Your opinion of romanians

Yes M'am

So .... I am a romanian

I guess she doesn't like me

:P

Romanians or not romanians, we are all all kinds :P

Saharian a scris:

So .... I am a romanian

I guess she doesn't like me ;)

And you like her, right?

nightwish a scris:

And you like her, right? :roll:

2 pieces :cry:

Actually, I love the processor, I really do ...but the operating system is revolting ;)

Naeema a scris:

Maybe the fact that Romania had committed in the WWII to fight along the germans, the greatest number of armed forces,second only to Nazi Germany itself...escapes you.

"Romania provided equipment and oil to Nazi Germany as well as more troops than all the other Axis powers combined during Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.Romanian forces were responsible for the persecution and massacre of hundreds of thousands of Jews inside and outside of Romania.

The Romanian contribution of troops was enormous. The total number of troops involved in the Romanian Third Army and the Romanian Fourth Army was second only to Nazi Germany itself. The number of Romanian troops sent to fight in Russia exceeded that of all of Germany's other allies combined."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania_during_World_War_II

I agree with you on that; I was horrified to learn about the part Romania played in the Holocaust, which by the way is not taught in schools. But why should young people, who had absolutely nothing to do with it, be discriminated against ?

I left Romania myself as I didn't want to live amid verbal violence and the lack of politeness, but there is plenty of ignorance in the UK as well. Branding people for instance. I have not encountered any such attitude in Scotland, I wouldn't see it coming from the Welsh and surely the Irish wouldn't judge other nations for travelling and working abroad - but England is known to be quite racist indeed. To many of them, Eastern Europe is one big pack of third world ex-communist thieves; second class people anyway, out to grab their jobs. As far as I know, most Romanians who come here, as most Eastern Europeans, work very very hard and show respect for the UK and its people. There is no doubt this society is superior regarding organization, laws and manners, but just as in any country, there are all sorts of people. My apologies to the English person posting on this topic and for the insults directed to his/ her nation that I posted earlier, when I was a wee bit steamin' ; I think the English are usually ok as individulas, but as a nation they do tend to be racist. There's a huge uproar at the moment regarding immigration and the moral right of foreigners to work in the UK - but the truth is either they do the work most Brits wouldn't do themselves, such as cleaning, or they are highly qualified and their expertise is actually needed here. Most Brits who moan about it are unemployed because they don't want to work and would rather live on benefits.

Some of them sit at home and drink all day, on tax payers' money, and say they couldn't work because "the fuckin' Poles got all the jobs".

And i am horrified to read this kind of stories ,about a so called part of the Holocaust that Romania is responsable for.

There have been some pogroms in Transivania and Moldavia, most of the action being in the responsability of the germans and hungarians,and a special part in Basarabia, were the romanian army is indeed responsable, but in that case our troops acted against the agresion of the russian-jewish guerilla, helped by the local population. A pogrom in this case, can not be entirely denied, but is far to chime in with the charges.

In rest, it was just war against the russian enemy, being in the same side with the german ally.

You guys say that the part which Romania played in the Holocaust is not taught in the school but I say that kids just learn whatever they want. I mean, what exactly do they learn in the school? Do they know everything about Romania in WW2 and just what they miss is the bad things the Romanians did? I'm saying this because a liked history, i used to go to history contests in the highschool and i used to spend a lot of my time in the library or in the history lab. All kids used to have classes there, in the history lab, and there where lots of books available there, you could just pick one and read, or borrow one. And i remember that there were a few brand new books about the Holocaust and about the killings of Jews on the Romanian soil. I mean the information is available, you can teach yourself, isn't this the best way for a human to be taught? Or you want the history teacher to come and say -ok, those are the bad things that the Romanians did...and she/he starts and relate about the Holocaust in Romania. i can't imagine this nowhere in the world.

My opinion on romanians ? I guess it depends on the romanian...

Burel001 a scris:

Hmmm... That's not how my grandfather remembers it.

stud_in a scris:

I'm not really sure where you stand on that. I only remember what I was told, by the elders in my familiy, and the discrepancy between their actual experience and what I was told in school. I can see why old politicians would deny responsibility; some of them might've even had a part to play in it. When I was in highscool, this matter was definitely avoided. I'm not saying information was kept from us at all costs, I'm saying that it was not included in the curriculum, and unless someone had a special interest in the matter, they wouldn't have necessarily known.

Interesting topic.

Well, the article was written by obnoxious eurosceptical Brits. I wouldn't care too much about it. Those Brits always think they're better than everyone else anyway. Moreover, I don't think a lot of Western European know much about Romania's role in WW2. And collaboration with the nazis existed in our countries as well, so it would be hypocritical to judge another country for the same things.

Although, Romania probably doesn't have the best reputation here, as it is seen as a country that has been accepted into the EU a bit too early and a country who still has a bit of catching up to do. But I guess this slightly negative reputation will go away after some time.

Eniotna a scris:

Although, Romania probably doesn't have the best reputation here, as it is seen as a country that has been accepted into the EU a bit too early and a country who still has a bit of catching up to do. But I guess this slightly negative reputation will go away after some time.

It doesn't have a good reputation anywhere !!!

And yes, it's been accepted in the Union way too early, and has A LOT of catching up to do...the negative reputation will fade when the people will start changing their habits, their old lifestyle, old ways of thinking...