately Turkey and Russia.
Tacitus   
28 Oct 2018
News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

I can name at least one action when the EU broke all democratic rules

Just another example how the Brexiteer press twisted the truth for their agenda. The Irish people were asked to vote after the EU adressed the concerns that made the people reject the first version, and the Irish people approved it. Nothing undemocratic here.

But of course the Brexiteer press leaves out that part... .
Tacitus   
28 Oct 2018
News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

They also hoped that the membership in the EU would help the economy of those new countries, thereby adding legitimacy to their developing democracies. Which was not an unfounded hope.
Tacitus   
28 Oct 2018
Off-Topic / Russophiles can no longer defend their beloved Russians. [84]

Or station German soldiers in Lithuania to protect them against Russian agression.

It would be great if Germany and Russia were allies (just as France and Germany are allies) because that would end all danger of a large European war. However Russia has rejected the terms under which such an alliance could be possible. Moscow is not willing to respect the independence of its' neighbours and Russia's steps towards a democracy have been undone under Putin. It is impossible for Germany to have an alliance with such a state.
Tacitus   
27 Oct 2018
News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

Brexit and the British example.

Brexit will probably strengthening the EU, because it shows just how valuable the EU is. How many countries are demanding concessions for a British WTO membership again?
Tacitus   
27 Oct 2018
News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

You'll twist it in any direction just to defend a losing cause, won't you?

You are the on twisting the facts. Like this one:

Does it mean that Poland can striped them off their minority rights?

There were never minority rights in the areas that are still German. The Polish people in the Ruhr Valley were thus never stripped of their rights.

at what point we should stop considering them a minority in Poland?

Poland agreed to grant the minority rights in their treaties with Germany after 1989. This is not something they can simply revoke at will without consequences, nor was it granted purely out of goodwill. It was part of the package that made Germany act so conciliatory towards Poland and support their accession to the EU.

So I think that the "German question" will just solve itself naturally

Perhaps, though it will take time. We see the same happening with the Sorbs and Danish minority.
Tacitus   
27 Oct 2018
News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

And while living in the area, they did not suddenly find themselves living in a different country. The difference is that there was no historical Polish minority in Germany around 1989 that had retained their Polish character, whereas there was still one in Poland. The Polish people who migrated to the Ruhr Valley usually lost their Polish identity very quickly, my family history can attest to that.
Tacitus   
27 Oct 2018
News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

it was never the Jews' faith or creed which was the issue. Had that been the case, Jews would have mostly converted to Christianity

You hit the nail on the head with this one. It did not matter for the Nazis whether or not you were a Christian, if your mother was a Jew, you were a Jew. Because it was not about religion, it was about race. A lot of famous Germans who were staunch patriots ho never considered themselves as Jews, were persecuted because of this. Case in point, Fritz Haber.
Tacitus   
27 Oct 2018
News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

dude, read the legal justification for granting a minority status in the EU.

That is precisely what the German government does according to Wikipedia:

The position of the German government is, that after the German territorial losses after World War II, the current Polish minority has no century old roots in the remaining German territory, because Germany lost all the territories where people of German and Polish ethnicity overlapped. Since they are therefore only recent immigrants, they do not fulfill the requirements of a national minority according to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the Treaty of Good Neighbourship. Being German citizens, they still retain all civil and political rights every German citizen possesses, and therefore can voice their will in the political system.

Tit for tat. Simple.

It would be, if the situations were comparable. The German minority in Poland lives now there because of the changing of borders. The Polish people in Germany live there because of the concious decision to immigrate. The German minority in Poland lives in a relatively concentrated area. The Polish people in Germany live all over Germany. There is a good case for granting the German minority in Poland those rights, but not for Polish people in Germany.
Tacitus   
26 Oct 2018
News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

The Polish people had that right in Germany before the war

Yes in Upper Silesia, where there was an historical justification for doing so. There is no historical justification for granting them those rights nowadays. The Polish people in Upper Silesia (and now the German people living there) found themselves living under "foreign" rule due to shifting borders. The Polish people who lived in the Ruhr Valley lived there (and continue to live) there because they made the conscious decision to emigrate.

nd now lovely, friendly, democratic Germany doesn't want to give it back.

What is Germany supposed to give back? All the property confiscated lies in modern-day Poland.
Tacitus   
26 Oct 2018
News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

Did Polish people have minority rights in what is nowadays Germany? No, because they were immigrants there (e.g in the Ruhr Valley). As to why Germany did not repeal Göhrings decree, take a guess.

Perhaps because the affected area no longer belongs to Germany?
Tacitus   
24 Oct 2018
News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

And he even said this almost one year after the referendum.... .

This picture tells us all we need to know about British preparedness for Brexit.

static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/07/17/16/david-davis.jpg?w968h681
Tacitus   
23 Oct 2018
Life / Political correctness in Poland [210]

First Marxism, then Leninism

And the UK sheltered Marx after he was exiled from his homeland because of his revolutionary ideas and gave him the freedom to develop and spread his theories. If you blame Germany for Leninism, you have to blame the UK for Marxism.
Tacitus   
23 Oct 2018
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Thats why afd is known as the professors party.

They were known as the professor party because they were founded by eurosceptic professors like Lucke. Those relatively moderates have already been purged by more radical elements (who were themselves purged by more extremists after the last federal election).

There is nothing intellectual about their leadership anymore, nor their voters. They instead listen to demented old men like Gauland, or thugs like Bachmann. The fact that their entire believes are based on misconceptions and lies does not speak well of their intelligence. You could make a reasonable argument that the Euro is a flawed construct, and breaking it up would be better in the long run (though most experts disagree). But to rationally believe in the AfD is next to impossible. All the AfD has is scaremongering or lies.
Tacitus   
22 Oct 2018
News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Regarding statistics, it is also important to note that countries have different standards regarding rape and other things. Sweden for example classify more things as rape than many other countries. Russia has recently decriminalized "light" domestic violence, so if we go by their crime statistics, it will no doubt look better than by Western standards.
Tacitus   
22 Oct 2018
News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

You do have a point, though I believe you are directing it at the wrong people. It is not BB who constantly dehumanizes refugees as "raping invading hordes" and "parasites". The Nazis did the same regarding jews in their efforts to dehumanize them and prepare the Germans for their elimination.