Dealing with constant insults against Polish

PennBoy:

Listen my young friend there is no better option for all of this that a good old ar** wooping, just punch who ever says that to you in the face and punch them hard, make it look like you're even crazy, let the know about Slavic brutality, our bad side, they'll s**t their pants. They will have respect for you from a mile away after that, believe me

ShelleySThreads: 18 Posts: 3,647 Joined: Jun 26, 07	Apr 20, 09, 15:50 / #
Wroclaw Boy: well stome the crows they should have researched that one a bit better The thought was there though, the Spitfire was British, just not the crewe on that squaud. whilst there were quite a few squads, there were many more British and other Nationalities too that joined the RAF. RAF

freebirdThreads: 3 Posts: 638 Joined: Jun 8, 07	Edited by: freebird Apr 20, 09, 15:54 / #
Matyjasz: OK, let's clarify something here. Polish cavalry NEVER, I repeat NEVER attacked German tanks with swords. This scuttlebutt was a part of Nazi propaganda, and it was made up in order to discredit Polish army in the eyes of his allies. What about this Polish movie I saw with my Polish friends when I was in Poland called "Hubal" is this Nazi propaganda too? Just asking. My friends told me it was based on historical facts.

berni23Threads: 2 Posts: 41 Joined: Mar 26, 09	Apr 20, 09, 16:16 / #
No, that is Russian propaganda. About as "true" as "Wizard of Oz".

freebirdThreads: 3 Posts: 638 Joined: Jun 8, 07	Apr 20, 09, 16:19 / #
berni23: No, that is Russian propaganda. Oh OK, they (my friends) must have lied to me then.

IronsE11Threads: 2 Posts: 799 Joined: Mar 3, 08	Apr 20, 09, 16:23 / #
ShelleyS: The thought was there though, the Spitfire was British, just not the crewe on that squaud. Didn't they try to claim that they knew the squadron was Polish, but still chose to use it as the Spitfire itself was British? Either way, they didn't exactly come out of it with much credit.

Mr GrunwaldThreads: 34 Posts: 2,354 Joined: Dec 16, 08	Apr 25, 09, 01:50 / #
freebird: berni23: No, that is Russian propaganda. Oh OK, they (my friends) must have lied to me then. Well, they didn't lie. They ment more that it still was a regular army fighting on (Even if it wasn't that big) mainly I think "Hubal" was fighting the Soviets. There was some few cavalry charges during september campaign but never on tanks. (There was inccidents were German crew thought it was a charge but it was really a retreat while beeing encircled). Like the belts "Got mit uns" yeah they used em

BevKThreads: 18 Posts: 281 Joined: Mar 20, 09	Edited by: BevK Apr 26, 09, 09:04 / #
gkisapizda: they constantly talk to each other, stop work and sit down and then when asked to actually do some work they have the cheek to say I'm lazy. Just seen this thread but this line made me smile, my dad often ran into difficulties at work because he worked way too hard and made the English guys look lazy. I had the same problem in the UK myself. I had a delightful class a few weeks ago where this was exactly what the guys all said when encouraged to speak English. Other comments other than "I'm lazy" were "I don't like language" and "I am bad at English so I hate it and don't speak". And they really didn't either. Alrighty then, why spend all the zl on the lessons (aka their boss or their mother has paid for them, probably). I spent years being insulted for the name my father chose to "Anglicise" the family. Unfortunately he chose "Kraft" as it has the same first letter, so I was Margarine, Dairylea etc for years. People are generally herd animals, if you are different then you must be made to pay so if you have to be different be proudly different :) Poles don't like Jews coming over, English don't like Poles, we don't like Mexicans... will it ever end? - sadly not, krysia ... (wish you could do two quotes in a post!)

McCoyThreads: 46 Posts: 1,755 Joined: Jul 3, 08	Apr 26, 09, 09:43 / #
BevK: wish you could do two quotes in a post! you can do as many quotes as you wish sadly BevK: not BevK: krysia BevK: ...

PennBoyThreads: 148 Posts: 3,274 Joined: Dec 7, 08	Apr 26, 09, 10:16 / #
Listen my young friend there is no better option for all of this that a good old ar wooping, just punch who ever says that to you in the face and punch them hard, make it look like you're even crazy, let the know about Slavic brutality, our bad side, they'll st their pants. They will have respect for you from a mile away after that, believe me

BevKThreads: 18 Posts: 281 Joined: Mar 20, 09	Apr 26, 09, 18:45 / #
McCoy: you can do as many quotes as you wish I have some more careful highlighting to do maybe :)

translatoradelaThreads: 1 Posts: 19 Joined: May 8, 09	May 13, 09, 08:46 / #
You and me have a lot in common: I was born and raised in Poland also and live now in USA and would rather be in Poland but my Polish husband doesn't like Poland. I was also adopted. Please write to me so we can share our experiences. Adela translatoradela at hotmail.com

Richard StachowThreads: 1 Posts: 7 Joined: May 14, 09	May 14, 09, 21:47 / #
I think it's beacause Polish people don't mind laughing at themselves. This started with the civil rights movements to keep people from joking about blacks. Most of us are stronger than that to get hurt by a joke or gestuer. A black or an arab will take it hard because they don't have the self confidence as most of us do. That's my opinion and I am 73 years old this year.---Richard Stachowski

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07	May 14, 09, 21:50 / #
Again, another generalisation. Many Polish people do mind laughing at themselves, some amazingly so. Again, it depends who!!

Ja PrzybylemThreads: - Posts: 46 Joined: Feb 11, 09	May 15, 09, 01:43 / #
Benjamin Spychaj: Does anyone have good ways to counter these kinds of jokes? Smile, and say, 'I'm sorry that you feel that way.' Then excuse yourself, as you have things to do. NEVER let it get to you - the world will eat you alive. I still deal with it at times. A couple of weeks ago a guy at work came up to me, leaned in, and whispered '...polish girls....they're all sluts.' Being 100% polish, a speaker, reader and writer of it, still retaining that as my ethnic identity in culture and all in the U.S., with half of my family still in Poland, how can I not think that this guy is a retard? Of course he pissed me off, but F him. I smiled and said what I wrote above and then went back to work. It's not just about being polish. If you let things get to you, then life will be tough. You need to develop some thick skin, witty comebacks, etc., to deal with life. You can't explode in these situations. Pawel

BritishEmpireThreads: - Posts: 195 Joined: Apr 26, 09	Apr 27, 09, 02:41 / #
PennBoy: Listen my young friend there is no better option for all of this that a good old ar wooping, just punch who ever says that to you in the face and punch them hard, make it look like you're even crazy, let the know about Slavic brutality, our bad side, they'll st their pants. They will have respect for you from a mile away after that, believe me I doubt thats likely to work penn (unless there a child) and the consequence would almost certainly be dismissal from his job and/or criminal prosecution or even the guy ending up in hospital as if its a group of people they will almost certainly defend each other. The best thing would be to talk with your company as they have a duty by law to protect you from bullying. Even so it still surprises me at the amount of people that seem shocked that something like this would happen, at the end of the day your in someone elses country so people are going to find you different and maybe they will hate you for it but thats something you should have realised before you came to the uk to work.

destiny1961Threads: - Posts: 3 Joined: May 15, 09	May 15, 09, 01:32 / #
When I was younger it was the same for me, but I learned to live with it and found that if you were Italian or Greek or even German for that matter they would find something to say about them. Its a joke to most.

BabinichThreads: 1 Posts: 1,049 Joined: May 26, 08	May 15, 09, 03:44 / #
Benjamin Spychaj: "Does anyone have good ways to counter these kinds of jokes?" Yeah, you tell 'em to sod off.

PolskaManThreads: 3 Posts: 177 Joined: Jan 3, 09	May 15, 09, 03:55 / #
If anyones having problems with someone being racist to you just reply to me and tell me where there from i can make fun of practicly every culture exept Polish :) Polish jokes dont offend me especially coming from uneducated bums who wear shorts when its freezing have tim hortons for breakfast and put maple syrup on bacon

grethomoryThreads: 2 Posts: 212 Joined: Mar 19, 08	May 15, 09, 03:59 / #
yea, i have heard many of Polish jokes here in Chicago...really making fun of them being dumb and stupid..which is a lie. i always stick up for them because normally people have jokes about us minorities.

PolskaManThreads: 3 Posts: 177 Joined: Jan 3, 09	Edited by: PolskaMan May 15, 09, 04:01 / #
PennBoy: Listen my young friend there is no better option for all of this that a good old ar wooping, just punch who ever says that to you in the face and punch them hard, make it look like you're even crazy, let the know about Slavic brutality, our bad side, they'll st their pants. They will have respect for you from a mile away after that, believe me LOL Penn someone gets my point Show them that Poles arnt no ****** Me being one of the younger members of PF i still go to school and get in alot of racist fights (i dont start them) usally against the portugese they start making fun of Poland (e.g. Poland Sucks) I say something back he pushes me i push him back he starts trying to put me in a head lock or something PUNCH POLSKA *****!

shopgirlThreads: 7 Posts: 1,446 Joined: Apr 6, 07	May 15, 09, 04:56 / #
Every person, no matter what country he/she is from, has to deal with some kind of insults. Ignore it when you are dealing with a thick head, and only make the effort to challenge someone who will listen. The best way to defeat the insults is to live a better life than the one doing the insulting! Chin up! :)

PennBoyThreads: 148 Posts: 3,274 Joined: Dec 7, 08	May 18, 09, 05:12 / #
PolskaMan: usally against the portugese they start making fun of Poland What could the Portugese have on Poland, please, their quater monkeys

MediaWatchThreads: 29 Posts: 1,264 Joined: Aug 30, 08	Jul 9, 09, 09:07 / #
The Origin of Polish jokes (subhuman intelligence jokes) came from Hollywood which imported it from Nazi propaganda. Origin of the Polish joke http://www.polamjournal.com/Library/The_Origin_of_the_Polish_Joke/the_ origin_of_the_polish_joke.html

Pawel374Threads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: Jul 13, 09	Jul 13, 09, 04:41 / #
If someone tells you another Polish joke, please refer them to this website: w w w .polonica.net/Polish_Jokes.htm

daffyThreads: 40 Posts: 2,118 Joined: Feb 5, 07	Jul 13, 09, 10:59 / #
we Irish love a joke :) shopgirl: Every person, no matter what country he/she is from, has to deal with some kind of insults. we even tell the jokes that take the p1ss of ourselves :) Ive many central euro pals who also dont mind the pole jokes either :)

Every1LuvzAngieThreads: 1 Posts: 11 Joined: Jul 13, 09	Jul 13, 09, 12:30 / #
whateva don't listen to them haters....POLISH PRIDE!

CrowThreads: 365 Posts: 7,192 Joined: Feb 14, 07	Jul 14, 09, 11:16 / #
Dealing with constant insults against Polish restore Sarmatia Europae, as alliance or confederation/federation.... whatever

PlasticPoleThreads: 10 Posts: 5,181 Joined: May 28, 09	Jul 14, 09, 11:22 / #
Confederation of planets

CrowThreads: 365 Posts: 7,192 Joined: Feb 14, 07	Jul 14, 09, 12:35 / #
PlasticPole: Confederation of planets better then EU underworld union

fiberflingerThreads: - Posts: 20 Joined: Aug 9, 09	Edited by: fiberflinger Aug 9, 09, 04:10 / #
I grew up with Polish jokes. (I am of Polish descent) It got to the point they became funny. It was easy to put another race in the joke and find them laughable. I can't for the life of me understand why I can't say the word N****R in this country but someone can say a joke about poles and get a good laugh. Ignorance. Substitute your favorite word for polack. And do not take it personally, most of the people in the world do not know that the Second voyage of the English Mayflower to America brought Poles to build the Pilgrams homes because the English did not know how. Our big mistake.