jon357
3 Jul 2015
Work / Information about jobs for Indian students in Poland [286]
There are jobs, however a good command of Polish is needed.
There are jobs, however a good command of Polish is needed.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Resolved already in your country and in mine.
Nor does it need to be.
You may not like equality, you may not like change. The law however is not based on your preferences.
definition of marriage
Resolved already in your country and in mine.
it is not marriage as defined by the dictionary or Bible or Christians or Muslims or a lot of the world.
Nor does it need to be.
You may not like equality, you may not like change. The law however is not based on your preferences.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
It isn't any more. Certainly not in your country or mine. Unless of course you want to pretend that your copy of a dictionary is really a legal code in disguise.
Nor is it defined that way in the Polish Constitution.
if the word marriage is defined between a man and woman
It isn't any more. Certainly not in your country or mine. Unless of course you want to pretend that your copy of a dictionary is really a legal code in disguise.
Nor is it defined that way in the Polish Constitution.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
In that case you believe wrong. As has been explained so many times, the Polish Constitution does not prohibit this, and should there be any political interference, the Union (which Poland voluntarily joined) provides legal protection.
I do believe the dictionary predates the Republic of Poland.
In that case you believe wrong. As has been explained so many times, the Polish Constitution does not prohibit this, and should there be any political interference, the Union (which Poland voluntarily joined) provides legal protection.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
I suspect your dictionaries predate marriage equality.
Err ah.......the definition of "Marriage" IS EXCLUSIVELY between a man and a woman in any dictionary that I
have seen it in.
have seen it in.
I suspect your dictionaries predate marriage equality.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
And of course they didn't. Looks like the current trickle of lawsuits will become a flood.
Yep. I mean, if they had wanted the Polish constitution to make it impossible for same-sex couples to get married, they would have need to have written something along the lines of "Marriage, being exclusively a union of a man and a woman,
And of course they didn't. Looks like the current trickle of lawsuits will become a flood.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Never say never - and individual lifetimes, no matter whose, are not the basis for human rights legislation within the EU. Already the framework exists in Poland to respect civil rights - there is protection already for all citizens, residents and travellers.
What 'preferential treatment' are you imagining?
It just ain't gonna happen in my life time so let's close this thread once and for all
Never say never - and individual lifetimes, no matter whose, are not the basis for human rights legislation within the EU. Already the framework exists in Poland to respect civil rights - there is protection already for all citizens, residents and travellers.
giving gays preferential treatment
What 'preferential treatment' are you imagining?
jon357
3 Jul 2015
Life / Questions about living in Wroclaw, Poland [11]
I find it's OK to look at as long as you're cynical about the advice it gives, especially in a city. It sometimes suggests some pretty weird connections.
jakdojade.pl is for your public transport needs.
I find it's OK to look at as long as you're cynical about the advice it gives, especially in a city. It sometimes suggests some pretty weird connections.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
This is the key part. Nor does the "being a union of a man and woman" exclude any other interpretation.
This is the key part. Nor does the "being a union of a man and woman" exclude any other interpretation.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
Work / What is deducted from a salary in Poland apart from Income tax? [155]
DreamIsland
1. Depends on living costs etc in India.
2. Sounds quite a decent salary for someone so young - it's slightly above the median for Warsaw.
3. You'll take home just under 5000l wynagrodzenia.pl/kalkulator_oblicz.php
4. Apartment, 2000zl, Other expenses inc. food, 2000zl.
DreamIsland
1. Depends on living costs etc in India.
2. Sounds quite a decent salary for someone so young - it's slightly above the median for Warsaw.
3. You'll take home just under 5000l wynagrodzenia.pl/kalkulator_oblicz.php
4. Apartment, 2000zl, Other expenses inc. food, 2000zl.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
UK, Ireland / Pack from Ireland to Poland via An Post [16]
I've done that too.
Very tempting to mail something that looks like a credit card when x-rayed to a non-existent person with a foreign name and some very, very nasty bacteria in the envelope...
I've done that too.
Very tempting to mail something that looks like a credit card when x-rayed to a non-existent person with a foreign name and some very, very nasty bacteria in the envelope...
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
That's just paranoia. Like most of the stuff you've spewed out here.
Good to know that the Polish Constitution does not exclude equal marriage.
That's just paranoia. Like most of the stuff you've spewed out here.
Good to know that the Polish Constitution does not exclude equal marriage.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Now that's interesting. Should be easy enough to ratify. I can imagine the Ciemnogrod brigade foaming at the mouth in frustration over that one.
Fairly straightforward.
The Polish constitution says nothing about marriage being exclusively between people of different sexes.
Now that's interesting. Should be easy enough to ratify. I can imagine the Ciemnogrod brigade foaming at the mouth in frustration over that one.
ECHR rules, Polish state obeys and pays.
Fairly straightforward.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
That doesn't have anything to do with this thread. In any case, people can pretend that almost anything violates their 'religious sentiment' if they so choose. Having one's 'religious sentiments' uncriticised and unchallenged is not a human right. Living without arrest or persecution or without receiving different treatment or access to public services or particular professions if one is LGBT (or anything else) however is...
Looks that way.
There is a law against violating the dignity of Christians and other believers. Violating people's religious sentiment is a punishable offence in Poland.
Art. 196. Obraza uczuć religijnych
Art. 196. Obraza uczuć religijnych
That doesn't have anything to do with this thread. In any case, people can pretend that almost anything violates their 'religious sentiment' if they so choose. Having one's 'religious sentiments' uncriticised and unchallenged is not a human right. Living without arrest or persecution or without receiving different treatment or access to public services or particular professions if one is LGBT (or anything else) however is...
he is utterly obsessed with gay sex.
Looks that way.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
Life / Bollywood in Poland [32]
Kino Luna sometimes has them (though not all the time) as does the University and this site might be useful for you:
bollywood.pl/tag/warszawa
Kino Luna sometimes has them (though not all the time) as does the University and this site might be useful for you:
bollywood.pl/tag/warszawa
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
This is key to it all really.
Maybe, but there certainly is a law in Poland against violating the dignity of Poland's LGBT citizens.
This is key to it all really.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
Work / Have a job in America ($100K a year) - should I move back to Poland? [9]
Remember that when Americans talk about how much they 'make', they usually quote the gross amount including any bonuses and before any deductions. In Poland, it's more usual to quote the amount after everything is taken off. Worth remembering that they don't all get the 5 or 6 weeks paid holiday, maternity leave (never mind paternity leave) isn't statutory and they can very easily be fired. Also, the Trade Unions are weak there, and their healthcare is usually connected to their jobs.
This is good advice.
$100,000
Remember that when Americans talk about how much they 'make', they usually quote the gross amount including any bonuses and before any deductions. In Poland, it's more usual to quote the amount after everything is taken off. Worth remembering that they don't all get the 5 or 6 weeks paid holiday, maternity leave (never mind paternity leave) isn't statutory and they can very easily be fired. Also, the Trade Unions are weak there, and their healthcare is usually connected to their jobs.
You might consider early retirement to Poland once you have enough savings to comfortably live off.
This is good advice.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
News / Poland's Space Programme ;) [6]
Poland already has a space programme - it's part of the European Space Agency.
Exactly. The same problem with India spending millions on a space programme for vanity's sake.
Nevertheless, this initiative is a small one, is more about universities achieving excellence and should be encouraged. It isn't a space programme, and Poland does not need its own.
Poland already has a space programme - it's part of the European Space Agency.
Poland has other priorities. Most Poles survive on peanuts, millions have to earn their bread abroad
Exactly. The same problem with India spending millions on a space programme for vanity's sake.
Nevertheless, this initiative is a small one, is more about universities achieving excellence and should be encouraged. It isn't a space programme, and Poland does not need its own.
jon357
3 Jul 2015
UK, Ireland / Pack from Ireland to Poland via An Post [16]
An Post and Royal Mail are different organisations, however they do work very closely together. It doesn't affect the price as far as I know (though Royal Mail are not cheap nowadays for parcels). I don't remember the name of the courier they use in Poland but I have noticed that the service is quicker and better. For letters, I think they still use Poczta Polska (and there are still thefts, if there's a bank card in - I had one forwarded from the UK - it never arrived and a couple of subsequent ones never arrived. I suspect someone was waiting for a PIN code to come).
The Irish AnPost might be different, however I suspect they do the same thing now.
An Post and Royal Mail are different organisations, however they do work very closely together. It doesn't affect the price as far as I know (though Royal Mail are not cheap nowadays for parcels). I don't remember the name of the courier they use in Poland but I have noticed that the service is quicker and better. For letters, I think they still use Poczta Polska (and there are still thefts, if there's a bank card in - I had one forwarded from the UK - it never arrived and a couple of subsequent ones never arrived. I suspect someone was waiting for a PIN code to come).
The Irish AnPost might be different, however I suspect they do the same thing now.
jon357
2 Jul 2015
UK, Ireland / Pack from Ireland to Poland via An Post [16]
Yes, they use a private company. As of earlier this year.
Too many things just never arrived.
hey send them to a courier service in Poland who then distributes the mail from the UK?
Yes, they use a private company. As of earlier this year.
Too many things just never arrived.
jon357
2 Jul 2015
UK, Ireland / Pack from Ireland to Poland via An Post [16]
Not all post offices co-operate with Poczta Polska due to constant theft, even of tracked items. The Royal Mail stopped a while ago, as did several others. Not sure about AnPost, however there's a strong chance they don't. If it's a courier they should try to redeliver - An email to them via the contact bit of their website should say who they co-operate with in Poland.
Most likely they work with THE local post office. An Post in Ireland is what Poszta Polska is in Poland
Not all post offices co-operate with Poczta Polska due to constant theft, even of tracked items. The Royal Mail stopped a while ago, as did several others. Not sure about AnPost, however there's a strong chance they don't. If it's a courier they should try to redeliver - An email to them via the contact bit of their website should say who they co-operate with in Poland.
jon357
2 Jul 2015
Work / Job offer from IT Giant in Katowice, Poland (UNIX specialist). Information on tax and rental costs needed. [65]
That's quite a low wage. Below the average for Katowice. Are you sure it's gross?
Survivable though, if you're very young and want IBM on your CV.
That's quite a low wage. Below the average for Katowice. Are you sure it's gross?
Survivable though, if you're very young and want IBM on your CV.
jon357
2 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
In what way does either of the above affect human and civil rights in Poland?
These are broadly respected for all citizens, residents or visitors regardless of income, age, educational level, race, religion or other superstition, skin colour, nationality, sexuality or gender.
he median income and educaitonal status
In what way does either of the above affect human and civil rights in Poland?
These are broadly respected for all citizens, residents or visitors regardless of income, age, educational level, race, religion or other superstition, skin colour, nationality, sexuality or gender.
jon357
2 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Perhaps we should ask the mods about that one.
Ooh no. Some of them are clowns in golden mitres, black & red birettas and violet chasubles marching in processions.
The title is unimportant.
Perhaps we should ask the mods about that one.
not just clowns in pink wigs and feathers marching in parades.
Ooh no. Some of them are clowns in golden mitres, black & red birettas and violet chasubles marching in processions.
jon357
2 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Read the title of this thread.
Actually, Pol3, the dozens of existing threads on here are all started by yourself...
WTF?
What mystery?
hy not start a thread specifically devoted to the gay community in Poland
Read the title of this thread.
ou'd be the ideal person to do so
Actually, Pol3, the dozens of existing threads on here are all started by yourself...
luxophiloic
WTF?
Why keep them cloaked in mystery?
What mystery?
jon357
2 Jul 2015
Food / Can you do online food shopping in Poland? Supermarkets. [42]
Thanks - we'll look at that. The nearest big supermarket is Auchan, too...
Thanks - we'll look at that. The nearest big supermarket is Auchan, too...
jon357
2 Jul 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Codswallop.
And what? None of those things have the slightest impact on human and civil rights in Poland or elsewhere.
In your mind
the conspiracy of silence by LGBTQ propagandists
Codswallop.
he high-risk factors, health hazards and medical research
And what? None of those things have the slightest impact on human and civil rights in Poland or elsewhere.
Additiomnally, that movement's totalitarian image
In your mind
jon357
2 Jul 2015
Food / Can you do online food shopping in Poland? Supermarkets. [42]
Even before Biedronka was there it was always fairly quiet - I think the location has a lot to do with that; the competition from the two shopping malls nearby. A nice cafe there too. And yes, I agree about the French products - they've got some very good things there.
We've looked at online shopping (for when I'm working away - my other half has mobility issues so it would be a real help to him) but not really found anything good.
Besides the fact that it is never crowded (thanks to Biedronka next door
Even before Biedronka was there it was always fairly quiet - I think the location has a lot to do with that; the competition from the two shopping malls nearby. A nice cafe there too. And yes, I agree about the French products - they've got some very good things there.
We've looked at online shopping (for when I'm working away - my other half has mobility issues so it would be a real help to him) but not really found anything good.
jon357
2 Jul 2015
Travel / Which Poland's city is LGBT friendly? [43]
Not so hidden nowadays - all listed online. Plus if you go in one, they'll tell you where the others are and often a bar will give out free entry tickets for a club. Warsaw is the best bet really.
also that they are kind of "hidden" so necessary to know where to find them ;).
Not so hidden nowadays - all listed online. Plus if you go in one, they'll tell you where the others are and often a bar will give out free entry tickets for a club. Warsaw is the best bet really.
jon357
2 Jul 2015
Study / Is the University of Warsaw good? [26]
I think it's often both. The chance to make a new life in a different place.
I believe that people are NOT interested in studying at all. What they want is a VISA
I think it's often both. The chance to make a new life in a different place.