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I Potentially Could Take this Choice Too, but Would Not

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Submitted by Alex (United States), Mar 28, 2014 at 11:07

I am very happy that acquiring Polish citizenship has made Dr. Pipes happy, and I wish him all the best with his newfound rights and priveleges. I personally come from a similar family background, but all I hear of Poland are stories of massacres and betrayals by the native Catholic population. I have been taught to view it as a point of pride to have "quit" Poland.

I do like Polish food and culture and in some ways I identify with people I have known who are Polish citizens, but I still harbor a great deal of resentment toward the country and the people in whose midst the Holocaust was committed. That is just my personal opinion, and I do sincerely wish Dr. Pipes a new found level of happiness at this recent turn of events.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Congratulations on your Polish citizenship [18 words]PrashantNov 12, 2018 19:51245941
Interesting [11 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Peter HerzApr 8, 2014 17:32214374
6Poland, actively complicit in the Holocasut [59 words]NuritGMar 31, 2014 14:27214164
6Jews visiting Poland [194 words]Leon KushnerMar 29, 2014 11:45214098
Lies [62 words]mypreciousApr 10, 2014 17:39214098
4Facts [81 words]Leon KushnerApr 15, 2014 11:50214098
2I Potentially Could Take this Choice Too, but Would Not [136 words]AlexMar 28, 2014 11:07214087
2another lie [64 words]mypreciousApr 10, 2014 17:46214087
3Passport [127 words]Blacha JanMar 28, 2014 07:36214082
Poland and Pazports and other items. [164 words]Blacha JanApr 4, 2014 07:28214082
1My New Polish Identity [106 words]JudithMar 28, 2014 00:57214076
1Language [26 words]
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Cycle CyrilMar 27, 2014 18:56214070
1My New Polish Identity [120 words]Dannel R. BallesterosMar 27, 2014 18:06214068
2POLISH VS. SPANISH [208 words]JACQUES HADIDAMar 27, 2014 17:54214067
2I yam what I yam [197 words]Michael S.Mar 27, 2014 17:45214066
1Polish Language Classes in Krakow [53 words]
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Alex StorozynskiMar 27, 2014 17:45214065
Polish school [81 words]mac_hollandNov 13, 2015 01:59214065
1Thank you [13 words]PawelMar 27, 2014 11:27214056
1Interesting [31 words]Grzegorz SieradzkiMar 27, 2014 10:39214054
4A personal dilemma [143 words]Ruben LengerMar 27, 2014 06:22214050
3not true [75 words]mypreciousApr 10, 2014 17:58214050
1Dual citizenship? [9 words]Paul SeverienMar 27, 2014 05:04214048
1Ancestor links Mazheb [41 words]histoMar 27, 2014 03:07214046
3Polish citizenship [25 words]Jan LapterMar 27, 2014 02:39214045
1On Passports [38 words]Rudy CarreraMar 27, 2014 01:50214044
1GOOD … [21 words]Emilio TurbayMar 26, 2014 22:20214038
Imagine [19 words]EBAMar 26, 2014 21:38214037
3The One-State Solution is only peace solution that is based on reality. [74 words]Robin RosenblattMar 26, 2014 21:18214035
1You're Like My Daughter [125 words]DaveMar 26, 2014 20:59214034
1Mazel TOV. [7 words]Rachamim FreerMar 26, 2014 20:57214033

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