News / Anty-Polish v column is located in White House [88]


collaboration vs wholesale extermination How can you equate the two? Polish Death Camps = wholesale extermination. Surely, that's not what you're saying. Is it?

News / Anty-Polish v column is located in White House [88]


I think I understand what you mean. Then if I'm right about you, you would agree that the Filipinos are equally to blame for the Bataan Death March. Right?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March

News / Anty-Polish v column is located in White House [88]

Wow. Really?! Very ignorant and inflammatory statement. Makes me sad to think there are still to this day people, who think this way. Poles need a media blitz to educate the ignorant (but we know that'll never happen. But it really needs to!)

Life / You've been in Poland a while if .... [49]


Poglish! Very effective and economical form of communication ;)


true that. Poles love to gościć. They were like that in the PRL-days especially during the lean times. They always had plenty for a guest.


yep some just can't fathom the distances here in the States.

History / Early 80s - Could just anybody come stroling on in? [11]

I don't recall any enhanced, as you say, searches. The east germans, on the other hand, were merciless in both directions!

News / Anty-Polish v column is located in White House [88]

no excuse. the buck stop with him. he should get more competent speech writers ;)

News / Anty-Polish v column is located in White House [88]


To me this is surprising and disheartening. You would have thought that after all this time, after all the gaffes that preceeded this one, after all the retractions and apologies to the Polish people by other errant world leaders, columnists and pundits, that this error would finally stop being made. What will it take? Maybe if and when Poland is taken seriously, this slip of the tongue will cease. Until then Poland will continue to be treated like USA's maskotka.

Law / Polish Products? Made in Poland? [7]


Bolesławiec pottery! I love this stuff. It's actually pricey here in the States.

Off-Topic / PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]


Don't forget to check-in from time to time ;)

News / A Second Look at Poland's Future. [21]

True. Poland, I beleive, is in the throes of its own growing pains. The debate must continue from which, hopefully, some answers will emerge.

Travel / Vacationing in Krakow for a month, how to keep myself occupied? [9]

What a great ride! I wanna do it. Did you see the great weather they had? Nice.

News / Marion Barry insults Polish people calling them "Polacks" [33]


I'm gonna give the ex-mayor a pass and this is why. In my neck of the woods the Poles have co-opted the "p-word" similar to blacks using the n-word. I hear it all the time. Staś asks his black friend "where is that polak Jaś". They call each other "dumb polak", so on and so forth. Unless told otherwise, as our african american brothers have done, non-Poles will assume it's ok and cool to use the offensive word......just a thought

History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]


Its influence has diminished considerably since '89.

News / A Second Look at Poland's Future. [21]


so how would you bring people together?

News / A Second Look at Poland's Future. [21]


What makes you say that? What direction would you see Poland go in?

Language / My struggle learning the Polish language [10]


Great post. Positive, constructive and full of empathy.

News / Should Poles care who becomes French President or is it irrelevant? [45]


It's very magnanimous of you Pawian. I'm in no position to forgive the French. That's up to the French. I'm just stating a well-known fact.

News / Should Poles care who becomes French President or is it irrelevant? [45]


As they did before the Nazis :(

Love / Polish girls call themselves sensitive and easily to be hurt, but how if they hurt others [35]


O boy.

Travel / Vacationing in Krakow for a month, how to keep myself occupied? [9]

you really need to get out. Go spend a day in the Jewish quarter (Kazimierz); take a tram and check out Nowa Huta (model Stalinist town). Take a day trip and vist the salt mine in Wieliczka (very very cool - well worth the trip). Don't forget to see Częstochowa!.......That's for starters (I love the Zakopane suggestion).

History / Early 80s - Could just anybody come stroling on in? [11]

I was a student during those years. I remember when martial law first broke the schools were closed and all the students had to return to their hometowns. The foreigners were allowed to stay and wait-it-out. We students were on a student visa and that was enough. We had no "handlers" nor do I recall anything untoward during those 7 years (in spite of our incessant paranoia).

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

that was good

Travel / What do you think about hitchhikers in Poland? [33]

Part of me is envious of his chutzpah. He obviously doesn't care if he is liked or not. As long as he gets to where he is going he is happy. I, myself, am too bogged down in protocol to get what I really want out of life. So, I like him to a point........His not having any money would bother me a lot. I absolutely don't like to sponge off of others. So that part is unlikeable. It's a toss-up.

Life / Health system in Poland one of the worst in Europe: report [78]

Here in the New York area there are none. Mount Sinai yes, Mount Zion no.

Language / Ty ślepaku, what case is ślepak in and why? [15]

Bravo! What a riff!

Life / Polish Film World and Poland Movie Reviews [30]


Interesting observation. Not what we usually read around here.

Life / The Killing--tv show where Agnieszka Holland and Polish mafia is involved [10]

Thanks pip! I never heard of this show. Your post made me look it up and I'm going to check it out. Polish mafia??? I can't wait!

Life / Health system in Poland one of the worst in Europe: report [78]


what else can the government do, have the incompetent beaurocrat pay back the money? You know that's unlikely.

Language / Ty ślepaku, what case is ślepak in and why? [15]


me too but not at the expense of this case. how bout getting rid of ó,ś,ź and ż?

Life / Poles always ask how much money you earn. Why do they do this? [30]

you're being a little too hard on them. I feel they are asking these questions in an effort to gauge how Polish wages compare with non-Polish wages. During my time back in the 80's, the Poles did the same thing. It's in their nature to be constantly comparing. I'm guilty of the same thing actually to a fault :) I agree though, It is a bit irritating. Try not to get so upset next time. I don't beleive they mean to upset you.

It's just Staś being Staś