Life / Poland and Shakespeare [23]

Shakespeare turned out not to be about a specific language or a particular nation. Love, hate, jealousy and a host of other human traits he wrote about are not unique to England, are they?

Just in case you missed the point of the so called great literature.

Life / Poland and Shakespeare [23]

1. What experience of Shakespeare did you have whilst doing the Szkola Srednia?- if so which play(s)
In szkola srednia: Macbeth, Hamlet, some comedy (I don't remember which one), a few sonnets.

2. What did you think of his (Shakespeares work?)

Macbeth and Hamlet are just fine. A few sonnets are readable. His comedies are ridiculous rather than funny. For me, his great contemporary, strangely nearly unknown to most, produced literature on a higher, and generally more sophisticated level.

3. How were you taught it (reading or acting through)
Reading

4. Did you ever do a performance of his work?
No

5. Did you watch Roman Polanski's 'Macbeth' -if so, reactions
Yes.
It left a a lasting impression. I still consider it one of the best interpretations of the play.

6. What do think are the differences are in how Shakespeare is received in Poland to other countries
Literature vs. cult.

7. Is Shakespeare relevant to Polish students? If so in what way?
I think its a silly question. Any author whose work is still worthwhile after a few centuries is relevant to ALL, in ways similar to those why some ancient Greek works are still relevant to Polish and British students, or the Bible is still relevant to atheists.

As for the translations, I think Maciej Slomczynski's translations are masterpieces themselves.

News / POLAND LEAVING WHAT COUNTRY FOR A BETTER LIFE?? [73]


so which rich country was so well self sustaining that it did not invade and plunder other countries, or the poor masses within?

News / POLAND LEAVING WHAT COUNTRY FOR A BETTER LIFE?? [73]

How do you know if it's never been tried?

News / POLAND LEAVING WHAT COUNTRY FOR A BETTER LIFE?? [73]

An increasing number of Dutch are giving up on dutchlandia.

History / Warsaw Uprising - The Forgotten Soldiers [117]


Oh, so if Poles gave up the sliver of land there there would still be second phase. And yet you think it was about him just wanting Danzig and a railroad and highway connecting East Prussia with the rest of Germany. So it wasn't really just about a railway line and one city, was it?

History / Warsaw Uprising - The Forgotten Soldiers [117]


Kinda like bringing democracy to Iraq?

Were you born yesterday?
Do you seriously think it was all about a lousy railway line in 1939?

History / Warsaw Uprising - The Forgotten Soldiers [117]


what's PAF?

News / Poland - the least liked German neighbour. [210]


That stat is bogus. They never asked me so my opinion was not considered.
Now, those 92% who did not cheer for Germany are traitors. After all, at least 3 of the best players in the German team were not really German.

History / The Untold Battle of Britain [205]


Actually, Canadian showed Americans middle finger in 2003 and sent no troops to Iraq. But then, you are American so you can't really make much of what's happening around you.


Yes, sadly, Poles were stupid enough to join those who hatched the idiotic and completely failed commercial/military/political operation.

History / The Untold Battle of Britain [205]

I'm not sure why the intricacies of who kills who in Iraq, and who is a murderer or not, is even discussed here. Every single death of an Iraqi killed by the so called "coalition" is murder by the simple fact that the invasion was illegal. None of the "coalition's" deaths were murders. They were acts of self defense of an illegally invaded nation.

Right now things may be a little more complicated, as the usual American and British stupidity actually created a problem where there was none, and thus radical muslims now have a great place to train and thrive.

Food / WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE? [142]


Here's how it works in the good old US of A.
Order a glass of coke.
Get a glass of ice cubes with spaces filled with a little coke.

Work / Average monthly salary in Poland is around 1000 PLN (few hundred bucks). [387]


You forgot about the appalling custom of putting ketchup on pizza. Oh, and Poland also invaded Czekoslovakia in 1939 and occupied the area of a coffee table. A terrible monster of a country where the education system is good for naught. Stay safe and stay away.

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]


Perhaps America sense of humor is stale then.
But wait! Some Americans actually have a sense of humor:

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fys3MsKMpms


Actually, there was no editing involved. Life wrote the screenplay.


Americans not obsessing with Canada? And these posts of yours prove that? Have you forgotten Canada the scarecrow during the public health care debate in the US?


So this is an example of this "famous" American humor?

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]


What a dumb comment.
Those who came to Canada a year or two before WW2 broke out certainly could not speak English. Would Ukrainians in the US somehow acquire super skils to learn the language faster?

On the other hand, I know a few Italians in Buffalo, NY area. After 40 years in the US they speak less English than my cat, age 15.



Oh but they do burst out laughing. It's hard not to with such hilarious neighbors to the South.

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BhTZ_tgMUdo

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]


Where did you get that garbage from?
Nobody tells me what doctor to see and nobody tells me when to see a doctor decision is mine. Unlike in the US where the insurance company first tells you if you're covered for a given condition and then what procedures you are allowed to undergo.

In this comparison the area is critical. Where in the US and where in Canada? If someone feels like living in a potato region then there is no difference between rural US and rural Canada. If someone prefers a larger city then I'd say NYC carries some aura of myth an excitement.

In general it all depends on what makes you tick. For me the US is a no no. I left after 5 years, then worked there 3 more years and now I cannot imagine myself living there at all. Heck, I don't even feel like cross border shopping anymore. The US has definitely changed in the last 20 years or so. For the worse.

History / The Untold Battle of Britain [205]


It was in the state of war. And, compared to other European countries, it remained fairly intact. OK, I agree though that continued robbery of far away lands was kinda harder for the Brits.


You obviously weren't referring to Teheran, where Britain did betray Poland, and the betrayal had nothing to do with the "ravaged state" of your country.


One doesn't need WW2 for that. Thatcher was sufficient.


You mean Germany and the USSR whcih attacked Poland in the first place? Or do you mean Czekoslovakia that was given away By the British to the Germans?


None of those countries signed any deals with Poland in regards to mutual aid in case of a military conflict.

History / The Untold Battle of Britain [205]


Post WWII?
The Teheran Conference of 1943 was post WWII?

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]


That is young educated people, of course. Once they grow up a little they discover the concept of mergers, price fixing and cartels. Oil is one glaring example. From dozens of oil companies in the US we now have 3! If the so called market forces were really the driving force of economy then:

- there would be plenty of alternatives to oil available on the market (there are but many have been shelved for decades)
- oil would cost about $0.25 per liter.

Some other examples of the so called competition driving prices down:
- Samsung conspired with other companies Infineon and Hynix) to fix prices of memory chips
- 13 French perfume manufacturers fixing the prices of their products
- vitamin manufacturers fixing the prices of vitamin supplements

These are only the cases that came to light, ad they are the tip of the iceberg.

In the case of Poland, the country will become foreign owned and we know how that works out in the end.

Life / How do Polish people see homosexuality? [152]


You got your chronology mixed up quite a bit here.

Life / How do Polish people see homosexuality? [152]


It depends on what you call "progress".

In ancient Greece male homosexuality was accepted and even encouraged. They screwed young boys left and right. Then the Greeks progressed and homosexuality began to be treated mostly as any other aberration.

If this is what you mean by progress then yes, in Poland homosexuality is still mostly considered a sexual/identity aberration and thus Poland stays abreast of progress.

History / Battle of Warsaw movie in production [24]


Gotta love it when Brits shed their crocodile tears over the country the British kicked in the butt real hard, so they could continue financing Hitler and his genocide all the while profiting from it.

Are you talking about the same Czechoslovakia the British urinated on and gave away to the Nazis, first in the form of the Sudeten Land and then the rest of it, including the tiny area disputed between Poland and Czekoslovakia? Or are you referring to the same Czekoslovakia the British, the junior partners of the Americans, pushed into Stalin's rule?

What was the Czekoslovakian term for that again? Something like zrada Západu?

UK, Ireland / Are Polish people importing a new wave of ancient racism into the UK? [402]


But I think Poles know multiculturalism and that's exactly why many reject it.

Multiculturalism is the ultimate in racial and cultural hatred. It destroys identities - cultural, racial, social. Ironically, the destruction is usually that of the host country or society. Can Swedes still go out to work and leave their homes unlocked? Can Dutch write books and make movies without being threatened with death? Can Austrians keep their democratically elected representatives without some fools in EU weighing in to stop those elected from assuming the office to which they were elected?

Out of naturally developed differences, multiculturalism creates the mellow soup of nothing, where some ethnic and cultural identities are given priority over the other. Britain, with its ridiculous Stasi-like laws went as far as becoming a nation of self annihilating snitches. Poles would be well advised to stay out of that idiotic path.

As mentioned before, Poland and UK have different historic backgrounds. Poles do not "owe" anything to the ethnicities that the great British people have murdered, used and abused for centuries. The British history of genocide and plain mass murder around the world are not a good reason for Poles to accept the same suicidal, path that the great British people is now following.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


There is no present without the past. If that wasn't for that past you would be unlikely to ever visit Poland and pretend you understand the country and the nation.


Boycott?
According to Polish law, custom and tradition Poles are free to live wherever they can and they are still Poles.


They retain that right for the exact reasons you stated - they can return any time they want and they have the right to cast their vote in the shaping of the country they may return to. Their right to vote in Polish elections is certainly stronger than the right the UK citizens usurped when they destroyed cultures in pretty much every corner of this planet, and, to a lesser degree still continue that now.


Sometimes it takes a trip outside the home to fully see what it is and how it looks. Kinda like all those Brits who spent a couple years in Poland, speak hardly any Polish and then they consider themselves gurus on all thing Polish, no?


You know as much about what effect political parties have as anybody i the world who knows Poland or not - it's a guess.


And how would you know all Poles who live in Poland. How do you know in what degree they benefit (as they did in the past too) from those abroad? See, some of us send to Poland more than we would pay in taxes, should we live there.


You started with the financial contribution to the country so it evidently matters to you. Those on welfare contribute nothing. A lot of those who live abroad actually pay, indirectly, for those welfare heroes in Poland.


And I am certainly Poland's political subject. As a democratic country it does have a constitution and that constitution ensures that I can vote in Polish elections wherever I live and wherever there is a Polish voting booth. That constitution was voted for by democratically elected representatives of the nation. And that is democracy indeed.


Polish citizens who are property owners in Poland and thus do pay taxes there in one form or another. Plenty of those.

Since you are a specialist in Poland I'm sure you will have no trouble with this text in Polish describing the continuing aid by American Polonia, or, if you prefer Canadian Polonia.

wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/amerykanska_polonia_z_pomoca_dla_powodzian_w_polsce_141495.html

I'm sure you will find similar action by Polonia worldwide, including UK.

That is what being Polish is.
And yes, I did drive to Toronto to exercise my right as a Polish citizen and I cast my vote.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


What input would that be?
Spending someone else's money?


How do you know they are not affected?


A tricky thing. A lot of people live full time outside of Poland while maintaining their presence in the country. What about their input into the country prior to their departure? Would Poland pay them at market rates before stripping them of the right to vote?

Now, don't you think it's ironic that a Brit would have a right to even discuss election laws in Poland?

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


would Polish recipients of various Polish welfare benefits be disallowed to vote then?
A lot of them pay in taxes a tiny portion, if anything at all, of what they receive.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]

I would like to gently remind some of the forum members, especially those who could barely walk, or weren't even born, twenty years + ago about the material and political support that flew from the "treacherous" Polonia to Poland to help the "real patriots" now enjoy relative freedom. I lived in Poland at that time so I kinda know.

Law / RC annulment procedure in Poland [13]

I can't speak for others, but I can say that faith is one thing, and public perception another. There are lots of people who go to church for the show, for the social aspect, for business etc.

Btw. those questionable annulments are backed by RC priests, so I guess their faith must be a little flimsy too.

Law / RC annulment procedure in Poland [13]

There are a few grounds for annulment in RC, even if marriage was consumated. Heck, I know people who had 7 kids and got the annulment. Sometimes it's just a question of who you know, other times it's a question of co-operation of the "spouse".

Look it up here
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_impediment#List_of_diriment_impediments_to_marriage

and then contact your favorite priest. A fee will be and "favors" may be involved. Yup, that will really shake your faith to the point of making an RC annulment irrelevant.

History / What are the key features of the Polish Eagle? [56]


Stars are so yesterday



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