I agree with Jason's post and would like to add something. Fox's response, saying that the character making the comment was dumb, doesn't make an ignorant, insensitive statement OK. The joke was premeditated and written by a writer, and can't be passed off as a mindless uttering of some dimwit. Not to mention the fact that it was broadcast to millions of viewers. This was a mean rip on Polish history and its people.
FYI: a few days before World War II was started, Hitler gave orders to "send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of Polish derivation and language" — Faced with this the Poles stood alone and fought bravely. If any of them collaborated with the Nazis, it's easy to see why and what alternatives they faced.
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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... [MORE]
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...
Matt
Nov 21, 2007 23:27
Why do Americans hate polish people so much?
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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]