Life / Looking for some good Polish bands like Oasis, Panic! etc. [19]

The B52's have a new album?!?! Their first is pure genius.

Any good Polish electronica out there? or anything like Radiohead?

dziękuję

Life / Are there many atheists and agnostics in Poland? [47]

In my experience Religion is never a good topic for forums, I upset many people a while back on one of my own sites by posting my own religious beliefs.

In a way I am envious, we (in England) have lost much of our Religious integrity, I know people from all over the world and it seems Faith is stronger almost everywhere else (except the US where sadly people like Bush use it to strengthen crazy wars).

To some it would appear that we are afforded greater freedom, more choice by not being forced to go to church every Sunday/pray 5 times a day/sacrifice goats or whatever, but as we shed the confines of organised religion, we also seemed to have lost many morals.

At the moment we have a large intake of Muslim people here, Their faith is heavily based on community, much like Christianity was here once. It is very humbling to witness. But I fear for them, our 'Western ways' are polluting their children's minds and British Islam will become diluted over time also, which is sad.

Faith is important in any society, we all need to feel there is a reason for being, something to aim for and someone to watch over us. Its just a shame that Religion has killed more than any territorial war, disease or natural disaster ever has.

Be nice to each other in here guys, just because it makes little sense to you, don't mean its wrong.

Life / Are there many atheists and agnostics in Poland? [47]


Pardon me, but may i ask your age? only this is usually the opinion of someone rather young.
Accepted that Religion can be oppressive, but people still need hope and faith, regardless of whether the world is round or flat, if it makes people happy knowing either then whats the problem?

And if you're wondering, I'm a Leonist by religion.

Life / Are there many atheists and agnostics in Poland? [47]

To Moonlighting:
Ooh, i was with you there until the end.

I am not Christian because of my society, moral principles or original government structure, but i think there is a difference in our points here.

Mine are made more on an individual level, yours are more nationally and I respect that.

But just because the Bible says 'Don't kill people', and i don't, it does not make me a Christian. I simply live by common sense and try to do my best for people, be helpful, honest and try to get on with everyone. I am not capable of hate for another human being, but these are my own rules and my own life and that of my family and friends benefit from them.

You say they are in accordance but what would you have me do to not be Christian? rape? pillage? covert my neighbours ox? (oo-er!)

I appreciate what you are saying, but i think this is two-way here. Having not been brought up in your society/country (Belgium?) and as you have not been raised in mine, i'm afraid there may be some things beyond each of our own comprehensions.

I guess thats the real test of 'Tolerance' huh? to accept others' opinions no matter how much they differ from your own.
Thanks for your comments.

To Jkn005: I'm sure there is more to your story than you would be prepared to print, or have space for! but it wasnt that long ago i felt very much the same. No i havent been 'saved' since then or anything like that so dont worry, there are no lectures heading your way from me!

But i accept again that i am incapable of understanding the situation you have in Poland, i wish you all the best.

Think i'll leave this for now too, i should have learned my lessons in the past about religious discussion, but there can be such a thing as a 'healthy argument' so i hope everyone gained something at least.

Play nicely now!

UK, Ireland / Are the Poles in England hated? [450]

*walks into thread...*

*dodges flying glass*

*slowly backs out of thread...*

Life / Polish-English Bilingual Bible [29]

I bet Pope John Paul had one, so they must exist!

Try the Vatican.

Life / Polish-English Bilingual Bible [29]

I have a Muslim friend who has this MP3 device with the Koran on it exclusively.
The audio is all in Arabic (kinda blasphemous to be anything else) but it includes text translations for about 30 different languages.

They say the Bible is the biggest selling, most translated book there is so surely there must be something like this about.

While i wasnt serious about 'trying the Vatican' there must be some big international Church shop.com that sells this stuff?

and if not then i think i see a gap in the market!

Life / Polish-English Bilingual Bible [29]

about half way down, in the 'P' section would you believe!

Life / "Wrong" Polish music [13]

what he said!!!

I love music, to me this is like watching kittens being tortured...

Life / I feel the gay rights movement is constrained Poland [90]

how odd, i just got off the phone to my Sister who has just returned from visiting our Cousin in Czech. My sister is gay, so they went to a gay club. My sister spent the entire night fending off gay GUYS!!!

ok so she dresses like a London Lesbian clubber, but she doesnt look like a man!
still it didnt stop them. If they werent confused before they sure as hell are now!!

Ok so slightly unrelated, but i just wanted to share.

Life / I feel the gay rights movement is constrained Poland [90]

they honestly thought she was a man, one guy was so disappointed he decided it didnt matter and persisted anyhow!

she said she only see two women the whole night, and they both looked like overweight bikers!

Life / Polish-English Bilingual Bible [29]

To the original poster:

sorry i have to ask, did you mean to call yourself that or did you just fill in the wrong box on the profile screen?

;-)

Life / Polish-English Bilingual Bible [29]

ah ok, i'm gonna pretend i know what those letters stand for and just nod approvingly.

I'm convinced what you are looking for must exist, [ethnicharvest.org/peoples/countries/polish.htm] - this place seems promising, perhaps you should ask them.

I'll have another look later but my eyes are beginning to bleed, i think its time for bed.

Life / I feel the gay rights movement is constrained Poland [90]


made me chuckle... :)

Does Love not come into this? why does this always come down to sex?
There is a belief that the Soul is gender-less, and any soul therefore has the potential to fall in love with any other soul.
I'm sure homosexuals want children too, i guess we're lucky here in England, specifically London where we have 'chavs' and their amazing powers of rampant underage and unprotected sex mean that the populace is ever-growing. I guess it balances out all these selfish, non child bearing gay people you seem to dislike so much.

Light and Dark, balance, isnt that what its all about?

Life / Polish-English Bilingual Bible [29]

Allah would probably strike him down, then ring the old guy with the grey beard sitting on a cloud and say:
"Get your dirty Christian language away from my flock!!"

Like i said it includes many translations in text, but (and i could be wrong) but i believe it can only be spoken in its original language. Every Muslim must learn Arabic to study the Koran.

(I may be way off here, but this is what i'm led to believe from my many Muslim friends)

UK, Ireland / Polish girl married a British guy - when will she become British citizen? [29]


You have got to be kidding me. Your entire post is ill informed and wrong, full of racist, derogatory comments and your attempts to spread lies with conviction make YOU the 'stupid' one.

Exactly what are you doing here in these forums?

Life / I feel the gay rights movement is constrained Poland [90]

Yeah the 'Norm' isnt quite the best way of putting it. If you are in London town it isnt unusual to encounter gay folk where ever you go, no one bats an eyelid up there, but the further out you go the less comfortable it is.

Age has a lot to do with it also, it will be another couple of generations at least before the 'oldies' can accept that they wont catch 'Homo-disease' by sharing the same air as someone who likes the same sex.

A little while ago, an older guy at work who quite often had no problems expressing his disgust at the very idea of homosexuality, came to me one day and told me his Son had just 'come out' to him, and he was scared. He wanted to know more about it all, if there was anything he should be worried about, what rumours were true and not, etc.

I was pleasantly surprised to be honest, his first notion was not:
"Can i cure him"
but more
"Can I support him?"

Which just goes to show that you can be as strong as you want about your opinion of an alien matter, but when it happens close to home everything can change in an instant.

Made me laugh though, he came to me coz he thought i was gay.
Happens a lot to me, i guess you cant be a devilishly good looking slim guy with fantastic hair and great dress sense without someone judging you...

Did i say modest too? he he.

Life / Polish escort services - legal in Poland? [98]

I'll do it for 5 and a coke...

Food / National Beverages (napoje?) of Poland [12]


That sounds horrible, what do you do with it?

Life / Polish escort services - legal in Poland? [98]

Hmm, sounds like you could be taking on a little too much there, need a Pimp..er i mean, Manager?

*leans back toward topic before thread explodes*

Seriously though, this doesnt surprise me, it happens all over the world. Just the other day i was walking through London, just off China town and i was propositioned by some cheap crack slut. (true)

even at £10 i didnt think she was that good... (maybe not so true)

erm...

Life / I feel the gay rights movement is constrained Poland [90]

Oh granted, i'm talking specifically central London, the big touristy/clubby areas. Anything goes up there dude, but yeah you dont have to go much further before you hit the hate-barrier.

I should remember that words i use are not going to be taken the same internationally, or even as close as Yorkshire. The term 'London Town' round here means the centre and nothing more. I live in Greenwich, its still London but very different from the glass-towers, smog and hustle of the big city.

I could dress as a fairy up there, with bright green hair and ride a unicycle and it would only be the occasional tourist who would look at me funny!

Life / I feel the gay rights movement is constrained Poland [90]

Well then we need to go back to the question again:

Do people not get married for love? even if they cannot conceive children?

Life / I feel the gay rights movement is constrained Poland [90]


Wow thats a bit harsh!

Although if we look in the rule book...


It doesn't really say yes, and it doesn't really say no! he he...

Life / I feel the gay rights movement is constrained Poland [90]



I see your points, but this is gonna start getting silly soon. And i wouldnt say its me mixing concepts, the question i think was "is being gay the norm?"

If 'Gays' cannot get married, then there is, in effect, no such thing as extra-marrital anything for them.

It will bring us back to Religion again, and i'm getting dizzy from all these circles we're running in!

Language / Cannot run the English Translator XT & Vista [18]

Vista will be fine in another few months, XP was a pain too until Service Pack 2.

Have you tried right-clicking on the .exe or shortcut, selecting 'Preferances' and running the program in compatibility mode:XP?

Or burning to disk and running from that?

And while we are on the subject, what is this prog you speak of? is it any good? I just started learning so any help is good ;-)

Feedback / Forum times? a noob question perhaps... [20]

Then for a while he lived with Bigfoot, who taught him Polish, Kung-fu and Origami.
So he ventured into the world to spead his teachings, but realised sitting in front of a computer screen was far less effort than martial arts or paper folding, and as such we all are bless'ed by his holy laziness.... or something.

So year thanks, i think my question has been answered....

Life / I feel the gay rights movement is constrained Poland [90]


Ha haha! you win with this quote alone!

Language / Cannot run the English Translator XT & Vista [18]

indeed, thats why i switched back also, but it will be better when Big-Billy-G of the M$ crew pulls his finger out!

I like the seperate dir. idea of yours, might give that a go on my spare PC. dziękuję.