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GefreiterKania   
24 Aug 2023
Off-Topic / The true causes of the current war between Russia and Ukraine [174]

Vladimir Putin said that "The actions of Russia have only one aim - ending the war that the West started there". He also added that "Russia aims to resolve the conflict with peaceful means".

wydarzenia.interia.pl/raport-ukraina-rosja/news-putin-znalazl-odpowiedzialnych-za-wojne-celem-rosji-jest-jej,nId,6980727

It should be noticed that the Russian president used the word "war" not "SMO". Also, doesn't what Putin said sound as if he gunuinely wants to end the war? Perhaps NATO should talk to Zelensky about some version of Kosovo solution that was already tested by the West and legal precedent set?
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

I doubt that wp.pl would order a poll that would be purposely biased in PiS' favour

Oh, come on - they have been on PiS' leash for a long time now...

polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/1939582,1,co-wiadomo-o-aferze-wp-i-jej-powiazaniach-z-resortem-ziobry.read

... but I don't blame you for believing opinion polls. Naivety is characteristic for young people, and you are young like chives in spring. :)
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

United Surveys

United Surveys, eh?

wykop.pl/link/6981277/united-surveys-czyli-maly-osrodek-badan-spoleczno-politycznych-z-talina

Say no more.

As for opinion polls in general...

1

...and that was Millward Brown, not some Estonian słup of IBRIS. :)
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

PiS - 34,5 % (...) ogromny-spadek-konfederacji (...) Konfederacja - 7.8 %

Oh, so that's why we only got measly six squadrons of much needed attack choppers - PiS needs to spend money on opinion polls now. *rolls eyes*
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [64]

they tripled that to 96 helicopters - six squadrons

They should have got 12 squadrons. Like 12 Chairs in literature. :)
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [64]

$12 billion 💵

Peanuts money. We should have got at least twice as many of those Apaches.
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [153]

ukranian central european values

Don't get me started on Ukrainian values. It's not a good time for it.

Russian nation will remain (the same)

Well, to some extent one might argue than nations rarely change. Do you really believe that German or Ukrainian national character have changed so much since WW2? Characters might not change but the conduct of nations under different leaders can change a lot. Hence my hopes for Russia under a different leader.

One way or another, I refuse to accept that Poland and Russia are doomed for eternal enmity. It's inhumane, unchristian and impractical.

his family was atrocied by OUN-B and Stalin gave Poland the german lands his family now resides on

What a brilliant, in-depth analysis. You must be one of the all-time most intelligent Australians.
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [153]

You just wrote that he refered to Central-Eastern Europe twice.

...and also to Eastern. Maybe it's just the old confusion as to what people consider Central or Eastern.

So? What now?

A very good question indeed. I think that we need to keep all the historical factors mentioned in the article in mind when we deal with Russia, and be very (and I mean VERY) weary of people who try to dehumanise Russians and portray them as uncultured unwashed barbarians.

Putin will be gone one day but the Russian nation will remain. A brotherly, Slavic nation, who got lost somewhere in the way, wandered too far away from the Slavic camp in their eastward escapade to pursuit wild Mongol frontiers - yes - but a brotherly nation nonetheless. Put that in your collective pipe and smoke it, guys.
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [153]

Your article suggests that the West has traded materialism for meaning.

That's only one aspect suggested in the article. Is that all that you got from it?

Oh, well - at least you actually read it. Well done.

more primitive societies that you lionize

I lionize nothing. I merely wanted to move the discussion to a somewhat higher level than "Ruskies - they have no toilets ha ha". :-/

So John Paul II meant Central-Eastern Europe.

I'm not so sure - he said "podstawowym zagrożeniem dla Europy Wschodniej (...) Tam żywe jest jeszcze", so it looks like he meant Eastern Europe. One way or another he warned us here about the cultural dangers coming from the West not from the East.
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [153]

I will stick with "So called modernity"

Don't dare call them Slavs, they lost their membership card

I can see that this paper is not worth my time.

Well, I tried.

Sorry for providing you with something interesting, original and different to read than what we are fed with on a daily basis. My f*cking bad.

*pouts*
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [153]

Putin

Putin is not the point. It is obvious that the current putinist government's actions are detrimental for Russia. It is about more profound look at the Russian idea and the depths of their unique Eastern soul (with, perhaps, some practical future implications). Why does everything have to be about Putin? :-/

to justify your wild viewpoints

These are not my viewpoints but Małgorzata Rudnik's from Polish Naval Academy. If you wish, you can write your academic paper to counter what she said. I will gladly read it too. :)
GefreiterKania   
22 Aug 2023
History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [153]

Recently I came across this very interesting paper by Małgorzata Rudnik from Polish Naval Academy...

ojs.gsw.gda.pl/index.php/NiS/article/view/255/209

... it argues from historical point of view that, among other things:

- Russian civilisation is more traditional compared to the West that broke up with tradition in favour of liberal ideas and so-called modernity;

- the West faces a crisis of degenerate globalism and has lost its advantages and possibility of imposing its values on the rest of the world;

- Russian civilisation includes cultural artefacts that enable changing the world for the better.

The analysis starts from the Antiquity (the differences between Latin and Byzantine civilisations) and continues up to modern times, pointing to the 16th century Reformation as the genuine breaking point between Russia and the West. It also reminds us of Samuel Huntington's identification of key factors of Western identity (Roman Catholicism, feudalism, Renaissance, Reformation, overseas discoveries and colonisation, Englightenment and creation of national states) that Russia by and large missed out on because of centuries of Tatar slavery.

The article is a bit academic and 20-pages long but it is certainly worth reading as it contains several pearls of wisdom, as the below quotation form Saint John Paul II:

"certain values, vital for human life, are less degenerated there than in the West. The conviction that God is the highest guarantor of human dignity and human rights is still alive there. So what it the risk? The risk is in indiscriminate accepting of negative cultural influences widespread in the West". (Jan Paweł II, Pamięć i tożsamość, Kraków 2005)

Well said by the sorely missed and beloved Polish Pope, but let's not forget that the current Pope, whilst calling for peace, is also far from condemning Russia.

Anyways, if you would like to read something a bit different than the mindless pulp served to us by the mainstream media, follow the link and read the article.
GefreiterKania   
21 Aug 2023
History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [939]

You are starting to pose a threat to them, and they will not allow that. NATO or not.

It sounds as if you're trying to scare us. :) You don't know very much about Poles, do you?

The size and equipment of Polish army are only for Poland to decide. If Russia wants to expand their army in response, very well. However, they rather "reduced" their army personnel and equipment in the recent 18 months.
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]

PiS is organising this circus

...or maybe they just want to get Germans off their backs with KPO money, judicial reforms, lightly veiled attempts at government change in Poland etc.?

If you want my personal opinion, I'd drop the reparations demand. Not because it's not fair or "idiotic" but because getting the money is unrealistic and one should not waste energy on something that is incredibly unlikely to happen. Good relations with Germany in the future is more important than constant going back to WW2 and opening the old wounds.

Having said that, Germans should at least return the stolen works of art still in German galleries and museums. This is a minimum of decency.

Truth hurts, eh?

Truth is like an ass, everyone has their own.
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]

Then it is also reasonable to demand the return of the former German lands

And you are surprised that Pawian accuses you of trolling. How on earth is that reasonable?

Germans have problems with even their eastern lands in former DDR depopulating. Whom do you suppose they would send to live even further east, in Koszalin, Zielona Góra, Wrocław or Gdańsk? African "doctors and engineers"? What galactic nonsense!

roughly 1.5 million Germans that were killed by Poles and Russians during the expulsions

And you are surprised that Pawian accuses you of trolling.

The German Federal Archive has estimated that 100-120,000 civilians (1% of the total population) were killed during the flight and evacuations. They probably have rather accurate numbers, don't they?

The issue has been settled legally several times already

If it had been, there would be no issue today. Are you smarter or more knowledgeable than all major Polish political party leaders, and many foreign commentators as well? Wow, you must be someone really intelligent and important! Sorry for thinking you are just a troll who posts (without even registering) at a random Polish board.
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]

how idiotic the demand for reparations is

I would be more careful with the choice of words. All major political parties, not only PiS or the nationalists (Konfederacja) but also the opposition, support the demand.

There are many voices outside Poland (and not only in Greece ;)) as well that support our claim for reparations. Like this one...

spectator.co.uk/article/germany-cant-continue-to-ignore-polish-pleas-for-war-reparations/

You may think that the issue has been long settled (debatable), consider it a mistake on Polish side, don't agree with the amount demanded or with the demand in general, but shrugging it off as "idiotic" is not reasonable.

The Magic Meatball says "No".

Pity.
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
History / Future of Kaliningrad Oblast - is it possible to annex by Poland or will it become an independent country? [137]

the amazing Old Town

And pictures don't even do it justice - you have to come here and see it for yourself. Walk into the churches and cathedrals, visit the parks and the beaches, breathe the atmosphere of modernity mixed with the past; breathe freedom, because Gdańsk is - in so many ways - a free city.

Can one be in love with a city? Because I think I am. :)
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]

Germans aren`t ready to die for Gdansk. While Poles are.

Exactly. Once again something posted from Pawian's account makes sense - has it been hacked? ;)

As soon as you return the stolen territory including Danzig

:D

Are you a German, Pawloff? I mean like truly proper German with full AfD-Germannes?

We have German members here on PF but they are either incorrigible Polonophiles/honorary Poles (Bratwurst Boy) or cultured, educated, well-behaved mainstream Germans (Tacitus). It would be nice to have a proper "alter Kamerad" here with us. Imagine all the potential slanging matches! :)
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]

Most of the 'szlachta' were anything but noble.

Hear, hear.

I said that many times in the past. Especially the highest rank, the aristocrats, the magnates - c*nts of the first order. We have them to thank for the partitions.

Ordinary plain szlachta (szaraczki) weren't too bad - it was the top rank that was rotten.

It permeates Polish spirit and soul.

Maybe yours but definitely not Polish in general.
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]

That's the problem with internet boards: you can't hear the tone of voice, see the facial expression or body gestures.

Makes communication more difficult, I suppose. ;)
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]

That's patronising.

So, what? I'm a Pole - the descendant of the Royal Tribe of Piast, Winged Hussars and Defenders of Wizna. That entitles me to patronise most (if not all) European nations.

maybe your comment is tongue in cheek

Have I ever made a tongue in cheek comment on this board?

Not funny...

Are you seriously saying that Borderlanders, Samogitians or Belarussians are not lesser nations compared to Poles??? Oikophobe! :D
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]

@Ironside

A figure of speech - I consider all the nations of former 1st Rzeczpospolita to be kinda our children, so for example Belarussians or Samogitians too.

Unruly sometimes but Poland has to be a mother and a beacon of civilisation for them. Sort of civilisational centre of gravity towards which all lesser nations should gravitate.

@jon357

There's a tiny minority of idiots everywhere. What I meant was that racism is alien to Polish spirit and soul.
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]

Poland already got them - the territory of eastern Germany

What nonsense!

The Piast territories weren't given to us by the Germans but by the Soviet Union in exchange for the Jagiellonian territories in the east. Nothing to do with German reparations.
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]

Seeing those inbreeds from Galicja, that hasn't turned up that well - has it?

No, indeed it hasn't.

Still, they are our children (even if retarded and illegitimate). One needs to help one's children. The parental patience, immense as it is, has its limits though, and they would be well advised to keep that in mind.
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
History / Polish Army Day [66]

but also for soldiers in full gear

Did you hear soldiers complaining? No. Do you know why? Because they realize that one day they might have to fight in even higher temperatures, for even longer, under enemy fire, also in full gear. The same goes for sweet doggies. This is army, people, get a grip.
GefreiterKania   
18 Aug 2023
Off-Topic / Udmurts - what lovely people! [10]

Here's two latest videos from the popular "Eli from Russia" YT channel...

youtu.be/tnyykxTc2nk

youtu.be/HYRPZU6yj0E

... about Udmurts, presented by lovely Eli who happens to be a Tatar - another of many nations who call Russian Federation their home.

Enjoy! :)