Poles are not racist

this said his parents left during the potato famine

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which, following the reasoning of most americans makes him irish...


which, following the reasonin of most americans makes him english

There were over 20 inventors of incandescent lamps prior to Edison. It all started with Humphry Davy (Royal Institution of Great Britain) who created the first incandescent light over 70 years before Edison. The light was a bit on a dim sid but the firt steps were made.

In 1874 Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans (Canada) patented an improved electric light bulbs and patented the invention (US Patent 181613). The patent was bought by Thomas Edison who obtained exclusive rights to Canadians' patent. Edision made further improvements to the bulb's design and to commercial production.

Edison's contribution: he made an existing product better. Much like the white borsch I cook is better than my mom's. Pitty I can't patent a soup :)


That started with a Spanish guy in 1775 Francisco de Salva (electrostatic telegraph). hThen there was a bunch of Germans on the communication side and a Brit who is considered the forst computer programmer (Ada Byron). Americans came later :)


Now, that's kinky :)

It's not just about 'invention' - it is also about selling it. Some places are better for this than others.

you sold your trip to the Moon nicely.

I got a ticket to the Moon.............

What is the topic here? Why Americans claim all that others have done as our own or why we will willingly give up Tom Cruise?

But I'm pretty sure that John Gorrie created the air-conditioning near Apalachicola, Florida! If he didn't, someone made a mistake in creating a museum for him there... I think he actually was trying to create an icebox and came up with air-conditioning... Something we don't need right now!


Thanks for the correction Daisy and sorry for mistaking you Grzegorz...

A fact that he is black doesn't mean that he can't be racist.

"Black" is no longer politically correct. My daughter tells me her sociology prof informed the students that even "a person of African descent" is not so politically correct either. Right now they propose "socially marginalized" My daughter asked the prof: "once sociologists are done doing what they do, are we still going to be allowed to use words"? :)

Maybe they will propose ''persons with huge penis''.

A vague term that actually sounds more offensive.
"What do you call yourself?"
"Black."
Then that is the term to use.
If anyone calls categorises themself as "socially marginalised" I think they'd better see a specialist about their inferiority complex.

We all have race, so anyone from any race can be racist.
But where has that ever got the world?

that would count you out then;P

Black persons are usually racist towards other black persons eg Carribeans vs Africans.


I want to be politically correct.

Polish Forums was invented in Stoopid America.

Every country has its share of stupid people. It's just that some are louder than others.

Now look up Joseph Swan.

Oh, they (they damned sociologists) also deny there are human races :)
Reminds me of that criminal in Sweden a few years ago. A nasty fella, armed etc. Swedish media were broadcasting information intended to help the police apprehend him. They failed to mention he was black, because that could have been perceived as prejudicial on the media's part :)


Don't need to. I used to work with him in Buffalo. A good software engineer but nothing to do with bulbs.
Or do you mean someone else? :)

no kidding, I have a major in soc;P

woops :)

**** happens, just because I have a major doesn't mean I have sold my soul to soc;)

thank you, that makes me a bot more comfortable. ;)

For years I was in humanities up to my eyeballs, and then one day I decided this is all just an art of bull$hitting (at least some of them) and I switched to computer science.

Do the Google. Or are you afraid of being wrong ?

yes, and no. I just try to have some distance and put things within the context - it seems to help.

Bad me...

Going back to the original subject (again): We have all just demonstrated the one thing that causes racism and all the hatred in the World (Bask terrorists, Northern Ireland, Timothy Mcveigh, Yugoslavia, Holocaust, Iraq, Armenian Genocide, 9-11, Katyn, Mogadishu, Rwanda and so on, and so on...). It is all about this attitude "my people are better then yours, my sh*t smells better then yours." Well done displaying it for us today, my friends. And, to be truthful, I've participated in it as well. Just something to think about for me and for all of us.

What would I be afraid of?
can't you take a wink?


Imagine to have to work for a "s*it sniffing" detachment of an intelligence agency.

thank you for proving me right :)))

(Z you know that you were excluded from my comment :) )


Do white dogs like black dogs?

I would think that putting all those conflicts in one category doesn't do them justice. What was your intention here?

Do pink dogs exist?


G_... You are "da man"..

Ignore the PC rubbish..

they do if you shave them and put them on a sunbed ;-)

invalid..


not nice.. and less invalid..


I would have thought that were true for "cats", IYNWIM.. (lol)

Oh, yes - it was intened:) Why? well, you are a human so you should not ask this question, but FYI I don't like prevs