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In my book, Witold Pilecki is in the same folder as Irena Sendlerowa, a Polish nurse who smuggled hundreds of Jewish kids from the ghetto, who was tortured so s

In my book, Witold Pilecki is in the same folder as Irena Sendlerowa, a Polish nurse who smuggled hundreds of Jewish kids from the ghetto, who was tortured so severely that the Nazis bastinado-fractured her feet - to no avail. Un-fucking-believable bravery that inspires me every day to resist the silly trumps and putins of our time.

reitanqild 9y ago
Agree to a lot of it. But it would probably have more weight if you didn't compare Trump and Putin with the systems that systematically tortured and killed millions of people. And for the record: I'm no big Trump fan. Edit: as usual I'm honest and I'm not trying to troll anyone. And as the downvotes pile up it would be interesting to know what I've written that was so horribly wrong or offending. Edit2: I don't care aboit those stupid points. But I do care to get my point across efficiently and without insulting anyone unnecessarily.
- j2bax 9y ago
  I didn't vote you one way or another, but what I gathered from the post was that he/she doesn't put Trump/Putin anywhere even close to the atrocities of the Nazi's and despite how he feels about them, times are far better than they were. Your post is essentially agreeing with him while chastising him, which is why I can imagine some have down voted you. I think looking back on history and far darker times, is an acceptable way to reduce your anxiety about the current state of affairs, while also ensuring it never gets that bad again.
  - reitanqild 9y ago
    Ok. I see. I misread. Downvotes deserved and I'm happy I got an explanation for the (good) reason.
- dandare 9y ago
  trumps and putins in lowercase as archetypes, not Trump and Putin specifically.
konpoly 9y ago
Putin actually has his opponents murdered. Look up what happened to Boris Nemtsov, he was gunned down right outside the Kremlin. I would take Trump over Putin any day.
- totalZero 9y ago
  What's more, Nemtsov isn't the only one who was killed by Putin. Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with processed Po-210, which was determined to have come from a facility owned by the Russian state. It was placed in his tea by two Russian agents, and an investigation by the British government concluded that Putin probably personally signed off on the murder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvine... http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160613090324/https://www.litvinenkoinquiry.org/report http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160613090324/htt...
- HatchedLake721 9y ago
  Even opposition and Sobchak, Nemtsov’s close friend, who is currently running against Putin in the presidential elections has said that Putin had nothing to do with this. Nemtsov was criticizing Putin and the government non-stop for almost 20 years. There was nothing new to be assaisnated for.

reitanqild 9y ago

Agree to a lot of it. But it would probably have more weight if you didn't compare Trump and Putin with the systems that systematically tortured and killed millions of people. And for the record: I'm no big Trump fan. Edit: as usual I'm honest and I'm not trying to troll anyone. And as the downvotes pile up it would be interesting to know what I've written that was so horribly wrong or offending. Edit2: I don't care aboit those stupid points. But I do care to get my point across efficiently and without insulting anyone unnecessarily.

j2bax 9y ago
I didn't vote you one way or another, but what I gathered from the post was that he/she doesn't put Trump/Putin anywhere even close to the atrocities of the Nazi's and despite how he feels about them, times are far better than they were. Your post is essentially agreeing with him while chastising him, which is why I can imagine some have down voted you. I think looking back on history and far darker times, is an acceptable way to reduce your anxiety about the current state of affairs, while also ensuring it never gets that bad again.
- reitanqild 9y ago
  Ok. I see. I misread. Downvotes deserved and I'm happy I got an explanation for the (good) reason.
dandare 9y ago
trumps and putins in lowercase as archetypes, not Trump and Putin specifically.

konpoly 9y ago

Putin actually has his opponents murdered. Look up what happened to Boris Nemtsov, he was gunned down right outside the Kremlin. I would take Trump over Putin any day.

totalZero 9y ago
What's more, Nemtsov isn't the only one who was killed by Putin. Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with processed Po-210, which was determined to have come from a facility owned by the Russian state. It was placed in his tea by two Russian agents, and an investigation by the British government concluded that Putin probably personally signed off on the murder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvine... http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160613090324/https://www.litvinenkoinquiry.org/report http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160613090324/htt...
HatchedLake721 9y ago
Even opposition and Sobchak, Nemtsov’s close friend, who is currently running against Putin in the presidential elections has said that Putin had nothing to do with this. Nemtsov was criticizing Putin and the government non-stop for almost 20 years. There was nothing new to be assaisnated for.