News / UAE's Emaar to Invest in Poland [26]


This from someone working in KSA, living behind the walls of a compound )I never did), kowtowing to bearded conservatives and needing permission to leave (I likewise never did either).

Money is money, and if you want to quibble about the laws in one country that an investor comes from, you'd need to scrutinise all the others - and Poland trades with some far less ethical countries than UAE

News / UAE's Emaar to Invest in Poland [26]


I've been there plenty myself, twice a month for the past few years plus longer stays and they don't do much except invest. Poland can't afford to lose or turn down the chance of jobs.

Yes, I've read the Quran and Hadiths (plus the Bible and the Corpus Hermeticus) several times.

News / Have PO (Platforma) operatives in Poland fallen into a panic? [332]


I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Most however will laugh at Poland. In one stroke of a shaking pen, they've turned Poland into an instant laughing stock.

News / UAE's Emaar to Invest in Poland [26]


That's a given, however spooking investors = fewer jobs.

News / Warsaw's silent march in support of 5th Commandment - Thou shalt not kill [75]

And your point is what exactly? That you disapprove of something? Total misanthropy.

I notice that all you've done is pass (unpleasant) judgements on that tragic family and make insinuations about the way people live, without actually saying anything positive at all.

Shame on you.

News / Warsaw's silent march in support of 5th Commandment - Thou shalt not kill [75]


Don't be silly Po3. These are obviously people to whom life has said a great big no. People with more to deal with than they are able.

News / Warsaw's silent march in support of 5th Commandment - Thou shalt not kill [75]


Dripping hatred from every pore.

All that first posts tells us is that a tragedy happened within a poor family. No cause for moralising at all.

Food / Food hygiene in Poland [60]


Yes. The local shop where I used to live always had Wędliny uncovered next to the cash register exactly at pensioner coughing height. It was an old sklep osiedlowy with no competition. Now there's a Żabka and a Biedronka nearby and they've had to up their game a bit.

Apart from the raw pork tartare that I mentioned above under my old name (which I didn't eat much of), the only time in Poland I've been really ill after food was after a buffet at a 5 star hotel in Warsaw. Generally, if a hotel does any sort of dish involving cooked smoked salmon, it's because there's something wrong with it - I didn't know that then.

News / Warsaw's silent march in support of 5th Commandment - Thou shalt not kill [75]

So you've sat through the trial, heard the case for the prosecution, the case for the defence, the testimony of all witnesses including the expert witnesses and of course the judge's summing up?

You must have a time machine.

Unless you prefer Poland to be a country that has summary executions without trial. Perhaps you do.

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


The only 'pure' languages are spoken by uncontacted tribes, and even then...

Language is about mutual human communication. They change constantly.

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


Far from artificial. Very natural, even.


The word 'contaminate' implies that 'purity' exists in a language. In a living language, it does not.


Neither necessity nor redundancy (and Polish has redundant words and forms w dupie) are relevant to anything.

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


Quite. Living languages change constantly. Polish isn't frozen in some particular point in the past (and which point would anyone want it to for that matter?) but is constantly evolving and absorbing new influences. Including from English, itself an eclectic language.

Travel / Is Poland Too Expensive To Visit? [18]

Yes. You might find Uber useful too, to avoid overpaying taxi drivers.

Roger5 is right, Poland does tend to shut down for public holidays (Google which days these are) especially outside the bigger cities or tourist spots. That doesn't affect the cost of things - in fact if you're here over a public holiday, plan for a relaxing day and you won't spend money anyway.

News / IBM fears racist attacks on employees on Poland's independence day [63]


Given their policies and Poujadiste support base, it's actually a fairly good assessment. You are however, as usual, trying to go off topic, since The Dud and his gang are not attending the racist riot that sadly hijacks the 11 November commemorations with good reason.

News / IBM fears racist attacks on employees on Poland's independence day [63]


No they don't. Not in any sense.

News / IBM fears racist attacks on employees on Poland's independence day [63]


They're getting better now and it's important to report crimes. Dougpol's points are good though - interactions with the Polish state are not always positive.


This is the only sort of 'freak parade' I know of in Poland.

Travel / Is Poland Too Expensive To Visit? [18]

Yes, that's more than enough.

News / IBM fears racist attacks on employees on Poland's independence day [63]


His religion is an irrelevant, the lowlifes who wrote on the Facebook page are not. A sad indictment of the educational system and in that context very wise for IBM to take care over their staff.

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]

I doubt anyone was bought off. Some sentences in Poland can seem unduly lenient and others can seem unduly strict.

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]

That was a matter for the courts during his lifetime. Not extra-judicial punishment.

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]


So he served a sentence that you disagree with.

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]


And since last month, not only...


Being from one the worst hit northern places, having had a bad rime in the 80s and loathing Thatcher, I still thought it was exceptionally poor taste. I was actually in a (former) coal mining town on the day of the funeral; I didn't attend any street party, though one was held.


The time to deal with that was during his lifetime. Not tawdry behaviour to upset his widow.

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]


With pleasure:

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]

That's the nature of totalitarianism, and yes, it's rubbed off on Poland, though most of the bad stuff on the opposite end of the political spectrum nowadays. Hence the way Kiszczak's family have been treated.

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]

They do get numerical grave markers.

As you may have noticed by the discussion in Polish language media, there are various opinions on General Kiszczak's funeral. Just a shame that you define patriotism in your own way and so not like a diversity of opinion.

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]


A particularly weak comparison. You may be aware (though I doubt it) that he died in a country where they don't exist.

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]




There you go again. The hatred of some individuals knows no bounds. Denying a General his military funeral is just one example.


Unlike you, I don't consider Mussolini (or Franco) particularly civilised but yes, hanging people


is certainly barbaric and I think most people would agree with me there.

Evidently you think denying a General a military funeral and hanging


to be somehow praiseworthy.

True colours?

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]

In your opinion Po3.

I remember the disgraceful display at Bronislaw Geremek's funeral when moherowe berety tried to disrupt it by waving placards (always placards, these people) saying words to the effect of "we thank you god for ridding us of him".

We should hope there's no more similar disgraceful displays at General Kiszczak's funeral.

It has to be said, Po3, that your comments display the typical small-mindedness and spiritual meanness of such people.

News / Kiszczak burial without state or military honours [44]

A measure of civilisation is how a country treats its former leaders, whether guilty of something or not.

Travel / Looking for a good places to have fun in Warsaw [8]


Classy is the opposite word, and it isn't a gentleman's club (google what that phrase actually means).

It is a seedy strip show and anyone going is there very much at their own risk.