tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334926894764753088.post5536222428491232360..comments2023-12-28T00:45:29.703-07:00Comments on Rick's Cafe Texan: X-Men: First Class. A Review Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611922269342141654noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334926894764753088.post-15665461588324611022011-07-26T10:00:44.537-06:002011-07-26T10:00:44.537-06:00I hope Mr. Stefan Komar is satisfied and that this...I hope Mr. Stefan Komar is satisfied and that this entire issue be put down. We do not want to hear about it anymore. The change has been made, as ordered.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16611922269342141654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334926894764753088.post-26025259436703182812011-06-29T20:58:02.082-06:002011-06-29T20:58:02.082-06:00Any news on the Professor?
Stefan KomarAny news on the Professor?<br />Stefan KomarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334926894764753088.post-47777749141192751902011-06-11T17:07:25.012-06:002011-06-11T17:07:25.012-06:00I commend you for your condemnation of Fry's c...I commend you for your condemnation of Fry's comments. Thanks for being the first. I do not believe your wording was intentionally offensive and your apology is accepted. Can't you just please add the national adjective German in front of Nazi. The Nazis were a political party. The Republicans did not invade Iraq to remove Saddam, nor did the Ba'ath invade Kuweit and neither did the Nazis occupy Poland. The US, Iraq and Germany, respectively, did. Hollywood Communists and liberals did in fact falsely portray Poland as a Nazi state in several movies (to justify the invasion of eastern Poland by the Soviets) so the notion is out there. Just using the term Nazi occupied Poland still insinuates that Polish Nazis, although you o not intend to do so, occupied Poland and then created the camps just as it could be said that Spanish fascists occupied Spain.Stefan Komarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334926894764753088.post-72482433630061031642011-06-06T21:19:03.609-06:002011-06-06T21:19:03.609-06:00Here at Rick's Cafe Texan, we take all our &qu...Here at Rick's Cafe Texan, we take all our "customer's" comments and complaints seriously. We therefore have reworked that phrase to read "Nazi-occupied Poland", although I am aware that between 1939 & 1945 the state called "Poland" was literally wiped off the map, split between Nazi Germany & the then-Soviet Union. <br /><br />The last thing I wanted was to create controversy or negative feelings against either the Polish people and/or Polish-Americans. I certainly did not intend to suggest the Polish people were responsible for the horrors at places like Auschwitz and feel terrible that people would think so. <br /><br />As a side note, I am the first to condemn Mr. Fry's ignorant & bigoted comments and would be horrified to think somehow I found myself lumped in with his views on Polish culpability for the Holocaust. In my defense, I merely was reporting what the film itself presented (Poland 1944), thus the phrase "Polish concentration camp", later changed to "concentration camp in Poland".<br /><br />I do hope that the reworking of this line will put this issue to rest. I apologize to anyone offended by any suggestion that I was stating as fact that Poles were committing mass murder/genocide when they were the occupied people suffering under two brutal regimes (Hitler's & Stalin's). I cannot say enough how terrible I feel that one line in a review of a second-rate movie has caused such consternation.<br /><br />Once again, I apologize to anyone offended.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16611922269342141654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334926894764753088.post-23325239271062819412011-06-06T17:33:49.132-06:002011-06-06T17:33:49.132-06:00Sorry to touch on this further. You wanted to ind...Sorry to touch on this further. You wanted to indicate geography and place, but you didn't take into consideration the dimension of time. "Poland" is a geopolitical term, not a geographical term. Poland was once spread from the Baltic to Black sea and occupied Moscow for a whole year. The borders of Poland changed numerous times and quite dramatically due to expansion and annexation. The part of Poland annexed by the Soviets in 1939 never returned to Poland since. Is this also Poland? Maybe this is "occupied "Poland? Part of prewar Germany was given to Poland. Should we refer to whatever happened on this territory during WWII as Poland? To be the most precise Poland in reality did NOT exist during the time the camps were built or functioned. <br />If you must associate Poland with the camps then an acceptable suggestion is "German occupied Poland". There is a difference way beyond semantics between "in German occupied Poland" and "in Poland". "In Poland" suggests that the location mentioned is one where Poles are in charge of their country while "In German occupied Poland" suggests a location where Germans are in charge. Would you call Guantanamo a Cuban camp or a US camp? We're just asking for you to use the same linguistic rules you would for all other instances.<br /> I'm not surprised by the caption in the movie - having read "Hollywood's War with Poland" where the author rather convincingly shows how Hollywood communists in cahoots with Soviet "consultants" manipulated story lines to associate Poland with Nazism while ignoring the brutal Soviet occupation of Poland.<br />Considering Fry blamed Polish Catholicism for the Holocaust although a sizable percentage of Polish clergy were murdered by the Germans and the Polish church was heavily involved in saving Jews, I hope you understand why Poles believe words might be taken quite literally, and interpreted as people like Fry would like them to be interpreted, in spite of the absence of bad intentions.Stefan Komarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334926894764753088.post-48346576125841607132011-06-05T16:13:01.458-06:002011-06-05T16:13:01.458-06:00Now I have an idea of what Stephen Fry felt, altho...Now I have an idea of what Stephen Fry felt, although he was deliberately offensive and ignorant when blaming Polish Catholicism for the Holocaust. The phrase "Polish concentration camp" was meant to denote location and place (captions in the film read "Poland 1944"), not to state as fact that the Poles created the camps themselves. I did not mean to suggest or imply that the Polish people were responsible for the Shoah and regret that anyone believed I did. <br /><br />I have reworked it to say "concentration camp in Poland" which I believe to be more accurate. I trust readers will have enough historic knowledge to know that Poland in World War II was split between Nazi Germany and the then-Soviet Union and was an occupied country. <br /><br />Once again Rick's Cafe Texan did not intend to imply Poland or the Polish people were responsible for the Holocaust and we sincerely regret causing any offense.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16611922269342141654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334926894764753088.post-8610311253652337712011-06-05T09:05:09.306-06:002011-06-05T09:05:09.306-06:00The statement 'Polish concentration camp' ...The statement 'Polish concentration camp' is offensive and incorrect. The Nazi Germans established the 'concentration camps' on occupied Polish soil. The camps were not Polish. Please correct the statement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com