Sunday, November 10, 2008
Gee, I'm not
complaining but wondering if I did the right thing
posting my last blog post about Greater Decentralization
of Power at Barak Obama's site (Change.gov). I mean, I
forgot that they will be the centralized power now. It's
like as if I was sticking my head inside a lion's mouth.
If one's lucky and the lion is well trained nothing
should happen. But only a fool like I would put that to
the test. In any case, I'm glad I got that off my chest
and sent the message to Obama's mailbox, bulk, Spam or
trash folder. But who cares. I've already got some Mr.
Smiths from Langley, Virginia watching my site and doing
some eavesdropping. Its nice to be notices but I feel a
need for more privacy, if you know what I mean. There
must be a whole lot of hippies there. Now I'll probably
have them coming around (lol) from their local
subsidiaries. There were long lines of former communist
intelligence people lining up to apply for work when the
CIA opened their offices in Warsaw, PL and it was
publicly announced that they were hiring agents. I'm sure
all of my neighbors rushed to apply. One of them even
admitted that he can hear everything that goes on in my
apartment. It's probably through the fine new equipment
he got from them for monitoring American foreigners in
Poland such as I. So really, who am I to talk about
freedom. I live in a country that probably has one of the
finest civilian monitoring networks left over after the
KGB in the world and now at the fingertips of Mr. Smith.
And many of those hired hands need to get assignments so
they could earn their paychecks. So they get assigned to
watch nerds like me and the pigeons that hang around my
windowsills and balcony. Freedom for me was always
freedom from those people on all sides of the world. And
believe it or not, I also came across a few Amsterdam too.
But I wasn't sure which side they were on, probably the
one that hired them.
I never got anything from any government like some other
folks; especially those that served in the forces. I
attended mostly private schools except for two years in a
public school, and never even applied for any kind of
grant or help, except unemployment compensation in the
late 1970s. It was like that in all countries I ever was
in. So they shouldn't expact much in return. And that in
itself must be reason to be suspected of something or
other. But if one looks hard enough and deep enough one
will always find something or other on anyone. So, it is
not pleasant when those people take one under the loop,
but I've gotten used to that by now. But if I were doing
anything wrong I would have been in trouble already by
now. I wonder if any of those folks could admit to such a
record. I think it's the election time excitement that
drives my/our creativity to its limits. Otherwise I have
little interest in getting involved in politics and
really hope nothing bad comes out of all of this.
The eagle holds
the key to all accounts, PCs and lots more...
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Why do so many
members of none violent and freedom loving subculture
groups understand ideas expressed in the Constitution and
the Bill of Rights a lot better then many of our leaders
and the majority of Americans that elected ones like G.W.
Bush, for example? And have we become free just because
we have cast our votes in the elections for G.W. Bush or
Obama? And did our votes actually elect them? And are we
free because we can flip channels on the TVs in our
living rooms, surf the Web, choose the products we buy at
the supermarket or speak our minds on in the media? The
founding Fathers of our nation didn't enjoy such freedoms
as we do today. They just wanted to free themselves from
the greedy and oppressive British. And when they did,
they took the opportunity to create a better world order
that would be for the people and by the people without a
class system, where everyone would have an equal
opportunity and no reason to complain about failure due
to birth in a deprived or discriminated social group or
environment. They were actually creating a democratic
system of federalism and respect, in which all things are
equal.
Today, we could say that many of those founding Fathers
led laid back bohemian style bourgeoisie lifestyles, in
which they incorporated the three European classes in
their everyday lives. The three classes were the peasants,
the clerics and the aristocrats. The peasants lived
freely and were self-sufficient. They did mostly the
farming, crafts, raising cattle and other manual jobs;
the clerics did mostly the mentoring, writing, thinking,
advising and looking after the community; the aristocrats
were the warriors and rulers and often the degenerated
drunks that lounged around the most and spent much of
their resources on building splendid architectural sites,
in which they could show off their opulence. But in spite
of what many may believe, it was not a rigid system like
the one in India. In such a class system everyone knew
their place and things were clear-cut and everybody had
lots more free time to spend with the family or to go
fishing, for example. We have a three class system today
that is even less rigid then in those days. So, we should
have even more time and be freer but that in not so. The
working class is deep in dept; the middle class is even
more in dept, and the upper class is spending way too
much and will be getting into problems when taxes are
raised. So, why would the latter want a Democrat such as
Obama in Office? And what in the world do they have in
common with bohemians and the country's founding Fathers?
I think Not much. And it seems to me that they are
disconnected from the ideas that our country was founded
on. So I ask you, who really is the anti-American group
of people that has done the most harm to the country's
system, economy, reputation and prestige? Give that some
thought before pointing at those who have been protesting
and asking our leaders to stop the madness.
The real task is to find the enemy within, not without.
And there are lots of reasons to believe that much of
what has transpired in connection to 9/11 was from within
and not from without - see "Fahrenheit 9.11" or
"Zeitgeist" (both titles have German words, by
coincidence) for more on that, for example. All hippies
and anarchists well know that we should attack the enemy
within (also, inside ourselves - in our hearts and souls)
and not elsewhere because when we attack others or go to
war, we actually make the others a lot stronger. And hasn't
time shown that? When I talk about hippies or anarchy I
do not mean the destruction of order. I have in mind the
decentralization of power. I have in mind power to the
people. And isn't that what America is all about? Too
much power degenerates and corrupts. Americans need more
breathing space. Greater decentralization of government
would give the people more breathing space and the power
to deal with leaders that may try taking the country down
another dark alley.
Wednesday, November 05,
2008
America, Chicago
and Illinois I love you! Today, Senator Barak Obama
from Abraham Lincoln's State of Illinois was elected 44th
President of the United States of America. Although I don't
tend to get too emotional over things, sometimes I cannot
help breaking out into tears. And I haven't experienced
such euphoria and joy as I am experiencing today since
Pope John Paul II was elected and the subsequent fall of
Communism in Poland. I also see many similarities
between President Barak Obama and the Pope from Poland,
and the great challenges that stood before both of them.
I also see similar evil powers standing in their way.
Today is truly a historic day not only in the history of
the US. It's a historic day the world has been waiting
for and one that many Americans have been working for
since the 1960s Human Rights Movement and the Peace
Movement. God bless America, the land of the free! Oh,
and who said Obama had little experience in international
affairs? He has already done more to repair the America
image then any international diplomatic strategies could
have done in decades.
Barak Obama,
The President of the United States of America
Sunday, June 29, 2008
The problem with
unemployment is that some folks like the free time that
it gives them to do other things. It also teaches some
folks that one doesn't really need much to get by. And
the problems really begins when one begins to like this
new form of understanding/wisdom and lifestyle. And
really serious problems begin for those who realize that
it is more natural for them to be free rather then to be
bound by duties and time schedules. More fortunate are
those who have a family to support or don't know what to
do with themselves when they have free time as well as
those that are psyched out on making money. I wouldn't
say that I wouldn't like to have lots of money. In fact,
I am good at spending money (I should mention that in my
Resume/CV). Aside from the jobs I've had, money has never
been my main objective in life. But getting by has. So, I
tried everything to change. I've read books by Napoleon
Hill and been through courses aimed at getting people
psyched out on getting rich but they didn't work for me.
I guess those are just not in harmony with my nature. And
that is also probably one other reasons why I left for
Europe because people there tend to be less money minded
and more in tune with their soul.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
There were long haired
hippies, bikers and greasers in the sixties. Hippies were
a minority. Only about 2% of American youth participated
in the hippie movement. Long hair became an expression of
rejecting the establishment, which was on the side of the
greasers. The greasers and the establishment disliked
hippies because we were entirely different from them in
many ways and because we rejected their ways and did not
share the same goals. Long hair, psychedelic drugs, porn
and other things like that are not a big deal for kids
from many different groups today as they were for my
generation. The hippie movement was/is an attempt to
return to our inner nature/ soul. And psychedelic
substances such as pot or LSD (which can be a dangerous
drug if used without care) were helpful in loosening our
inhibitions and hang-ups, and in opening doors to the
soul.
Andrea
& Pierre Casiraghi -
Hippies From Monte Carlo in Monaco
Monday, June 27, 2008
Not all hippies were or
are poor. Most 1960s American*
hippies came from upper class and middle class homes. And
because many came from homes where everything was taken
care of for them, hippies did have many problems taking
care of themselves when they hit the road or the streets
of San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Amsterdam and other
hippie Meccas of those times. But there are/were also
those more fortunate ones who didn't have to worry about
getting by. So, I've been wondering if I could call the (Andrea
and Pierre) Casiraghi brothers from Monaco hippies? They
are the unofficial Princes of Monaco, and they certainly
look, party and live like neo-hippies. Caroline, The
Princess of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco was
called a hippie Princess in the 1970s, and was on the
cover of Rolling Stone in 1977. It looks to me like the
hippie tradition of wearing beads, sandals, (roomers of)
smoking pot, riding bicycles, not caring for appearances
etc. has caught on with that part of the family. You'll
find more info about them by doing a search at http://www.google.com and some images here.
* I
make the distinction between American hippies and hippies
from Europe, Australia or any other place because the
movement was different in America where it was born in
the mid 1960s. The hippie movement caught on in other
places around the late 60s and early 70s. But it focused
on different issues and problems in different places. So,
there are differences between hippies from different
parts of the globe. Also, don't let my nickname get you
confused... I am an American hippie from a Polish
American ethnic group. I also visited Europe in 1969. So,
I have some idea of how different hippies were on the two
Continents.
Monday, June 16, 2008
With the skyrocketing
prices of oil, a rise in prices of not only gasoline and
oil will follow. Don't forget all the other products made
from oil such as synthetic fibers, plastics and many
others like that, which will also cost us a lot more.
Therefore, shouldn't we reconsider the use of hemp
instead?
Below is a link to an old propaganda film called Hemp For
Victory from days when the oil based Dupont Company lost
it's fight for the market with hemp producers for a while.
Hope this short film will provide some ideas on how this
plant could be used for the benefit of all, as it was in
days of old http://www.archive.org/details/Hemp_for_victory_1942_FIXED
Monday, June 9, 2008
Bob Dylan's 2008 Tour came to a club near my home in Warsaw,
Poland on Saturday, June 7, 2008. He and his crew came in
three large black buses packed with the latest electronic
gadgets and equipment anyone could imagine, and the block
around the club was sealed off by the Police. Dylan did
not meet with reporters or give any interviews. And fans
had cameras and recording devices taken from them on
entrance so there would be no documentation made for
YouTube, for example.
I did not attend the concert because I couldn't afford
the tickets. But even if I could I wouldn't have been
able to get them because they were snapped up in an
instant. Probably the only way to get them would had been
if one knew Dylan, had friends in the ticket offices
where they were sold or among the concert's organizers. A
friend of my who personally knew Allen Ginsburg and is a
friend of Dalai Lama wanted to get tickets for the
concert but couldn't do that either. So honestly folks,
even if I had the dough I wouldn't have been able to get
in without help from someone above.
Friday, May 7, 2008
The world is uniting and
the official language of the United Europe (EU) and NAFTA
is English. Therefore, the problem is not with those who
don't speak Dutch, French, German, Polish, Italian,
Spanish etc. etc... but with the inadequate knowledge of
the English language amongst the none English speaking
nations, and the inadequate implementation of the English
language in their states. The unification processes will
be slow and difficult if people fail to use one universal
language. And, it so happens that English is that
language that people from many different countries of
will be communicating through in the coming future just
as Latin was in the Middle Ages. Therefore, the problem
is also in the egocentric efforts of nations to force
others to learn their local languages. Thus hindering the
realization of a world where everyone will be able to
move around freely and to communicate through a universal
tongue. They cannot expect people to learn the many local
languages. And there will always be those who simply find
it very difficult to learn other tongues. EU citizens
would be spending too much time on learning different
languages as they move around the EU or the North
American Union. So, I think it's time to look at the
problem from a broader plan, and to start thinking more
globally.
Anyone who would like to learn any language has the right
to do so. But EU countries should concentrate more on
making English their primary language because it is the
language everyone in the EU will have to use rather then
on expecting others to learn their own national languages.
Expacting others from other states to learn a national
language is an old way of thinking from times when there
were boarders and divides between the European nations. I
do realize that Germans and especially the French may
feel disappointed because their languages were not chosen
for the official EU language, and perhaps for that reason
there are a less English speaking folks in those
countries esp. France compared to the Netherlands, which
have probably done most in making English a popular
language in their country esp. in Amsterdam. The
widespread use of English in Amsterdam could serve as an
example for other cities and nations.
It is a real ego-booster for small countries with rare
languages to see others attempting to learn them. But I
think that we will never be fully united because of the
many differences that make countries unique. And I wouldn't
want them to be all the same. That is what makes us so
unique and interesting. But the key element in the
process of unification is communication i.e. the language.
We had a similar problem in the early days of the US.
There were four primary languages in North America (English,
Spanish, German and French). For example, German was so
widely spoken in the State of Wisconsin that the State
held a vote on which language would be the official
language in that state - German or English. And guess
what? English won by only one vote! It's hard to believe
that now, isn't it? The adoption of English as the
primary language made all the difference in the
development of the country. Sooner or later, a similar
process will have to take place in Europe if it is to
survive and function properly. And the proper foundations
for that are already set in place. Every partnership and
union is a give and take situation. Just as watercolors
mix on paper so will people and their cultures overflow
their boarders in the coming world. As much as some would
like, this process cannot be stopped. So, better accept
it now. That new world which we are entering now has been
my dream since the 1960s. Though I have not physically
participated in making it happen, I would like to enjoy
it as soon as possible because I am growing old. However,
a change of thinking will be required to make the changes.
And that is another thing, which is more difficult then
tearing down the Berlin Wall, if you know what I mean.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The 90s were the worst
years of my life so far. The sixties were a time of
dynamic rise of consciousness/ awareness, the seventies
were a time of realization and change... The nineties
were a time when everything was happening at the same
time. I guess this decade is a time when new things are
sprouting that will be developing through the next few
decades.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
I tell you, I get no
respect. The Pope just got off the plane and started his
first and last visit to the US where he will take on the
issue of pedophile sex abuse among his subjects. In light
of that I feel somewhat left out and discriminated. I've
spent over 10 years in Catholic schools in America and
Europe, and I have never been sexually assaulted in any
of those schools I've attended. In fact, it was the most
asexual environment I've ever been in, and one that has
left irreversible scars on my psyche that are at the core
of the many problems I am still trying to face. I feel
that many of my adolescent problems involving sexual
initiation were not adequately handled by those who
should have helped me at such an important time in life.
But instead, all I heard was that sex is evil and
homosexuality is the worst evil of them all. They left me
alone with my problems, uneducated and having to learn
about life on the streets. I really do envy those boys
that were noticed in the schools and who received the
private lessons about the birds and the bees. I guess all
of that was going on among the jocks and other more
athletic boys. Had I been initiated into sex and
homosexuality by some Priest so early in life as some of
them were I probably would be a lot wiser a lot sooner,
and have had come out of the closet a lot earlier and
found a better place for myself in the society. I guess,
a long haired and a bit over intellectualized and a bit
too introverted hippie types did not interest those
clerics and Teachers. So, if you think sex in Catholic
schools was bad, look at the other side of the coin. The
lack of sex in Catholic schools was even worse.
I hope you haven't got the wrong impression. If I had
kids, if I was still a Catholic (I still am Catholic in
the Church records, I never formally resigned from that
institution) and if I could afford it I would send my
kids to Catholic schools, which would provide a safe
environment for them and a good level of education. What
I am complaining about is the fanatic anti-sexual stand
American Catholics and other Christians have taken. It's
some kind of socially accepted phobia. Sex was on top of
the evils that we were taught to look out for. But I
cannot say the same about the European Catholics who took
a more lenient view of that part of the Church doctrine,
which most people in Europe know is not to be taken too
seriously. And it was especially ugly to experience such
brainwashing at a developing stage of life when one was
an adolescent - a time when young people need to get some
experiences and initiation. People at that age need to
experience love without feelings of ridicule or contempt
for what comes naturally to them. What they experience
and the environment in which they experience it in will
have an important influence on the rest of their lives.
The sexual restraints put on the society by those
religious institutions have made even masturbation in a
dark room a sick experience for many because all knowing
and all seeing God would be watching them committing such
an awful sin. Yes, anyone who had any natural sexual
desires and interests would fall prey to Satan. Now that
I look back on those frustrating and unfulfilled years
that the society shoved up our brains I feel that many
Catholics and other Christians are long overdue for some
kind of mass therapy.
Press the Play button.
A video I made in 2006 of
Pope Benedict XVI's first foreign visit.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
A film is out that I
think is a must to see by everyone. It's available on the
Web at http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com and its title is "Zeitgeist"
(2007). Parts of the film are also available on YouTube and Google.It discusses many things I have known
about or questioned in the Hippy Y! group before the film
was made. And I am glad many of us were on the same
wavelength as the film's director. But the film shows a
lot of interesting footage, evidence we didn't think of
and explained how things came about in a satisfactory way
for me, personally. I believe that this film together
with 9/11 Farenheight give us a full picture of what is
going on, who we're dealing with and how we are being
manipulated like cattle by those we have given out trust
to. However, I still believe in a united world. As we've
seen in the film, perhaps it may come about out of greed
of some bankers. But sooner or later they too will fall
and give people their rights and freedom back just as the
Kings had to do in Europe. A united world is coming about
and I am thrilled. In a united world there will be a
lesser Russian threat and a lesser potential for war.
Asia is also uniting and there will remain also the
problem of China. However, economic ties and cooperation
between the Unions should in theory keep things in peace.
As with any new concept or entity, it will pose many new
problems and require new solutions. One of them will be
keeping track of citizens; especially because of crime.
All the more reason why we should know where things are
going so we could watch our leader's hands. Human rights
organizations and demonstrators should also unite and
become more globalized. We can't stay behind that which
is inevitable. The world is evolving and we should evolve
with it and protest against steps that would take our
individual rights away. If those Unions would be like it
is in the EU then I would be happy. The EU is working
fine and spreading a lot of freedom to places in Europe
where people knew little about freedom. In spite of all
the fears that were expressed earlier and opposition from
Great Britain, the EU is truly a fantastic step forward
for Europe and I am confident that any unification
process is a good step forward for humanity.
Monday, March 10, 2008
We value freedom and we
all would like to be more free. But how can we be free?
The hippies were all about freedom but by the time the
Vietnam War ended many of us forgot about that. The
anxieties brought about by the War and the fear of a
nuclear attack during that Cold War era were so great
that we forgot to continue the fight after winning a part
of it that seemed to us almost impossible to win. The
abolishment of the draft and the pull out of US forces
from Vietnam were such a fantastic success that many of
us have been put in an almost permanent state of shock.
Yes, soda water got into many of our heads. But have we
achieved freedom? I don't think so. Since then, many of
us have become tied up by social trappings, bills and the
corporate consumer world Maya that is fed to our brains
everyday on the TV. May of us may still remember the old
slogans but not what it was exectly that we were
rebelling against. But don't despair. I believe that
where we left off in the 60-70s the neo-hippies and
Anarchists took over and are doing a fine job at
spreading ideas of freedom. However, I do reject some of
the methods used when it comes to violence and riots as a
means of getting attention. In fact, those are the types
of things the media and corporations need to feed the
public with more fears and anxiety. And the more fears
and anxiety there are the greater power the public is
ready to give to the people in power. So in consequence,
we are not becoming freer but we are giving our freedom
away in sacrifice for a better tomorrow. So the question
remains, How to be free? How to free ourselves from the
bonds of the world that we have created for ourselves?
What is the magic formula for freedom?
(To be continued)
LONDON by William
Blake
I wander thro' each charter'd street,
Near where the charter'd Thames does flow.
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.
In every cry of every Man,
In every Infants cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear
How the Chimney-sweepers cry
Every black'ning Church appalls,
And the hapless Soldiers sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls
But most thro' midnight streets I hear
How the youthful Harlots curse
Blasts the new-born Infants tear
And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse
Sunday, January 12, 2008
The US finally asks
itself the question all Europeans have been asking for
over 65 years. Franklin Roosevelt knew about the
genocides. Had the US intervened, hundreds of lives would
have been saved.
Bush: US Should Have Bombed Auschwitz
By ARON HELLER
Please read the Associated Press story here (11
January, 2008).
My Uncle "Josef" was killed in Auschwitz. His name is inscribed on the Yad
Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. My Polish Cousin
and his Hungarian Wife that were a famous European Tenor
and Soprano and Stars of screen (they played at Operas
across the world and main roles in the Merry Widow on
Broadway over 100 times, and over 2000 times around the
world in 4 different languages - that must be some kind
of record) held rallies, gatherings and dedicated their
income to draw attention to the genocides by the Nazis in
Auschwitz and other concentration camps across Europe.
Unfortunately, no action was taken by the Allies.
If I were to mention other monstrosities the Nazis used
to do of for amusement in killing people you would not be
able to fall asleep thinking of what those people were
capable of. For example, in the way they killed pregnant
women or babies in Poland. I happen to live across the
street from where the Warsaw Ghetto wall was and that is
one of the reasons why I tend to be so serious and
depressed at times. The spirits of those people and their
times are still in the air around here, not to mention
all the monuments that have been put up in their honor.
It is even difficult to laugh when one is so close to the
place of so much suffering and death. That is one other
reason why I am so edgy and need a change of climate.
We know who won the war but very few know who actually
lost it. The real losers were the Poles, Jews and Czechs,
Hungarians, Germans, Dutch, Gypsies, gays and others that
were tortured and killed in the most indescribable ways
by their neighbors from a neighboring country. They were
forgotten about almost everywhere outside of Poland and
Jerusalem because people want to erase bad memories and
events from their minds. And hardly ever anyone makes
documentary films about the fate that met them. God did
not answer their cries for mercy and their prayers.
Instead, God seemed to protect Hitler from assassins, and
then allowed them to become such dominant historical
figures. You can find lots of books and documentary films
about Hitler, his generals, underground factories,
bunkers, his diet, his strategies, his life, his friends,
his love for children, flowers, coffee and pastries, and
even about his dog... Not even the Romanian Count Dracula
or Joseph Stalin got that much attention. That's probably
because history remembers only the cruelest rulers and
numbers count (of humans killed).
Too bad G. W. Bush forgot to apologize for his
Grandfather who used to be a banker that got convicted
for laundering money for the Nazis in America. I'm sure
that without the support of such people Hitler may have
had to keep his ambitions down.
It's hard to believe that people can deny such historical
facts as the existence of the Auschwitz concentration
camps that are so well documented still today. And it's
even harder to believe they could find so many believers
to follow them.
The reason why the Nazis were so extremely cruel in
Poland was because the Poles did not passively accept the
invasion of their country the way other countries did.
The Poles fought the Nazis from the very moment they
passed their border and all through the many years of the
Nazi occupation of Poland. And what did the Poles get in
exchange? They were given away by the allies to Soviet
Russia, that the Poles fought against in the years
proceeding WW2. The Poles even occupied Moscow for a
while then. No surprise the Russians were getting back at
the Poles thanks to the agreement on division of Europe
between US, England and Russia.
I am all for Peace and a united world because I've seen
what wars lead to and that there really are no winners in
a war, accept for the bankers and industries. Though that
could be questioned when one looks at how much more Japan
and Germany has gained after loosing the war. They've
became the world's leading economies with the highest
standards of living. Too bad for the us that there is
only one country like the US. If there was another one
like it then the we could go into war with it, loose the
war and then get aid from it, make money by trading with
it and then slowly destroy it economically like a vamp (lol).
Too bad the Poles weren't cleaver enough to tap into any
of that aid. Instead, they were tagged with a lot of bad
names like Polaks or collaborates. All of that is
nonsense.
The story of Anne Frank is an example of two different stands
Europeans took during WW2. There were those who
collaborated with the occupying forces and those that did
not. Anna Frank's family was given shelter in a safe
place by a Dutch man, who paid the highest price for that
act. On the other hand the Dutch man who gave them away
to the Nazis lived a good and full life until he died
just recently in Amsterdam. My parents risked all of our
family's lives doing the same and yet we were met with
name throwing in the States by People who were
brainwashed to believe that Poles collaborated with the
Nazis. However, nobody says that about the Czechs,
Hungarians, Austrians and others that actually opened
their borders and greeted the occupying Nazi forces with
flowers and who's cities were not leveled to the ground.
Unfortunately, history is cruel and forgets those who
actually did most of the work. Even today, I am observing
people giving credit to the Germans for tearing the
Berlin wall, like as if it were them who did away with
Communism. Less and less remember that it was possible to
tear down that wall because of the Solidarity movement in
Poland that first brought about the fall of Communist
rule in Russia making it possible for Germans to tear
down the Berlin wall.
In my opinion, there are three nations that did not
received their right share in our world history. Those
three are India, China and Poland. For obvious reasons we
are discussing the latter at this moment. But India is
another one of those countries that I like to talk about.
The influence India has had on our world has been greatly
minimized and the genius of the Hindus has been almost
noticed.
Anna Frank and her family were taken from Amsterdam to
Auschwitz in Poland where they were killed not long
before the end of the war. Auschwitz is the German name for a small town
in Southern, Poland called "Oswiecim". There is
also a lot of misleading information around especially in
the States telling people that it was a Polish
concentration camp, for example misleading articles in
the New York Times! That couldn't be further from the
truth. It was built by the Nazis in occupied by the Nazis
Poland and was entirely operated by the Nazis until the
end of the war. The Nazis built many other such camps in
Poland because Poland had the largest Jewish population
in Europe, Poland was the earlier land of the free since
the middle ages (way before America was discovered by
Columbus) until the 19th Century when it was taken over
and divided between the French, Russians and Austrians.
Anti-Semitism and homophobia are a product of the Soviet
occupation of Poland and their propaganda machine.
Currently, they are a social problem the Poles have to
deal with and also give me a personal sense of purpose
here to help them make the change of mind. But most Poles
were not like that until Communist rule, and the later
brainwashing done by Catholic fanatics that recently came
into power after the abolishment of Communism and kicking
the Soviets out of the country, which took a lot of
courage. At that time, faith served that vital purpose
which united people and gave them the courage to overcome
such a great and brutal world power, which in effect
shortly after that crumbled and was destroyed in its own
homeland - Russia. So, I am proud to have been a
participant of the Peace movement and hippie movement
that did away with the Vietnam war and the draft in the
States, and later to have been there where Communism was
done away with and where a new United Europe has risen.
And I have a positive outlook on the future, providing we
deal in time with the ecological hazards that are
destroying the environment on our beautiful blue planet.
Poland did away with the Crusaders, Nazis and Soviet
Communism. The bad guys have often been winning because
they use brutal force. That's why I am all for pacifism
but not in the absolute sense of the word because there
may be some life threatening situations where we may have
to put ideology aside and protect ourselves. But none
aggression, diplomacy and prevention are always the best
policy to follow because aggression will always generate
more aggression, hatred and resent. The Poles have always
fought for freedom in other countries, on their own
Continent and other Continents such as America, where
they actively participated in the American Revolution or
the Civil War.
Officially, the Poles opened their doors to Jews in the
12th Century and gave them exceptional rights but that
didn't mean that many were not already living there
before that. They did that not only because of economic
reasons as some may suggest. Also, in spite of the fact
that the Crusaders had their stronghold in Malbork, Poland where was the seat of the Teutonic Order the Poles did not conduct witch hunts
like everyone else in Europe did. And in spite of that, Copernicus - a Polish monk dared to declare that
the Earth spins around the Sun, and had the work
published in Amsterdam, Holland at a time when others
with similar opinions were burned at the stake. The Poles
also did away with the Crusaders when they had a chance causing their
final downfall. Later, Royal Prussian territory (1466 – 1772) was awarded
to Poland after its victory over the Teutonic Order in
the Thirteen Years'
War.
I hope the Poles will return to their old freedom loving
and Democratic traditions that they held so dear in the
past and promoted around the world. But it will take time
for their old wounds to heal, and a lot of understanding
from others after the many years of genocide on their
territory and a half Century of Communist brainwashing
from 1945 to 1989.
We wish to remember.
But we wish to remember for a purpose, namely to ensure
that never again evil will prevail. ... Only a world at
peace, with justice for all, can avoid repeating the
mistakes and terrible crimes of the past.
John Paul II - "The Pope from Poland"
Yad Vashem, March 23, 2000.
Opinions
presented in this post were written from my personal
point of view, which I will not firmly hold on to if
wrong. Please visit other websites such as http://www.yadvashem.org or http://isurvived.org/TOC-VI.html for more information from other points
of view of those historic events.
