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Polish Americans Outraged By Joke on Fox TV Show

Submitted by jason stanley, Dec 3, 2007 21:59

my grandfather escaped with 2 others, cause they herd that the whole camp was going to be wiped out the next day. if he and the others didn't do that. i wouldnt be here today. here is what shows us pollocks to be the better of the rest. my wife is german. her great grandfather and also her grand father were forced into that nazi sh-t. the choice for them was do it or die. i don't have any hate towards her past. but why do you losers want to profit off of anyone who has a past that was of that time when life really sucked for millons of people... you should give money to a polish charity,after all your making money off the pollocks and have been for years...


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Why is everyone so sensitive about somethign that hapened so long ago? None of you people condemning the joke were... [MORE]

Mac The Knife

Mar 12, 2008 12:14

i had read in a book. that it was a pollck as they like to call us, who invented the... [MORE]

jason s portski

Dec 3, 2007 22:07

my grandfather escaped with 2 others, cause they herd that the whole camp was going to be wiped out the...

jason stanley

Dec 3, 2007 21:59

Well why not, The French collaborated with the Nazis, the Danes, the Swedes the Poles and even the Jews. Hey... [MORE]

chester nimintz

Dec 3, 2007 12:27

Isn't it strange? I have never heard a "Polish joke" in Europe, that is since the Nazis left Poland. As... [MORE]

Ella

Feb 9, 2008 11:53

It is really bad that someone wrote into the script "Come on Crezyzewski, you're the best bowler at this station.... [MORE]

Archie

Nov 29, 2007 21:07

The comment made on the show "Back to You" was very offensive to all Polish people . And I think... [MORE]

Natalia C

Nov 25, 2007 15:39

I invite you to visit my country (Poland) history is still alive there, we don't forget about people who died... [MORE]

Agnieszka, Horsham, UK

Nov 24, 2007 06:42

I was a lawyer in Poland, currently I'm working on my MBA degree at UIC. I'm not outraged. Instead, I... [MORE]

Aga

Nov 23, 2007 13:55

:( words never explain. Almost all family my Grandmother die in Majdanek. Why You occupy this place jd [MORE]

michal

Nov 23, 2007 13:09

Murdoch won't apologize for anything unless Al Sharpton or Abe Foxman demand apologies for crimes real or imagined. Then, like... [MORE]

George Taylor

Nov 22, 2007 17:09

How can anyone be so ignorant to an actual event of destruction of human life? Being a Pole myself I... [MORE]

Zibby

Nov 22, 2007 21:57

The writer, actor and director are equally at fault for the demonstration of poor taste. [MORE]

C. Gifford

Nov 21, 2007 23:44

I agree with Jason's post and would like to add something. Fox's response, saying that the character making the comment... [MORE]

Matt

Nov 21, 2007 23:27

Why do Americans hate polish people so much? Is it because we help them to fight in Iraq and Afganistan? Is... [MORE]

Polish Citizen

Nov 21, 2007 20:27

Dear Polish Citizen; Poles are so hated by the American Press, Business and Some People (Law Offenders & those that do... [MORE]

Arcadius (Archie) Kaszua

Nov 30, 2007 08:40

looks like ARCHIE BUNKER is back....... [MORE]

Bohdan from Vancouver

Dec 3, 2007 05:41

Collaborating with the Nazis? Hmmm, maybe like the Bush family scion's dealings with a German bank during the Nazi era?... [MORE]

Robert Sieviec

Nov 21, 2007 13:22

My grandma hid jews. If Nazis had found out, the whole village would've been burned down and my family would've... [MORE]

ella

Feb 9, 2008 12:02

I think the Poles should probably keep their mouths shut about their enthusiastic support for exterminating Jews. [MORE]

Phil

Nov 20, 2007 22:45

Phil, I don't think you know what you are talking about. At least 1/5 of Polish citizens died in WWII... [MORE]

Olivia stands for peace

Nov 24, 2007 00:28

Phill, Please read up on world history before you make comments. Have you ever heard of Warsaw uprising? (If not, please... [MORE]

Anna Harerza

Nov 26, 2007 00:09

ignorance is blissful [MORE]

tom

Nov 20, 2007 20:30

As a U.S. Army Colonel stationed in Warsaw, Poland, I am deeply embarrassed by FOX Network's misguided attempt at humor... [MORE]

Stanley Prusinski, Colonel, U.S. Army

Nov 20, 2007 17:40

While I consider the response to be a bit exaggerated, I can completely understand the sentiment. This joke encapsulates American... [MORE]

Jason

Nov 20, 2007 15:29

Poland was the only European nation that did not colaborate with Germans. All other nations had voluntary SS divisions that... [MORE]

Peter Z.

Nov 20, 2007 13:21

Hi, It's certainly good to see that we can protest another attack on us by the American media. Why do... [MORE]

Marvin Obrofsky

Dec 31, 2007 02:59

Have Frank Milewski talk to my grandfather, the pols pointed to the Nazis to which houses Jews are living,... [MORE]

Raphael

Nov 20, 2007 08:26

The above article quotes a letter I sent to Fox re: "Back to You"'s Nazi "joke." Below is the full... [MORE]

Danusha V. Goska

Nov 20, 2007 07:49

What were they thinking while airing something as offensive and arrogant as that? The merciful assumption would be that they... [MORE]

Monika from Gdansk, Poland

Nov 20, 2007 03:43

I think that this is Polish Americans should stand up and not let these ignorant people make so called "jokes"... [MORE]

Michal (Chicago)

Nov 27, 2007 12:08

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