puella: I'm not sure is it worth to involved in this pointless and stupid discussion... My suggestion to skysoulmate and other peeople of American Polonia who feel hurt by comments of delphie is just to ignore him.
Most people ignore delphi or get angry with him. Anyway, he has a need to draw attention to himself by being disrespectful.
f stop: I don't give a **** about political agenda of Chicago Polonia, and I care just as much about the agenda of beret brigade in Poland. Polish people are not divided by where whey live, but who they are: close-minded scared little people on one end of the spectrum, and fearless adventurers on the other. Whether you actually get an opportunity to travel has very little to do with it. How you deal with the changing world, and how you approach the unknown, does.
well, maybe you should give a f**k and care more. Using f words make you a typical close-minded scared little person.
skysoulmate: distrust between the American Poles and the British Poles.
never came across one until this forum. :)
delphiandomine: given that many of the American Polacks are descended from poor Eastern peasants, it would seem unlikely that their political alliances have changed very much.
That was the case in the last century and the kids of peasants are 3rd, 4th generation Americans. The immigrants of late 70's and throught the 80's were highly educated. A huge loss for Poland.
delphiandomine: Plenty of them certainly whined when Komorowski got elected. Keep the **** out of Polish elections unless you live here, is my motto.
In all fairness, I agree with this statement.
skysoulmate: First of all, if you want to participate in a debate then show respect. You know very well that the term American Polack is derogatory, it's called American Pole in English or Polak in Polish. There's nothing in-between. If you don't knock it off I'll start calling you a Russian Nigger wannabe or whatever name I can find that's derogatory.
Nice try sky but you can not reason with russki born to immigrants in the west. I bet his life was much more miserable than the life of a kid born in America. He was kicked around plenty, hence the anger and a need for derogatory comments. He treats PF as his free therapy to vent his anger.
Ironside: I wouldn't say that Poles don't like Poles in America, they just don't understand each other!
Exactly, and that's why they don't like each other. Of course, i don't mean each and everyone but most Polonuses tend to feel superior immediately after landing at O'Hare, not to mention the ones born here. Then they start to treat their little cousins in Poland like they don't know what's good for them (elections). That's what I see and the media doesn't help either.
delphiandomine: I think that part of the problem is simply ignorance - if they're told all sorts of nonsense by their family (for instance : grandmother insisting that Busha/Busia is the right word) and their peers, what hope have they got?
Why don't you apply this statement to yourself. What kind of stories your бабушка (babooshka) told you? lol.
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