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Anteroinen wrote:

John Paul II

Who?

Also changing subject, I can't imagine, that not so long time ago, children in Poland needed to memorize this whole:
http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Reduta_Ordona
Now it's just a tiny part.

I memorized some of it.

borys610 wrote:Today we had great snowballs fight, with guys from other class, on PE. We won. Strange thing, is that we were fighting and singing at the same time.
Patriotic like that...
Jeszcze Polska... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJsWz9SlpfA
Hej, kto Ploak... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_ob0n-ZwI
Hej, chłopcy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgbNhNTT7zM
Warszawskie dzieci... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXYTWUyE8WQ
Na stos rzuciliśmy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBIkOcxErtQ
And semi-patriotic like that...
Jarosław Polskę Zbaw...
Wolna Polska narodowa... No videos
And hooligan like that...
Polonia K... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKTFbB8jG58
And many, many others.
I don't know if I'm more proud or embarrassed.

Jarosław Polskę Zbaw

Wtf?

Vurn wrote:

Anteroinen wrote:

John Paul II

Who?

I defend myself: he was called Johannes Paavali II in Finnish.

Jan Paweł II
But nevermind.

Also changing subject, I can't imagine, that not so long time ago, children in Poland needed to memorize this whole:
http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Reduta_Ordona
Now it's just a tiny part.

I can't imaging memorising that.

But for what ?!?

For being patriot.
It's one of the most famous Polish patriotic poems. Now we just need to learn a tiny part, but in the times of Poland being conquered by other countries in XIX century, and during German occupation during II WW, most people were learning this out of their own will.
Full recitation takes about ten minutes.
This is famous scene, in which Polish student recites it to teacher in Russian school, knowing that everybody in class can be punished for that. But what he said is only part, not to make the scene to long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3efQ8yXmFg

I'd rather just die for my country. XD

It was still taught after IIWW, and even in 90's. Then education system changed, in order to be more practical.

Anteroinen wrote: I defend myself: he was called Johannes Paavali II in Finnish.

Hah, okay.

I don't really see why it's notable at all that he's unfamiliar with John Paul II. He's obviously not Catholic, so why should he care about what the pope's name is? I definitely don't know the name of Burma's President, but I'm not Burmese, so who cares?