USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]

Could you explain how "homosexuality" is such a major threat that you think about it constantly?

USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]


As always, you've made the claim, now it's your job to back it up.

Then again, you just can't stop thinking about gays, can you?

Life / Which cities of Poland are the most conservative and most liberal? [6]


Hmm. Kraków - oddly Conservative. Not anywhere near as much as the ones I mentioned, though.

Warsaw - neither conservative nor liberal - centrist.

Katowice - doesn't really fit into either category, does it?

Life / Which cities of Poland are the most conservative and most liberal? [6]

Liberal : Wrocław, £ódź, Szczecin, Poznań.

Conservative : Rzeszów, Białystok, Lublin.

USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]


That sounds strangely like the Lux Veritas foundation - bankrolled by dubious anonymous donors, backed up by expensive lawyers and promoted by expensive specialists.

News / Demolish Poland's Palace of Culture? [55]


My definition of bad is the wilful destruction of places of worship for nationalistic reasons.

News / Demolish Poland's Palace of Culture? [55]


I'm telling you that destroying a fellow Christian church in the name of petty nationalism is pathetic and that anyone that took part in it should have been ashamed.


What has that got to do with the destruction of a place of worship?


It's pretty fascist to destroy religious structures that you don't agree with, yes.


The II RP was littered with stupid acts. What's new?

News / Demolish Poland's Palace of Culture? [55]


Except it won't, because a clear plurality of people are against touching it.


Yes, a very Christian to do - destroying others places of worship. It wasn't the only case as well, as Orthodox churches were destroyed throughout Poland then - and yet another black mark in the history of the II RP.

News / Interesting article about mess in Polish offices. [22]


Actually - I like the current system. For instance - in Poznan, there's one pretty big tax office for each of the former 5 districts within the city. One centralised office would require a pretty huge site near public transport and with a large car parking facility. The cost of building it alone would be massive - but the tax offices are in Communist-era buildings that have been already bought and paid for. Do you want to pay more tax just so tax offices can be centralised?

I'm still amazed that I can stroll down the road and deal with my tax issues in person.

Worth pointing out that at least in the UK, centralisation has been an utter disaster from a customer point of view.

News / Interesting article about mess in Polish offices. [22]


As you say -

Write : don't expect any sensible answer, or even an answer at al
Call : forget it, they're not going to have a clue with anything more complicated than "send me xxx form, please".

I vastly prefer the Polish way of doing things.

News / Demolish Poland's Palace of Culture? [55]


Like much of what Polonius claims, he invented it himself.

News / Demolish Poland's Palace of Culture? [55]


Indeed. Most people that want to tear it down don't use it.

I think it's only a shame that it's not used as a genuine Palace of Culture these days.

Travel / Accommodation (student friendly) in Poznan [11]


Dorms are often unstaffed at this time of year, or rented en masse to organisations such as the Malta Festival.

USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]

Could you perhaps explain which websites promote which "showcase minorities"?

USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]


Expensive lawyers do tend to get results - that's why they're expensive.


Could you name some?

USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]

Well, speaking purely from the common Polish point of view - one source of pride among most of them is that Poland never formally surrendered. It's what lent legitimacy to the Armia Krajowa and subsequent resistance movements. I think in the minds of the Polish, while the territory was lost, sovereignty wasn't - hence why the Government-in-Exile continued in London just as the Free French did.

MediaWatch is being amazingly ignorant of Polish history if he believes that Poland surrendered.

USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]


That's a question - was it ratified under the rules of the Government-in-Exile?

As far as I understand it, Poland seems to regard the Government-in-Exile's decisions as not being binding?


Definitely shocker!

Study / Secondary education in Poland [20]

At least from my point of view, kids in the 2nd class in my school are doing the "1950" work already.

USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]


I don't think in Polish eyes that either of those treaties count - but either way, it shows how utterly ignorant MediaWatch is if he thinks that the Poles surrendered after 5 weeks.

Strange how the same nonsense is found on his website, isn't it?

USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]


Oh dear. MediaWatch, please, stop embarrassing yourself.

Let's start :


Straight from your link. Poland didn't surrender, only Warsaw - and if you knew anything about WW2 Poland, you'd know that the plan was always to retreat to a strategic area. The surrender of Warsaw didn't mean the surrender of Poland, and if it did, what was the "cursed soldiers" all about?


As far as Poland is concerned, the war only really finished when the last President of the Government-in-Exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski handed over the symbols of his office to Lech Walesa. Successive actions since have reaffirmed that position that Poland was still not at peace until 1992 - as mentioned below.


I suggest reading about the "cursed soldiers" and the Government in Exile. Again, basic history for anyone interested in Poland.

Anyway, the end point was 16th January 1992. That was when the "Treaty of Good Neighbourship and Friendly Cooperation" was ratified.

pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Traktat_mi%C4%99dzy_Rzecz%C4%85pospolit%C4%85_Polsk%C4%85_a_Republik%C4%85_Federaln%C4%85_Niemiec_o_dobrym_s%C4%85siedztwie_i_przyjaznej_wsp%C3%B3%C5%82pracy_z_17.06.1991_r


Strangely, I think it's you that has the problem with Poland. You seem determined to portray Poles as being backwards village dwellers - while even insisting that they surrendered very quickly and ignoring the existence of the resistance movements.


We know you wrote it, because it features exactly the same writing patterns as you have. The random capitalisation is but one giveaway.


Edited it, have you?

I wonder when you're going to apologise to Poland for insisting that she surrendered.

News / Too much history in Poland? [7]

I'm all for the IPN working in a purely non-political role to establish what really happened, staying away from "resolutions" and "declarations" and instead working to establish the facts in Polish history. But they should also refrain from getting involved in party politics - all source material must be available (online?) to be examined by everyone interested, and anyone getting involved in politics should immediately be barred from working at the IPN.

Imagine if anyone could write to the IPN and receive an answer with what happened and where, free from political bias and heavy on facts?

There's no need to drag up the past in the Sejm - apart from when passing laws designed to make sure that the same never happens again.

News / Too much history in Poland? [7]


That the Sejm should concentrate on what matters now and leave the history business to the IPN.

The Sejm is not for discussing the past, but the future.

Study / Msc Mining & Power at Wroclaw University [6]

Is the course in English?

Study / Msc Mining & Power at Wroclaw University [6]


There are no job prospects for those that don't speak Polish, especially those that require work permits.

Law / Changing student status to worker in Poland - possible problems and solutions [10]


Why have you changed your username?

Anyway -


Which means he'll have no problems.

It is remarkably easy in Poland to obtain work permits.

USA, Canada / PolishAmericanReview's review of current events in America [48]


There was never a formal surrender by the Polish. It's basic, basic Polish history - Poland kept fighting until the very end and even beyond. Nice to see that you think that Poland was cowardly and just surrendered within weeks.


Oh dear. Is that what you learn in school?

The website itself makes it clear that while Warsaw might have surrendered, the Polish did not. Do you need to learn about what the Armia Krajowa was?


It's your website, you know where they are just fine.


Proof?


It's so nutty that MediaWatch can't even get basic Polish facts right.

Nothing new of course, he takes great pride in humiliating Poles.

News / Poland's Murky Stream Media - Rydzyk [36]


If he has no money from it, why doesn't he release his PIT statement, or submit one of those financial declarations required by people who work for the public?

It's strange that he keeps pleading poverty yet refuses to open the books of the Lux Veritas foundation. Could it be because he's got something to hide?

News / Poland's Murky Stream Media - Rydzyk [36]


The question is - who is funding it? It's not in his financial statement - does that mean that - PiS party contributions are paying for it?

For the matter, does Jarek even have a driving licence?

News / Poland's Murky Stream Media - Rydzyk [36]


radiomaryja.pl.eu.org/arch/history.htm


What happened to the money? No shares in the shipyard were purchased by Lux Veritas, so what happened to the cash? Where is it?

News / Poland's Murky Stream Media - Rydzyk [36]

And as Tusk said at the time - everybody makes mistakes.

Then again, what he did was nothing much at all, unlike those who represented the brutal PRL regime and acted as a mouthpiece.