SeanBM
22 Jun 2012
Travel / Ryanair travel by air - subtle scams to be wary of [98]
Go business class.
youtube.com/watch?v=UfIY24BErBE
Go business class.
youtube.com/watch?v=UfIY24BErBE
SeanBM
22 Jun 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]
A good mate of mine is a real estate agent in London and he informs me that prices have gone up 50% since 2007 in London in specific areas.
I think it strange but not impossible.
You don't get property tripling in value from the peak of the market in 2007.
A good mate of mine is a real estate agent in London and he informs me that prices have gone up 50% since 2007 in London in specific areas.
I think it strange but not impossible.
SeanBM
21 Jun 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]
it was in the centre of Krakow and I got my money back and rent for the last few years.
I'm stuck with a garage though... but it comes in handy from time to time.
Things are slower but no where near the armageddon some would have you believe on here.
Anyway, some people will be bitter, there's no cure I can type.
Where was it and how much did it sell for, out of interest?
it was in the centre of Krakow and I got my money back and rent for the last few years.
I'm stuck with a garage though... but it comes in handy from time to time.
They must be crazy,
Things are slower but no where near the armageddon some would have you believe on here.
Anyway, some people will be bitter, there's no cure I can type.
SeanBM
18 Jun 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
No problem Delphi, it clearly shows that at least in some, very important ways, Poland is booming! :)
No problem Delphi, it clearly shows that at least in some, very important ways, Poland is booming! :)
SeanBM
18 Jun 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
I can see why he said that.
stadiony.klszarak.org/scc_a_s.swf
Crap journalism. There were motorways in Poland then - Konin-Wresznia was open, as was the A4 from Olszyna to Wroclaw.
I can see why he said that.
stadiony.klszarak.org/scc_a_s.swf
SeanBM
18 Jun 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]
I just sold an apartment in the centre of Krakow which I bought five years ago, no problem.
I just sold an apartment in the centre of Krakow which I bought five years ago, no problem.
SeanBM
18 Jun 2012
SeanBM
18 Jun 2012
Travel / How come no one ever seems to pay for the bus in Poland? [63]
Monthly or weekly tickets is the answer.
Monthly or weekly tickets is the answer.
SeanBM
13 May 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]
Rentals of any kind is someone with "more than they need" lending it for money to someone who can't or doesn't want to buy the thing, i.e. cars, tools, mortgages, computers etc...
So are the majority of students supposed to buy an apartment for the 3 to 5 years they study because Mr. Foreigner4 thinks it greedy to let out an accommodation?
I'm just trying to get my head around this view, there are fundamental flaws in capitalism that most of the stuff is owned by so few people, then we're on the argument of how much is enough, what is "living comfortably" this will differ, so I am left with the impression that people like to judge others.
Rentals of any kind is someone with "more than they need" lending it for money to someone who can't or doesn't want to buy the thing, i.e. cars, tools, mortgages, computers etc...
So are the majority of students supposed to buy an apartment for the 3 to 5 years they study because Mr. Foreigner4 thinks it greedy to let out an accommodation?
I'm just trying to get my head around this view, there are fundamental flaws in capitalism that most of the stuff is owned by so few people, then we're on the argument of how much is enough, what is "living comfortably" this will differ, so I am left with the impression that people like to judge others.
SeanBM
12 May 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]
Is there a shortage of residential property?
residential property ... where there is shortage of it,
Is there a shortage of residential property?
SeanBM
1 May 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
Big corporations continue to send manufacturing jobs overseas because consumers want cheap products.
I don't think it's possible to produce the same goods for the same price in the U.S.
I believe it is up to the consumer to choose to buy american, which seems to be a current advertising campaign.
I often see "Polski produkt" on items here but I don't believe that kind of selling is sustainable purely because people want things for cheaper.
Used to. As long as the big corporations are greedy and continue to send manufacturing jobs overseas it wont change for the better.
Big corporations continue to send manufacturing jobs overseas because consumers want cheap products.
I don't think it's possible to produce the same goods for the same price in the U.S.
I believe it is up to the consumer to choose to buy american, which seems to be a current advertising campaign.
I often see "Polski produkt" on items here but I don't believe that kind of selling is sustainable purely because people want things for cheaper.
SeanBM
30 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
This seems to the main disagreement between what is being written here.
Compare Poland's growth to it's history (or that of other ex-commie countries) or other countries' crises today, you can say it is doing well.
Compare Poland's state: social security, PPP, pensions, average wage to that of other (Not ex-commie) E.U. countries and you have a relativity poor country.
Both are right, it's your perspective that creates the on going conflict of ideas on this thread.
My opinion? Poland is moving forward, I would not call it a boom but there is a huge difference between today and ten years ago, it's visible.
Take away oxygen out of water and you get hydrogen gas, fact is the two things you are talking about help, you can talk about 'if' but if Denmark and Poland get the next E.U. funding 2013-2017. Another point which has been mentioned is devaluation of the zloty, increasing internal consumption and exports.
So there is work, you just wouldn't do it because of you're dignity?
I dislike this perspective, I would rather hire a guy who has been working in a McDonalds for three years than someone who has been looking for his ideal job and wage.
It's a work principle thing, I know a lady in Warsaw that finished her masters in journalism and was looking for her ideal job of being a editor-in-chief of a paper, she would accept nothing less.
This is pure snobbery, there is nothing dishonorable about working.
I have worked my arse off, I worked in Mcdonalds, it paid for my studies, I have worked in various factories doing all sorts of menial jobs.
I saved and thought about what I should do, I have set up several business here in Poland and in other countries.
I am not a millionaire but I work hard and dislike people who look down on others no-matter what their job is (so long as it's legal;)
You can obviously afford, for the last three years not to work, that's your business. I can not afford not to work, for the most part, I'd be bored.
But it annoys me to see you scoffing at people who actually work.
* Note to self, shouldn't get annoyed what random people say on the internet:)
When this concept is applied to economic growth it can be described as a BOOM if the GROWTH is much faster than the average growth.
The starting point of growth is IRRELEVANT to a economic BOOM, because at the end point of a boom the initial state no longer exists and is so far from the current reality
The starting point of growth is IRRELEVANT to a economic BOOM, because at the end point of a boom the initial state no longer exists and is so far from the current reality
This seems to the main disagreement between what is being written here.
Compare Poland's growth to it's history (or that of other ex-commie countries) or other countries' crises today, you can say it is doing well.
Compare Poland's state: social security, PPP, pensions, average wage to that of other (Not ex-commie) E.U. countries and you have a relativity poor country.
Both are right, it's your perspective that creates the on going conflict of ideas on this thread.
My opinion? Poland is moving forward, I would not call it a boom but there is a huge difference between today and ten years ago, it's visible.
take away bank transfers from Poles living in countries with currency 4 or 5 or 6 times stronger than the zloty, as well as the BUTT load of EU cash.....Poland goes to the dogs again.
Take away oxygen out of water and you get hydrogen gas, fact is the two things you are talking about help, you can talk about 'if' but if Denmark and Poland get the next E.U. funding 2013-2017. Another point which has been mentioned is devaluation of the zloty, increasing internal consumption and exports.
Since I am unable to find a job, for the 3rd year now, I cannot call Polish economy as being successfull. Definitions of "boom", made up by fat cats, notwithstanding. Quite the contrary, since we entered EU, it is all about doom and gloom.
I am educated, I speak English, have 15 years of experience in IT. And there is no job for me.
Sure, I would NOT work for minimal wage, or close to one. I have my dignity.
Sure, I would NOT work for minimal wage, or close to one. I have my dignity.
So there is work, you just wouldn't do it because of you're dignity?
I dislike this perspective, I would rather hire a guy who has been working in a McDonalds for three years than someone who has been looking for his ideal job and wage.
It's a work principle thing, I know a lady in Warsaw that finished her masters in journalism and was looking for her ideal job of being a editor-in-chief of a paper, she would accept nothing less.
If I, one day, have go out of Poland, to work as an unskilled worker, I'd probably try to stay drunk or as long as possible, to forget how low I have fallen.
This is pure snobbery, there is nothing dishonorable about working.
I have worked my arse off, I worked in Mcdonalds, it paid for my studies, I have worked in various factories doing all sorts of menial jobs.
I saved and thought about what I should do, I have set up several business here in Poland and in other countries.
I am not a millionaire but I work hard and dislike people who look down on others no-matter what their job is (so long as it's legal;)
You can obviously afford, for the last three years not to work, that's your business. I can not afford not to work, for the most part, I'd be bored.
But it annoys me to see you scoffing at people who actually work.
* Note to self, shouldn't get annoyed what random people say on the internet:)
SeanBM
26 Apr 2012
Life / Looking for my old car in Poland (is it registered?) [16]
Did you not put the buyer's name in the register?
Did you not put the buyer's name in the register?
SeanBM
26 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
Funnily enough all day on the radio they've been going on and on about big deals with China investing in Poland and how great it is.
Dear optimists and pessimists,
while you were busy arguing about the glass of water, I drank it.
Sincerely yours,
Opportunist.
China. Try to find a product over here (in the US) for example that doesn't have a "Made in China" printed on it. Almost impossible.
Funnily enough all day on the radio they've been going on and on about big deals with China investing in Poland and how great it is.
Yes, it seems that there are only two kinds of posters in this thread: optimists, like you an me, and pessimists. :):):):)
Funny.
Funny.
Dear optimists and pessimists,
while you were busy arguing about the glass of water, I drank it.
Sincerely yours,
Opportunist.
SeanBM
24 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
I heard about Poland offering the IMF a loan a while back.
It makes a country look very strong to be able, in this world recession, to lend to the lenders.
I am not a fan of the IMF but as a tactical point, it makes Poland look good.
After what happened in Ireland, I think realestate is not a good sector to build a whole economy on.
Out sourcing, pharmaceuticals, I.T. etc... these things actually create something not just add monetary value to something that already exists.
I flew over Warsaw there last week, the amount of road works, it's one huge building site.
e hands out generous credits to an organization like the IMF.
I heard about Poland offering the IMF a loan a while back.
It makes a country look very strong to be able, in this world recession, to lend to the lenders.
I am not a fan of the IMF but as a tactical point, it makes Poland look good.
attractive investment destination on the European real estate market
After what happened in Ireland, I think realestate is not a good sector to build a whole economy on.
Out sourcing, pharmaceuticals, I.T. etc... these things actually create something not just add monetary value to something that already exists.
I flew over Warsaw there last week, the amount of road works, it's one huge building site.
SeanBM
24 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
I do, I just think it would have taken longer, that's all.
I find Polish people, on the whole, very willing and able.
Do you really believe that Poland would have made it this far without outside help?
I do, I just think it would have taken longer, that's all.
I find Polish people, on the whole, very willing and able.
SeanBM
22 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
That's from 2007, any reason why I should believe them either?
That youtube video just shows the incompetence of the government.
Them figures were wrong in 2006 and they are still wrong now.
That's from 2007, any reason why I should believe them either?
That youtube video just shows the incompetence of the government.
SeanBM
22 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
The truth is that most of the immigrants in Ireland are from other E.U. countries. Just cause RevokeNice walks around video taping a highly edited youtube video to push his own weak fear of Irish culture, is just no worth believing.
Nationalities in Ireland
Irish (including dual-Irish/other): 88.9%, UK: 2.7%, Other EU 25: 3.9%, Other Europe: 0.6%, Africa: 0.8%, Asia: 1.1%, USA: 0.3%, Other countries: 0.5%, Multiple nationality: 0.1%, No nationality: 0.0%, Not stated: 1.1% (2006)
It's just fear mongering, while the Irish crooks have ruined the country, foreigners make for easy scapegoating.
WOW!!!! I never reailized that Dublin was that integrated. RN. In your mind, how long will it be before the minorities are the majority in Dublin?? Is there white flight?
The truth is that most of the immigrants in Ireland are from other E.U. countries. Just cause RevokeNice walks around video taping a highly edited youtube video to push his own weak fear of Irish culture, is just no worth believing.
Nationalities in Ireland
Irish (including dual-Irish/other): 88.9%, UK: 2.7%, Other EU 25: 3.9%, Other Europe: 0.6%, Africa: 0.8%, Asia: 1.1%, USA: 0.3%, Other countries: 0.5%, Multiple nationality: 0.1%, No nationality: 0.0%, Not stated: 1.1% (2006)
It's just fear mongering, while the Irish crooks have ruined the country, foreigners make for easy scapegoating.
SeanBM
22 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
:)
That's better, it felt like I was talking to someone else for a while :)
I was visiting some friends and generally just doing the tourist thing.
Funnily enough, I did have plans to move to an African country but c'est la vie, I ended up in Poland.
It could still happen, no doubt to your delight.
Unfortunately you'll never go and so, you'll never know what you're missing.
You go on about Nigerians and all but have you ever read about Nigeria? from what you have wrote, I very much doubt it.
The oil companies have really done damage there, these new multinational companies are the new empire.
What were you doing in africa, Sean? Planning on relocating there?
Nab yourself a wee mud hut by the village well!
Nab yourself a wee mud hut by the village well!
:)
That's better, it felt like I was talking to someone else for a while :)
I was visiting some friends and generally just doing the tourist thing.
Funnily enough, I did have plans to move to an African country but c'est la vie, I ended up in Poland.
It could still happen, no doubt to your delight.
Unfortunately you'll never go and so, you'll never know what you're missing.
You go on about Nigerians and all but have you ever read about Nigeria? from what you have wrote, I very much doubt it.
The oil companies have really done damage there, these new multinational companies are the new empire.
SeanBM
22 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
Like the "Irishness" of a Welsh slave bringing a Middle Eastern religion invented by a Jew (which you subscribe to).
Yeah, I suppose you're right.
Realisation that one cannot change the inevitable.
Like the "Irishness" of a Welsh slave bringing a Middle Eastern religion invented by a Jew (which you subscribe to).
Yeah, I suppose you're right.
SeanBM
22 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
I see sarcasm is not your strong suit.
So what has you so calm these days? When you first came on PF you were much more fun.
I see sarcasm is not your strong suit.
So what has you so calm these days? When you first came on PF you were much more fun.
SeanBM
22 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
St. Patrick's day celebrates an immigrant slave.
Saint Patricks Day is an Irish celebration.
St. Patrick's day celebrates an immigrant slave.
SeanBM
22 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best?
I think Poland and Lithuania fear the new emigration that allows their respective inhabitants to work abroad.
During communism it was closed boarders and in 1994 a couple of million people left, this was a bit of a shock for many Poles and Lithuanians.
Ireland has had hundreds of years of emigration and it still exists, it hasn't disappeared.
As for the "Best nationality", there is no such thing.
This makes sense.
I'm just after watchin some French politician go on about stopping immigration, looking for the votes. Talking about unemployment and patriotism.
What I don't understand is that this whole economic crises was driven by governments, some bankers and industrialists, we were conned, robbed and will be left with the bill for generations and what do the politicians do? blame foreigners.
(I recently got a T.V. and regret it ever since).
Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best?
I think Poland and Lithuania fear the new emigration that allows their respective inhabitants to work abroad.
During communism it was closed boarders and in 1994 a couple of million people left, this was a bit of a shock for many Poles and Lithuanians.
Ireland has had hundreds of years of emigration and it still exists, it hasn't disappeared.
As for the "Best nationality", there is no such thing.
as for germany the numbers of immigrants is decreasing. they try to attract now doctors, engineers etc because of lack of them...
This makes sense.
I'm just after watchin some French politician go on about stopping immigration, looking for the votes. Talking about unemployment and patriotism.
What I don't understand is that this whole economic crises was driven by governments, some bankers and industrialists, we were conned, robbed and will be left with the bill for generations and what do the politicians do? blame foreigners.
(I recently got a T.V. and regret it ever since).
SeanBM
22 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
How on earth is giving a heroin addict money for his addiction helping him? Clinics, yeah sure but giving a guy money for his next fix doesn't make you a saint or even slightly helpful.
Europeans have committed a huge amount of killings and rapes, I doubt that your "Black = violent gene" has anything got to do with genetics either.
Same way I doubt that the stereotype of African Americans liking fried chicken has anything to do with genetics either, as we are all capable of killing, raping and eating fried chicken.
That's exactly my point.
There is a difference between a serial killer and the guy who pushed the button that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.
As there is a difference between all mass killers, their "reason" is the main point.
You are the one that claimed it was genetics, not me. And not even looking at the root of the problem doesn't help, a lot like you giving a smack head money for gear.
That I have a healthy skepticism when I read that Africans have a "Violent gene" or that whites have a "Serial killer gene".
The thing I find strangest about the stuff you say is that it used to be said about Irish emigrants and worse.
_Irish_Frankenstein.jpg "Irish")
And these "Irish lads" have done enough damage to last at least a life time. You're trying to make the point "Ireland for Irish", yet fail to even see that the problems Ireland has were orchestraited (sic) and perpetraited (sic) by Irish people not foreigners.
Our culture is most certainly included, I was in Africa for St. Paddy's and they do celebrate it, just because you don't think so, doesn't make it so.
No. I think it can be overwhelmed
So that's a 'YES' then not a 'no'.
And as I said before, I really don't think so.
"Irishness" has survived occupation, it has flourished in other countries.
I have yet to go to a country that has not heard of Ireland for it's music, stouts and the IRA.
And this from a tiny little country in the arsehole of Europe.
Hundreds of years of Irish emigration, many "to make a quick buck, by any means possible."
You think very little of Ireland to think it so weak.
And our culture will, is and always has changes, that is what cultures do.
Desperately holding on to you're own interpretative of what "Irishness" should be is to deny what in fact it is.
This is never going to happen, you know it and I know it, so why do you bother your arse?
If I was going to raise a unrealistic hypothetical referendum, it would be how many life sentences should the Irish governement, some bankers and developers be put in prison for treason. But I don't rant about it because it'll never happen. I know you are a good citizen and pay your house hold tax, right?
So what was the reason UK, Ireland, America, Canada and Australia accepted Polish citizens?
You can only contain it.
How on earth is giving a heroin addict money for his addiction helping him? Clinics, yeah sure but giving a guy money for his next fix doesn't make you a saint or even slightly helpful.
No, it wouldnt be down to genetics. I like fried chicken. I devour chicken wings laced with spicy sauce at least once a month.
Europeans have committed a huge amount of killings and rapes, I doubt that your "Black = violent gene" has anything got to do with genetics either.
Same way I doubt that the stereotype of African Americans liking fried chicken has anything to do with genetics either, as we are all capable of killing, raping and eating fried chicken.
That's exactly my point.
A mass killer is a killer. Simple as.
There is a difference between a serial killer and the guy who pushed the button that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.
As there is a difference between all mass killers, their "reason" is the main point.
Whether it is genetic, or the product of environment, is not really the issue.
You are the one that claimed it was genetics, not me. And not even looking at the root of the problem doesn't help, a lot like you giving a smack head money for gear.
What do you mean?
That I have a healthy skepticism when I read that Africans have a "Violent gene" or that whites have a "Serial killer gene".
The thing I find strangest about the stuff you say is that it used to be said about Irish emigrants and worse.
They dont give one fook about our country.
PS- Brian Lenihan and Cowen were the lads
PS- Brian Lenihan and Cowen were the lads
And these "Irish lads" have done enough damage to last at least a life time. You're trying to make the point "Ireland for Irish", yet fail to even see that the problems Ireland has were orchestraited (sic) and perpetraited (sic) by Irish people not foreigners.
Its an Irish day.
We also have africa day.
A large celebration for Chinese New Year.
Our culture isnt included. Why should we include theirs?
We also have africa day.
A large celebration for Chinese New Year.
Our culture isnt included. Why should we include theirs?
Our culture is most certainly included, I was in Africa for St. Paddy's and they do celebrate it, just because you don't think so, doesn't make it so.
SeanBM: I get the feeling that you think Irishness or Irish culture is something stagnant, something too weak and can't stand up with cultures. I really don't believe that at all.
No. I think it can be overwhelmed
So that's a 'YES' then not a 'no'.
And as I said before, I really don't think so.
"Irishness" has survived occupation, it has flourished in other countries.
I have yet to go to a country that has not heard of Ireland for it's music, stouts and the IRA.
And this from a tiny little country in the arsehole of Europe.
Hundreds of years of Irish emigration, many "to make a quick buck, by any means possible."
You think very little of Ireland to think it so weak.
And our culture will, is and always has changes, that is what cultures do.
Desperately holding on to you're own interpretative of what "Irishness" should be is to deny what in fact it is.
if they want immigrants. If the Irish people voted yes in a hypothetical referendum regarding immigrants and all Irish immigrants were sent home, yet Ireland voted yes in a hypothetical referendum to accept all foreigners, I would accept it.
This is never going to happen, you know it and I know it, so why do you bother your arse?
If I was going to raise a unrealistic hypothetical referendum, it would be how many life sentences should the Irish governement, some bankers and developers be put in prison for treason. But I don't rant about it because it'll never happen. I know you are a good citizen and pay your house hold tax, right?
These countries accepted them for a reason. Not for their benefit. Not because of "humanitarian".
So what was the reason UK, Ireland, America, Canada and Australia accepted Polish citizens?
SeanBM
21 Apr 2012
Off-Topic / PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]
Someone could just write another omnibus... hint hint :)
Someone could just write another omnibus... hint hint :)
SeanBM
21 Apr 2012
Life / Teenage Pregnancy in Poland [108]
You are talking about post war baby boom children, not some mythical abstinent generation.
Vasectomies are not regulated by Polish law: federa.org.pl/?page=article&catid=820&lang=1
health-tourism.com/vasectomy/poland/ - Vasectomy is available in Poland
Teenage birth rate (most recent) by country:
Rank Countries Amount
# 1 United States: 52.1
# 2 United Kingdom: 30.8
# 3 New Zealand: 29.8
# 4 Slovakia: 26.9
# 5 Hungary: 26.5
# 6 Iceland: 24.7
# 7 Portugal: 21.2
# 8 Canada: 20.2
= 9 Poland: 18.7
= 9 Ireland: 18.7
Good posts isthatu2, as usual, unless you are arguing with me :)
the problem was not as extreme when parents actually tried to rear their kids and inculcate wholesome values
You are talking about post war baby boom children, not some mythical abstinent generation.
A good idea. Illegal in Poland, unfortunately.
Vasectomies are not regulated by Polish law: federa.org.pl/?page=article&catid=820&lang=1
health-tourism.com/vasectomy/poland/ - Vasectomy is available in Poland
Teenage birth rate (most recent) by country:
Rank Countries Amount
# 1 United States: 52.1
# 2 United Kingdom: 30.8
# 3 New Zealand: 29.8
# 4 Slovakia: 26.9
# 5 Hungary: 26.5
# 6 Iceland: 24.7
# 7 Portugal: 21.2
# 8 Canada: 20.2
= 9 Poland: 18.7
= 9 Ireland: 18.7
Good posts isthatu2, as usual, unless you are arguing with me :)
SeanBM
17 Apr 2012
SeanBM
14 Apr 2012
SeanBM
10 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
Giving a guy money that you're fairly confident he'll spend on smack is not looking after anyone.
If American black males ate twice as much fried chicken than American whites, you could theories that it's genetic too but I do not see anything conclusive about the theory you like because it galvanizes your views.
Strange that you think multicultural is anything BUT what you have not experienced, there's no overlap in the above two statements.
That will vary per person.
That's the point I am making, you draw a line around Dublin and stop there. why do you expect anyone else to do the exact same?
You posted about how the Turkish King gave foreign aid to Ireland during a famine, it appears he didn't draw a line around Istanbul (or wherever he was from).
I don't really believe in altruism, selfish gene and all that but that's going way off topic.
A hit-man is can be a serial killer but they are two different things. Approximately 9/10 serial killers are white males between the ages of 20 and 35.
[trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/tick/victims_1.html] - the average serial killer is a white male
Etc... but I remind you that I think many countries do not have criminal profilers like Europe do or just out and out lie about what happens in the country.
There are levels of corruption, Ireland's politicians have destroyed Ireland's economy, when do you think Ireland will be in the plus again?
The point I want to make is that this was Irish people, feckin over what you call "their own". You sound like you've given up on politics and yet you continue your a futile crusade on something that won't change and has far less impact for an average Irishman.
I think I am a bit older than you because the homogeneous city I grew up in in the 80's people were leaving in their droves to find work in other countries.
The staggering number of people who left and have Irish citizenship, the people, like yourself that they met and were scorned for needing work. I am sure you are seeing it now again. If you take out the last 15 years of Irish history it is, business as usual.
I get the feeling that you think Irishness or Irish culture is something stagnant, something too weak and can't stand up with cultures. I really don't believe that at all. I find that the foreigners in Ireland have made Irish people realize what being Irish actually means, you can see it in the upsurge in people wanting their kids to be fluent in Irish. You scold at how St. Patrick's day is, it's not Irish anymore etc... It changes, evolves and trying to hold on to something that was way crapper before foreigners got a hold of it is folly. when I was a kid St. Paddy's day was crap, it was the Americans who really celebrated it.
All this has reference to Polish culture and immigration. At the end of the day, immigrants are sinners and saints, like the rest of us. I wouldn't think that which nation of immigrants is best but that a criminal record be checked.
I am an immigrant living in Poland, this topic is about me (not just me unfortunately:)
If I was a betting man, I would put a twenty on some cheap booze or smack. My point is, we have an irrational instinct inside us all, to look after our own, ahead of outsiders.
Giving a guy money that you're fairly confident he'll spend on smack is not looking after anyone.
American black males are twice as likely than American white males to have MAOA-L which has been linked to crime
If American black males ate twice as much fried chicken than American whites, you could theories that it's genetic too but I do not see anything conclusive about the theory you like because it galvanizes your views.
played soccer, gaelic and boxing. Watched Italian, Spanish and Irish soccer every weekend. British comedies. Went to Gaelic football matches. Watched Japanese horror movies. Listened to American music. Went on holidays in Spain. Ate their cuisine and absorbed the real spanish culture(not Brit/Irish areas.Real Spain)Ate Italian, Irish, and Asian food. Was taught French, Spanish and Latin in school.
sub saharan africans, roma gypsies, arabs and eastern europeans
Strange that you think multicultural is anything BUT what you have not experienced, there's no overlap in the above two statements.
SeanBM: who are "our own".
That will vary per person.
That's the point I am making, you draw a line around Dublin and stop there. why do you expect anyone else to do the exact same?
You posted about how the Turkish King gave foreign aid to Ireland during a famine, it appears he didn't draw a line around Istanbul (or wherever he was from).
I don't really believe in altruism, selfish gene and all that but that's going way off topic.
What? Back this up. Is a hitman working for gangs in Brixton considered a serial killer?
You are as well able to walk to a library or to use google, as I am.
A hit-man is can be a serial killer but they are two different things. Approximately 9/10 serial killers are white males between the ages of 20 and 35.
[trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/tick/victims_1.html] - the average serial killer is a white male
Etc... but I remind you that I think many countries do not have criminal profilers like Europe do or just out and out lie about what happens in the country.
A minuscule number of politicians enter the game to better the nation or out of any sense of civil duty. Those that do, eventually become corrupted too. Same the world over.
There are levels of corruption, Ireland's politicians have destroyed Ireland's economy, when do you think Ireland will be in the plus again?
The point I want to make is that this was Irish people, feckin over what you call "their own". You sound like you've given up on politics and yet you continue your a futile crusade on something that won't change and has far less impact for an average Irishman.
Its a warning from someone who grew up in a homogeneous city. Now, foreigners make up between 17-25% of the overall Irish population and even higher again, in my city, Dublin. In a decade. It was 2% or 3% in 2001. Thats a staggering statistic.
I think I am a bit older than you because the homogeneous city I grew up in in the 80's people were leaving in their droves to find work in other countries.
The staggering number of people who left and have Irish citizenship, the people, like yourself that they met and were scorned for needing work. I am sure you are seeing it now again. If you take out the last 15 years of Irish history it is, business as usual.
I get the feeling that you think Irishness or Irish culture is something stagnant, something too weak and can't stand up with cultures. I really don't believe that at all. I find that the foreigners in Ireland have made Irish people realize what being Irish actually means, you can see it in the upsurge in people wanting their kids to be fluent in Irish. You scold at how St. Patrick's day is, it's not Irish anymore etc... It changes, evolves and trying to hold on to something that was way crapper before foreigners got a hold of it is folly. when I was a kid St. Paddy's day was crap, it was the Americans who really celebrated it.
All this has reference to Polish culture and immigration. At the end of the day, immigrants are sinners and saints, like the rest of us. I wouldn't think that which nation of immigrants is best but that a criminal record be checked.
I am not a Polish citizen, and neither are you I suspect. So our opinions matter not a jot. It should be up to the people.
I am an immigrant living in Poland, this topic is about me (not just me unfortunately:)
SeanBM
9 Apr 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]
That's strange, I am just back from Africa and I wasn't violently attacked or raped, which is strange because I have been in a fair few scraps in Ireland but again never raped.
I think you search for things to back up your ideas, easy to do on the internet, you could have come up with something a bit better than the "daily beast" but I'll look into it.
We could go down the nature/nurture road but I don't see the point, as it is clear you have made up your mind totally ignoring history.
I'm not a geneticist but it strikes me as odd that a "violent gene" does not exist in Europeans (that's what you said) after all the bloody wars, with the usual raping a pillaging, Atomic bombs, death camps, chemical and biological warfare etc... I am certainly not saying that we are any different to everyone else. If I was to push the boat out a little, it's odd that "Approximately 9/10 serial killers are white males between the ages of 20 and 35" but again I wouldn't trust how many, for example, China would admit to having.
I am not sure about the "moral" of your story, it's better to give one of your own smack than someone from outside your tribe but it's better to give someone outside your tribe a cup of tea?
If you are trying to say that people have a natural predisposition to look after their own, I whole heartedly agree, then we are just left discussing who are "our own".
Personally I think that nationality is pulling the wool over our eyes, multinational corporations, governments in their bid for globalization is more about stealing money, land and ideas, from people who are too preoccupied with the guy from the next village than to bother with what has happened..
Like you, for a great example, you go on about how multiculturalism is the greatest evil ever, about how it is costing the average Irishman, it's only a drop in the ocean of what Berita and the bankers have done to "their own". And I very much doubt the other party would have done any better, don't you?
So your comments about race/accent/other tribes/immigrants needed by Poland fall short.
RevokeNice: Take africans and the MAO-A gene (aka the warrior gene). There is a reason why they are, on a per capita basis, more susceptible to violence and committing acts of rape compared to their western counterparts. We dont posses this gene. Its part of their genetics.
That's strange, I am just back from Africa and I wasn't violently attacked or raped, which is strange because I have been in a fair few scraps in Ireland but again never raped.
I think you search for things to back up your ideas, easy to do on the internet, you could have come up with something a bit better than the "daily beast" but I'll look into it.
We could go down the nature/nurture road but I don't see the point, as it is clear you have made up your mind totally ignoring history.
I'm not a geneticist but it strikes me as odd that a "violent gene" does not exist in Europeans (that's what you said) after all the bloody wars, with the usual raping a pillaging, Atomic bombs, death camps, chemical and biological warfare etc... I am certainly not saying that we are any different to everyone else. If I was to push the boat out a little, it's odd that "Approximately 9/10 serial killers are white males between the ages of 20 and 35" but again I wouldn't trust how many, for example, China would admit to having.
RevokeNice: a true Dub down and out approached me "for a spare euro, bud". I gave him a twenty euro bill and told him to have a good night. He could buy a "q" of heroin with that. Waste of cash on my part. But if he had accent, I would have walked on by. A cup of tea or coffee would be the best he would get from me.
I am not sure about the "moral" of your story, it's better to give one of your own smack than someone from outside your tribe but it's better to give someone outside your tribe a cup of tea?
If you are trying to say that people have a natural predisposition to look after their own, I whole heartedly agree, then we are just left discussing who are "our own".
Personally I think that nationality is pulling the wool over our eyes, multinational corporations, governments in their bid for globalization is more about stealing money, land and ideas, from people who are too preoccupied with the guy from the next village than to bother with what has happened..
Like you, for a great example, you go on about how multiculturalism is the greatest evil ever, about how it is costing the average Irishman, it's only a drop in the ocean of what Berita and the bankers have done to "their own". And I very much doubt the other party would have done any better, don't you?
So your comments about race/accent/other tribes/immigrants needed by Poland fall short.