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ConstantineK
  Jul 17, 07, 05:23  #181

Quoting: shopgirl
CK stop being so overly dramatic. Watching a movie is not going to extract your soul or anything! :)


Movie? Like a "Red Heat" with Stallone, wich was popular in late 80? I think it's not movie, just a trash

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shopgirl
  Jul 17, 07, 05:23  #182

How about Red Dawn? :)

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ConstantineK
  Jul 17, 07, 05:27  #183

Quoting: shopgirl
How about Red Dawn? :)


Don't remember such.....and how about Russian movies from your side, he-he?

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ConstantineK
  Jul 17, 07, 05:30  #184

Ah stop, I remember! "The Dawn of the living Deads"! Nice film

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shopgirl
  Jul 17, 07, 05:31  #185

Quoting: ConstantineK
Don't remember such.....

That's what it is.....Russia and Cuba invade the US and a bunch of high school kids kicks their ass. Its a classic. :)
Sorry you seemed to have missed it...... :D

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szarlotka GOLD MEMBER
  Jul 17, 07, 05:34  #186

Quoting: ConstantineK
oh sorry, my bad English, i mean "thank you"


I know , just messin as usual

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 07:32  #187

Quoting: Puzzler
But it was predominantly Russians who committed all those atrocities against their own countrymen, weren't they?

Puzzler, you are discussing Russians as citizens of Russian Empire? Russian Empire gone away before.
You are discussing Russians as ethnic group. Among Russians the percentage of people participating in Revolution wasn't higher than among for example Polish-speaking people here. Dzerzynski and Kosior (one of the authors of Ukranian hunger in 1933 - 10 millions of victins as some Ukranian say) were only the top of communist rule.
There were some ethnies who didn't participated in communist movement (islamic peoples for example) but as to Polish speaking people that is not so

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 07:35  #188

Quoting: Puzzler
You weren't invaded by another country, another people.

We were.

Sometimes it is better than to be invided by internal revolutionaries. You may learn that reading the works of Polish clergymen of the end of the 19 century. Such liberational movements as Red fraction led by Kalinowski in `1863 frightened them more.

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ConstantineK
  Jul 17, 07, 07:41  #189

Quoting: Puzzler
From the Soviet viewpoint, the Kosciuszko uprising aganst the Russian occupiers was good for both Poles and Russians. But from your viewpoint its 'ravings of a madman?'


From my point of view he was mutineer and instigator. He deserved the fate of another one - Pugachev (he was quartered) and there was only one madman - poor Paul I, who not only released him from the jail but gave him a pretty good sum of money and even more, offered him a ministry in government of RuEmp.

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ConstantineK
  Jul 17, 07, 07:50  #190

Quoting: truhlei
There were some ethnies who didn't participated in communist movement (islamic peoples for example) but as to Polish speaking people that is not so


It's not correct, there was an islamic republic so-called "Idel-Ural State" but thanks god it was crushed succesfully

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 08:15  #191

Quoting: Puzzler
Why then you in today allegedly democratic Russia haven't even condemned those communist killers, let alone punshed them (if they are still alve)?

A nice question...
Who is rulling after communism? People away from the previous system without any knowlege how to rile? Without arms and status of public servant?
You think such people can go to power immediately or at least in some 20 years without the same atrocities, rebels and witch hunts?
No, some political technologies are required. Technologies nobody in the West toughy us. Technologies from the past such as irregular troops of middle class people etc.etc. As American militia of 18 century (existed to prevent praetorian syndrome), as volunteer courps en England in 19 century, as szhlachta of centuries 15-17.
That could take force structures away from a possible rebel or plot and in some 15 years convert them into strictly professional structures of democratic society.
The point is that we the Russian middle classers didn't receive this algorytm from Mr Clinton as well as Mr. Bush. Now we have to take it only from our pessonal historic studies and even not young people could start that work only after 1991 by the reduction of access to all information in Soviet period.
16 years isn't enough for that process. People's old-fashioning should be also taken into account.
I wonder you make such questions. In Poland you have a similar situation. Read investigation on Polish military Intelligence. Pay attention to the fact that such structure had nothing to do in Poland. Poland didn't require NATO secrets by entering this organization. Military Intelligence was unable to learn anything in East Europe because its officers were well known in our region. Military intelligence "acted" and its people received good salaries in 90 when all East European people were obliged to survive economically. And Military Intelligence supported the business of its participants using oficial status.
That occured in Poland depending of West Europe. That occured in the army integrating Nato.
Imagine such situation in Russia to which the WEst is physically unable to impose its controle.
Military Intelligence is only a visible top of an iceberg. Each powiat has its own postcommunist clan. Friends and cooperators from families formed during communism and some former dissident integrated.
One should be patient to their influence if they in change start to respect traditional Polish values but the point is that they impose their opinion to the rest of population and not the vice versa.
That occures within the EU in circumstancies of European countries mutual dependence. Imagine Russia away from EU.
I'm not sure Jaro Kaczynski will beate these clans. At least he doesn't offer any political technology with mass participation. At least he concentrated himself in lustration of ex secret service agents as if communist colaborators non-agents of secret service are less dangerous. As if secret contacts are with political police in the past is more dangerous than opened and agressive contacts op postcommunistas clans in present.
I don't think he will have any success.
Poland has nothing to teach Russians in thes sphere.

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 08:38  #192

Quoting: Puzzler
Why one of them - a KGB creep - rules Russia and the majority of Russians back him singlemindedly?

I'm sure the main progress in Russian social life (I wish it were forever) is that President in Russia is intouchable ian irresponsible as RP King in your tradition and in Constitution of 1791. The obedience is quite a different thing. I'm dealing with respect and safety of rulling person. One of the main reasons why 1917 became possible was the possibility to detrone Nicolas II and non admission of his son Alexis to trone despite legislature.
The head of the Nation is a ganantee of national unity even if he doesn't have power at all as Japanese Imperador now and sespite his personal assets. Rp is a nice example of that.
As to presidential power, it may be reduced in some years. A parlament and Prime Minister may exercise administrative functions, but now Russia still doesn't have at least a bipartisan parlament.
That's the reason why I voted in favor of Putin despite his past only because Eltsin ordered him and I'm going to vote in favor of anybody ordered by Pitin next year.
For the most ignorant people I shall respond. Thai in nothing that means obedience to Moscow. That is only question of Majestas not gouverning.
As to gouverning in my 43 years I came only to one conviction^ Szlachtic in his home is equal to vojewoda.

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 08:45  #193

Quoting: Puzzler
Would you reply (as Russian natonalists seem to have done in the past) that the human mind is too limited to comprehend Russia?

Do you know such nationalists? Mention their names. I know only one in Russian history (poet Tutczew) but I don't think many people follow his ideas. His nature peotical describing is more quoted.
As to the rest of nationalists they are convinced Russia should follow old European culture. First millenium in religion, past centuries in social life because moral was respected in West society. As to economy and technology Russia should be more pragmatic and folow today examples

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ConstantineK
  Jul 17, 07, 08:58  #194

Quoting: truhlei
Quoting: Puzzler
Would you reply (as Russian natonalists seem to have done in the past) that the human mind is too limited to comprehend Russia?
Do you know such nationalists? Mention their names.


But why we must feel shy of this? Yes, we had some prominent nationalists, Mikhail Muravev for example....;-))) but i know that Poles are not fun of this man and call him Hangman of Vilna....

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 08:59  #195

Quoting: Puzzler
If yes, well, your suffering is your own affair; it's you who inflicted it on yourselves during your 'revolution' and later. But the Katyn, among others, is what you inflicted on us. We're not you, you know?

Admit that Russians follow the same logic: We are not Poles. Why should we pay enormous attention to their troubles? We have ours.
Because we are guilty? Well who personally or familarly at least. Our ancestors have a strong alibi.
We are guilty because our ethnicity established communism? But representetives of different ethnicities participated in revolition. Polish speaking people also gave communists in Russia. Not the majority but correspondent to their percentage in lands non-occupied by Germans during WWI (In CzK-OGPU-NKVD before 1937 this persentage was higher than Russian one if we take into account ethnic Russian and Polish speaking shares of our population).

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 09:14  #196

Quoting: Puzzler
You seem to still think we are part of your 'country.' But it's over and all the stars seem to indicate that it's so for good.

Nobody thinks on that. For what do we need a countri without Gas and petrileum and not an excellent well-developped economy?
Everything Russians need they have within their country. All Russian problems also exist within Russian territory. Some people think there are territories in for example East Ukraine that should be Russians by the desire of its population. But nearly the half of population are satisfied by our limits.
Russians aren't ideological now. We are more pragmatic. Not all, there are many marginal people especially among old people but the transformation goes toward pragmatism.
Being pragmatic Russians are more inderested in business with the world to the west of Odra.
Russians are afraid Slavic world between West Europe and Russii will become and obstacle in this business despite the ideals of free commerce.
By supporting the Baltic gas tube Western people confirm Russian fear. Russians come in the conclusion that if such polici is supported within the EU the unanimity doesn't exist end West Europe doesn't have enough force to impose its economical and political standarts to Slavic countries.

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 09:17  #197

Quoting: Puzzler
And actually yes, Poles are very civlised people

It is evident especially when you use such terms as otyebitsya

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 09:28  #198

Quoting: shopgirl
Quoting: ConstantineK
that we are more powerful

And what do you wish to do with this power?

The majority of Russians are going to spend it within now Russian limits to construct a good life.
There are force bodies as secret services and Armed forces that prosper taking money from budget. They are interested in conflicts with the West to justify receiving money.
There are marginals that think a strong dictatorship will take money from rich people (in reality from middle-classers) and distribute it among lumpens.
No irregular troops of middle classers to defend free society.
West world provokes tentions and apparently justifies reaction forces activities

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 09:33  #199

Quoting: Puzzler
the Russians are incomparably less prejudiced towards us than the Germans. The Russians don't consider us inferior to them. That's something.

Not so now. For today Russians Germany is a symbol of Wealthy, Law, Order and Justice. Russians consider Germany France and Italy should lead Europe and teach Slavic nations within EU.
I didn't hear any different opinion in Rissia today

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 09:44  #200

Quoting: Grzegorz_
You were spreading crap after we decided to join NATO and what happened ? Nothing

For Russians that wasn't the Polish question. The point is that NATO violated its gentleman word given in 1989 not to expand NATO.
What happened? The loss of credit to gentleman word and marginalization of liberal movement in Russia that had persuaded Russians to trust the West. Nothing more because Nato even being expanded isn't dangerous to Russia by its impotence to establish order even in a small territory of Kosovo.
But as to changes in the mind Russiaans don't believe the West that can violate its honest promise.
Before that Russians didn't believe their Soviet leaders only. After NATO expansion and similar collisions came the turn of the West.
It should be repeated that liberal people here are as a moral hostages in case of such violations and nobody want to become pro West except some marginal circles

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 09:47  #201

Quoting: Puzzler
You have been thousand times worse invaders than them, also as regards your nvasion of Germany and the way you treated their women.

Imagine such people are still here in Russia. That's the reason why Katyn doesn't attract Russian attention. There are other problems

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 09:50  #202

Quoting: Puzzler
Your commie crimes are thousand times worse than the Nazi crimes.

Well, notice Germans don't accuse Russians as Pole do that despite your statement.
Why?
I think they are more developped and more realistic than romantic Slavs

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 09:58  #203

Quoting: Puzzler
But you're too weak, poor muzhiks, to make your desires get fulfilled.

Happy to hear that. It is high time to give up penetrating into other states and the affairs of other countries. It is high time to pay attention to Russian internal affairs.
The western politicians will give up provoking Russian agressive forces and lumpens? They seem to be interested in choosing Russians as enimies in order to take attention away from theis own losses within the EU.
Western budget vampires (army, military economy, secret services) willl support Russian volonteer pacification? USA vampires take nearly 600 billion USD for defending national interests of a country separated from all possible enemies by oceans. American secret services take 90 billion dollars.

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 10:07  #204

Quoting: Puzzler
But you're too weak, poor muzhiks, to make your desires get fulfilled. The Yanks have beat you up in the Cold War and they actually have you under their heal now.

My desires aren't fulfilled by intermal problems. As to Americars no force is required to beat them because they are committing a suicide now. They are too strong but their idea to put all the Universe in order requires the force they will never have. Sooner or later they will spend all their force. As to young Americans they are more interested in national self-existence. US will abandon its friends sooner or later.
Armija Krajowa veterans will tell you what does it mean to be abandoned when you are surrounded by barbarian forces

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 10:09  #205

Quoting: Puzzler
- Are you kidding? What chutzpah indeed. - How about the Caucasus? How about the Baltic states? How about Afghanistan? How about war-mongering abroad - in Africa, South America, Asia during communism?

What are Polish soldiers doing in Irak now? Still looking for nuclear weapon?
Are there any Russians in Afganistan now? Which foreign troops are there today?

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truhlei
Edited by: truhlei  Jul 17, 07, 10:15  #206

I wonder no Pole commented on my post in http://www.polishforums.com/poland_russia_never_ending_story-4_11550_3 .html beginning with the words Grzegorz Poland and Litwa for Politology is the same thing that Roman Empire for Law.. Including the proper Grzegorz.
Dear Poles, is it quite a frequent thing when a moskal starts to doubt about the humillation of RP past?
Your opinions are very important. Please comment if possible.
Well, I'll repeat my post:
Poland and Litwa for Politology is the same thing that Roman Empire for Law.
You can give a term to each process in politics using only Polish and Lithanian History, their political system. Till today you can understand any political process if you know RP political system and history.
RP democracy managed to resist so great attack as Potop and English or American democracies could only fail in such circumstancies. There were no adecuate survivals of any democratic or non-democratic Nation. You know? I'm ignorant. Sritish and American traditional politology is nothing in comparison with algorytms of RP. They were happy to be separated from enemies by seas and oceans, but their internal Civil wars were terrible. I'm deeply convinced in that
But neither in Polish history nor all over the world nobody respects Sarmat perioud. A great perjury in historical researches. Sometimes RP is even not mentioned in history of democratic development.
I should laught at the idea that anarchy killed RP. But see there is nothing in the world that is accepted with such unanimity as this idea. Even the idea that 2X2=4 can find more oppositors.
Polish endowments translate into Russian only historic researches that claim that anarchy was the reason of RP trouble in 1795. Even a moskal can't observe such self-humilation. in case the most RP deficiencies were more common with its neighbours (rokoszy, magnaty corruption). Nobody of these historians can even imagine that Three Black Eagles Union was a strong power. RP as well as each Nation in such situation was unable to reject. That a possible strong regular army could rebel, kill all liberties in RP kill half a population in Spy suspect take all resources of the country and then debilitated RP could be a more comfortable victim for enemies. Nobody noticed that.
Many democrates exist all over the world but when they look at RP they become to teach Tirania. Elected King is bad, reduced superior power is worse, Sejm votation in favour of war or against it is the worst thing. Nobody asked why the poor szlachta was eager to defend Golden freedom although among poor people were no Romantics. Sarmat obscurantism opposed to Enlightment is condemned all over the world - do you know the price of Enlightment, this pre-communism?
I don't speak in details about menor lie. When for example it is written that Liberum Veto killed RP, but only very few researches state that Liberun Veto ended in 1764. Many examples of the sort.
Everybody in the world condemnes RP in generar and sometimes glorifies some romantic heroes. Everybody says there was the worst in Europe the System that gave at the beginning of 16 century right to vote to a higher percentage of people than England in 1832 300 years later.
Polish literature about sarmat perioud isn't translated into Russian and even English. One cannot take from Internet in Russian or English books of Pasek or Rzewiski. Poland is fighting for Belarus democracy but it doesn't give texts on common past (Belarus ruling circles dismiss people researching Litwa history).
Many Polish public servants receive good salaries for Polish propaganda abroad but detailed Polish history isn't translated yet in the leading languages.
Everybody in the world hates RP history or loves it in some perverted forms: Many heroes bad political system.
Grzegorz, Imagine some similar is with Russia. Russia has sins but few people abroad know them (although we don't keep silence - you don't want to listen). And deficiencies you think the main sometimes are only the consecuencies as Soviet soldiers in Poland - they didn't have another way, everything started 30 years earlier. Why? By lack of democracy, poverty? Before 1917 there was a huge economic and political progress and Russia was winning a war.
I'm sure you weren't told about the reasons of communist victory.

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Patrycja19
  Jul 17, 07, 11:01  #207

Quoting: Puzzler
And this I'm not going to forget too. Yes, your attitude is no different than that of a Nazi, such as buttburst. No wonder you defend him so much.


I defend him because he is a man of his word... if a man does not have his word
he has nothing.. at least when he says something he doesnt back out on it.....

I cant say the same for you.

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Maxxx Payne
  Jul 17, 07, 12:11  #208

Quoting: ConstantineK
Quoting: Puzzler
How about invading Finland?


It never been enslaved, it was preventiv war to protect Leningrad in the eve of WWII



Preventive ? Yeah sure...Like German invasion of then neutral Dutch, Belgium. They were also pre-emptive ? Invading them before British could... Finland was similarly neutral.

Stalin wanted to enslave Finland like he did with Baltics, it was just that a) war became too costly for SU b) France and UK had also promised help to Finnish.

Despite this I really cant hate Russian people, it was Soviet Union that caused whole thing.

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Maxxx Payne
  Jul 17, 07, 12:20  #209

Quoting: truhlei

Puzzler, you are discussing Russians as citizens of Russian Empire? Russian Empire gone away before.
You are discussing Russians as ethnic group. Among Russians the percentage of people participating in Revolution wasn't higher than among for example Polish-speaking people here. Dzerzynski and Kosior (one of the authors of Ukranian hunger in 1933 - 10 millions of victins as some Ukranian say) were only the top of communist rule.
There were some ethnies who didn't participated in communist movement (islamic peoples for example) but as to Polish speaking people that is not so


finnish were also vocal communist movement (also in the american communist movement). But Stalin didnīt trust them and killed most of them 30s. But one was pretty influential even after Stalins death: Otto Ville Kuusinen, perhaps you have heard/read about him. And Lenin was hiding in Finland just before revolution...

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truhlei
  Jul 17, 07, 12:31  #210

Quoting: Maxxx Payne
finnish were also vocal communist movement (also in the american communist movement). But Stalin didnīt trust them and killed most of them 30s. But one was pretty influential even after Stalins death: Otto Ville Kuusinen, perhaps you have heard/read about him. And Lenin was hiding in Finland just before revolution...

All people who made revolution were killed exept very few personalities. Without any interest to ethnicity. It is a French revolution phenomenon: Revolution eats its sons

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