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Edited by: TheOther  Apr 15, 10, 03:06    #31
Sokrates:
Proof please?

Read the book, then we talk.

Sokrates:
symphathetic towards nazis in the past

That's an insult I would take personal if it wouldn't have come from you... :)

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 Apr 15, 10, 03:11    #32
TheOther:
There are various reports of murders committed by Poles at the start of WW2 in that book.

In every country during the war traitors are punished by death no matter who they are. Nothing new under the sun. If you see a problem there - you are dishonest or your principles are out of whack.
TheOther:
If you would have taken the time to actually read that page, you would have seen that the Polish side doesn't deny the murders.

So what is your problem?
TheOther:
Well, instead you decided to produce some verbal junk.

That would be you.
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Edited by: TheOther  Apr 15, 10, 03:17    #33
Bzibzioh:
In every country during the war traitors are punished by death no matter who they are

We were talking about innocent civilians, not Nazi collaborateurs.

So what is your problem?

My "problem" is that some people do not read the thread; including you...
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 Apr 15, 10, 03:32    #34
TheOther:
If you would have taken the time to actually read that page, you would have seen that the Polish side doesn't deny the murders.


What are the elements of proving murder and what is the burden of proof? You've failed to establish that there were any murders, haven't you. The only way you can prove the act of murder applies is to produce the judgments of a court of competent jurisdiction with such judgments showing a verdict of murder passed. Unless you can do this, you are not telling the truth, and further, you are being inflammatory.

Who has standing to deny or not deny the alleged murders? The alleged murderers only. You are misconceived if you think otherwise. I don't deny that you have deliberately not told the truth here or failed to give context to your claims. Can I do that on your behalf. No. Your argument is therefore moot.

If you had taken the time to actually read the article, and taken the time to consider the elements of the serious offences you are alleging, you would have seen that your flippant remark of

TheOther:
don't forget to compile a list of all ethnic German civilians murdered by Poles immediately after the start of WW2.


has no unshakeable and incontrovertible basis upon which to be founded. Please, if in future, you seek to sensationalise and crtitque alleged Polish crimes, then don't found such arguments based on matters to which you have absolutely no idea regarding their intricacies.

TheOther:
If you would have taken the time to actually read this thread, you would have seen that the source mentioned is a book which shows that Sokrate's claims are not correct.


Where does this purported book negate such claims. Do you think I have to hand a copy of

TheOther:
"Der Kreis Wirsitz : ein westpreußisches Heimatbuch", by Herbert Papstein, 1982


next to my copies of the paper, Playboy and Biggles. I don't, so produce the extract from that book.

TheOther:
There are various reports of murders committed by Poles at the start of WW2 in that book.


Reports eh? Having regard to your source, precisely state:

1. How many alleged murders were committed;
2. How many judgments of murder were handed down by a court of competent jurisdiction;
3. Whether, if there were any judgments of murder, if any of those convicitions of murder were overturned on appeal or otherwise;
4 The names and ethnicity of the convicted murderers and murdered, having regard to their passports, personal claims of ethnicity and/or their reputation of ethnicity vis the community;
5. What defence or circumstances in mitigation were relied on by the alleged murderers at their trials.

Good luck.

TheOther:
Well, instead you decided to produce some verbal junk. And what do we do with junk? Right: PLONK!


We'll see, won't we.
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Edited by: Bzibzioh  Apr 15, 10, 03:42    #35
TheOther:
We were talking about innocent civilians, not Nazi collaborateurs.

That's your interpretation. In the link you provided it's stated that they were V column and did sabotage acts on the back of Polish army. They were not innocent civilians picked randomly on the street.
TheOther:
My "problem" is that some people do not read the thread; including you...

But I did.
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 Apr 15, 10, 03:50    #36
Bzibzioh:
In the link you provided it's stated that they were V column and did sabotage acts on the back of Polish army

Please read "The debate in scholarship" and the following chapter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1939)#The_debate_in_schola rship
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 Apr 15, 10, 03:54    #37
TheOther:
Please read "The debate in scholarship" and the following chapter.

So? It says what I posted. Are you dyslexic?
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 Apr 15, 10, 04:05    #38
Bzibzioh:
In the link you provided it's stated that they were V column and did sabotage acts on the back of Polish army. They were not innocent civilians picked randomly on the street.


How dare you even suggest that there could be other angles to this incident - I can't believe the cheek that you would suggest this by using The Others source as your foundation ;-). In all seriousness, out of this tragedy I only hope no children were harmed but sadly it seems that some Polish boy scouts were executed. The Germans had a penchant for executing and torturing the 'children in grey'.

TheOther:
Please read "The debate in scholarship" and the following chapter.


I'd prefer to read the material I requested you to produce in my post #34. Given your knowledge on the subject, I suspect you have the material to hand readily? Where is it?

I'm sure the forum would prefer to make up their own minds with your objective material (yet to be produced) rather than reading a scholars debate.

Again, please produce the requested material.
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Edited by: TheOther  Apr 15, 10, 04:26    #39
Bzibzioh:
So? It says what I posted

You don't want to understand, do you?

Quote:
"Also debated in the scholarship concerns the question whether - as the Polish historiography suggests - they were indeed any members of a German fifth column in the city who opened fire on the Polish troops (and if so, whether they were composed of members of the Bydgoszcz German minority or not), or whether - as critics among the German historiography argue - Polish troops or panicking civilians overreacted in the confusion and shot innocent German civilians."

It is clearly stated that there are two conflicting views of what happened at the time. What makes you think that the view presented by some Polish historians is the correct one? It could as well be that the German historians are correct. Or maybe even both sides? That's why I said that a more balanced view of history is necessary.
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Edited by: Bzibzioh  Apr 15, 10, 04:37    #40
TheOther:
It is clearly stated that there are two conflicting views of what happened at that time. What makes you think that the view presented by some (not all) Polish historians is the correct one? It could as well be that the German historians are correct. Or maybe even both sides? That's why I said that a more balanced view of history is necessary.


So the worst case scenario is that Polish troops or panicking civilians overreacted in the confusion and shot innocent German civilians? Do you understand the reality of WAR? Do you have any idea how many Polish civilians were shot by another Poles in confusion? In short: you are ridiculous. End of story. Balanced view my ass.

Have any more equally shocking revelations?
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 Apr 15, 10, 04:43    #41
TheOther:
It is clearly stated that there are two conflicting views of what happened at the time. What makes you think that the view presented by some Polish historians is the correct one? It could as well be that the German historians are correct. Or maybe even both sides? That's why I said that a more balanced view of history is necessary.


What a self serving about face this is. Try as I might I can't reconcile the above with

TheOther:
don't forget to compile a list of all ethnic German civilians murdered by Poles immediately after the start of WW2.


If you sought to bring to the table a much more balanced view of this little piece of history, you would have caveated the second quote you made intially with the 1st sentence of the top quote. You didn't - why?

Again, where's the material I requested in post #34.

You're trying to ignore me now, aren't you. Is it because I, to borrow your own phrase, presented to you an 'uncomfortable truth' regarding discourse methodology?
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 Apr 15, 10, 04:57    #42
Ozi Dan:
Again, where's the material I requested

Don't hold your breath.

The boy went shooting without ammunition.
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 Apr 15, 10, 05:11    #43
Bzibzioh:
Don't hold your breath.


Thanks (exhales). I was starting to go blue in the face! He's done this before on another debate - log out when it gets tough.

Whilst I'm sure TheOther is a nice bloke in person and is clearly intelligent judging by his vocabulary, it just irks me when someone jumps into a thread, beating their chest, and making wild claims about anything and everything that casts Poland in a bad light. The cheek lies in the fact that he holds himself out as a champion of objectivity, truth and "theother" side of the story (ie non-Polish) but contradicts that persona with unfounded and misleading propositions and sources.

I've found here in Oz there seems to be an undercurrent of criticising where your parents came from (in his case, I understand one of his parents are Polish). That's fine, but for crying out loud at least research your stuff, be objective and make your argument watertight lest you get pole-axed.
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 Apr 15, 10, 05:20    #44
I guess we'd better not mention that at least 89,300 Poles joined the Nazi armed forces before deserting to join the winning side. Better not point out that some Poles can do wrong: otherwise one would be called 'Jew' and 'scum' and told how Poles hope one die of cancer. Of course, all those are perfectly acceptable here: all anti-Semitic abuse is here.
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 Apr 15, 10, 05:40    #45
Harry:
I guess we'd better not mention that at least 89,300 Poles joined the Nazi armed forces before deserting to join the winning side. Better not point out that some Poles can do wrong: otherwise one would be called 'Jew' and 'scum' and told how Poles hope one die of cancer. Of course, all those are perfectly acceptable here: all anti-Semitic abuse is here.


Pip pip Hazza. You can mention that, and you have before. Please detail (with source material cited, including but not limited to contemporaneous documents):

1. The precise number of Poles who purportedly joined;
2. Proof of their ethnicity (passports etc);
3 The precise circumstance under which each and every one of the Poles purportedly joined the Nazi Armed forces;
4 Further to point 3, precisely how many of said Poles freely volunteered cf how many volunteered under threat of adverse action.

Look forward to your report and to reading your material. Once I've had opportunity to digest same, I'll consider whether it warrants further response. On your bike - you've got real research to do - how exciting for you!!
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 Apr 15, 10, 05:44    #46
Harry:
I guess we'd better not mention that at least 89,300 Poles joined the Nazi armed forces

You are getting senile, Harry: it was proven wrong many times already. At least try to mix it up a bit. It is boringly repetitive.

Harry:
and told how Poles hope one die of cancer

Remember this particular gem of yours? Spectacular example of your compassion

Harry:
you deserve to watch each and every person who has ever meant anything to you die slowly and in agonising pain. Not because they have done anything wrong, just because there is no way to inflict on you the suffering you deserve without involving other people.

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 Apr 15, 10, 05:49    #47
Ozi Dan:
Pip pip Hazza. You can mention that, and you have before. Please detail (with source material cited, including but not limited to contemporaneous documents):

Yawn, "To Return To Poland Or Not To Return" - The Dilemma Facing The Polish Armed Forces At The End Of The Second World War" Dr Mark Ostrowski. Google it.

Alternatively just tell us how all of those guys were forced to join and weren't Poles anyway. Just like Antoni Sawoniuk. And Szymon Serifanowicz etc etc
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 Apr 15, 10, 05:56    #48
Harry:
Yawn, "To Return To Poland Or Not To Return" - The Dilemma Facing The Polish Armed Forces At The End Of The Second World War" Dr Mark Ostrowski. Google it.


Are you tired? It must be late in Poland. I'm not interested in what Dr Ostrowski has to say. I'm interested though in the material I've requested you provide. If you can't, then just say so.

Harry:
Alternatively just tell us how all of those guys were forced to join and weren't Poles anyway.


I don't understand what you mean. Can you please explain? You're the one who's making the claim, not me. Or are we playing a reverse debating game, where you argue against your position and I argue against mine? Sounds exciting! Pip pip though - hang about whilst I grab a kebab from my friendly local vendor (I like lots of chilli sauce too).
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Edited by: plk123  Apr 15, 10, 06:42    #49
Ozi Dan:
plk123:
how about the Palmiry Forest?


Hi mate. I hope you're doing well and recovering. I have a book somewhere at home which from memory gives some figures re the executions that took place here. I'll try and dig it out and report back with some dates and numbers.

ah, someone caught it.. thank you sir.

Approximately 3,500 members of the Polish intelligentsia were executed at the mass murder sites in Palmiry near Warsaw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_AB-Aktion_in_Poland

there are movies about this.. the cemetary is huge.. very sad place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmiry
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palmiry_Cemetery

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and thanks for asking.. i am doing as well as i can under the circumstances.. posting here helps with sanity. :D

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Ozi Dan:
I actually do have cancer, so I appreciate your kind words. Not sure if it's going to kill me off as yet, but I'll let you know as soon as the medical stuff comes through. At least if I do die that one post of yours will be the one and only one where you've got me. I hope you enjoyed it.

oh sh.t man... sorry to hear that.. hope you beat it.


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