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Joined: 2 Jul 2009 / Male ♂
Last Post: 1 Aug 2020
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From: Canada
Speaks Polish?: Not Much
Interests: Food, Beer, Wine

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ShawnH   
30 Jan 2011
News / Pubs in Poznan kick out Roma? [256]

How about just helping whoever wants to integrate with open arms, and the ones that want to continue with unacceptable behavior should be ostracized for it?

Status Quo?
ShawnH   
27 Jan 2011
News / Pubs in Poznan kick out Roma? [256]

Conveniently left out of the Original Post....

Police, however, have yet to open an investigation into the complaints.

Poland's Interior Ministry has taken up the issue, however, sending mediators to Poznan to open dialogue between Roma and pub owners.
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has already announced that it will help the Roma open a case of discrimination against the restaurateurs.

Even though the local police failed to act in this case, it seems it is being addressed by the PL government. So can we say clearly that racism towards the Roma is completely acceptable / tolerated by all Poles?
ShawnH   
20 Jan 2011
Off-Topic / PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]

Some people like their tails. A little too flat for my liking.
ShawnH   
20 Jan 2011
Off-Topic / PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]

A Canadian friend of mine was bittin on the thumb by a beaver....

Was it in a dam or a dyke?
ShawnH   
20 Jan 2011
Travel / Pot holes on Polish roads - to swerve or not to swerve [26]

Swerve and possibly cause an accident or just eat them up at 80 KMH, mashing the tyres and gradually destroying the shocks?

I think the worst case is when you brake over said pot hole. Can easily kill control arms, quite a bit more expensive than just a set of shocks...
ShawnH   
19 Jan 2011
News / 10 km of a road in Poland costed... 2,3 bilions of PLN! [13]

German Taxpayer Euro's hard at work!

1 year after it was constructed and it already had 2 groves for the tires running several kilometers

And that was just the exit road from Bialystok! Dziadek has his dzialka on the west side, by the DHL yard..
ShawnH   
19 Jan 2011
Off-Topic / PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]

Yes Shawn, beaver has the same meaning over here too

Nice to see some things are understood around the world.

Also, nice to see something decent posted around here for a change!
ShawnH   
15 Jan 2011
USA, Canada / Think you're Polish (and live in the USA)? [161]

China should start taking care of Chinese and stop trying to dominate through acquisition of bonds at the expense of their own citizens.

Too bad you and the average Chinese has not much say in what China should do...

On topic, or in the bin
ShawnH   
15 Jan 2011
USA, Canada / Think you're Polish (and live in the USA)? [161]

we cannot start another war but what we can do or what the U.S. gov can do is to bring all manufacturing jobs back home and put tariff on anything that comes from outside the borders

Agree to a point. Tarrifs on countries that don't play by the same rulebook.
ShawnH   
6 Jan 2011
Love / Why are Polish women so sexy ? [390]

i see my favourite forum is still contemplating the mind boggling phenomenon of Polish beauty!

It's either that or the evil XXXXXXXX <----(insert favourite target here.... topics may include, but will not be limited to jews, christians, muslims, llamalovers, or egads.... Poles!)

Personally, I prefer the food drink and women topics myself....
ShawnH   
5 Jan 2011
Love / Why are Polish women so sexy ? [390]

but I'm sure some of the posters wouldn't mind oogling either way.

Oogling is such a loaded word. I prefer to think of it as taking advantage of our collective wisdom to ascertain the Polishness of her looks.....
ShawnH   
5 Jan 2011
Love / Why are Polish women so sexy ? [390]

Let's make sure she is Polish first.:)

If she is Polish, there is a 43% chance she will be a hottie. 87% chance she will be above average. 13% chance of making mirrors shatter.
ShawnH   
30 Dec 2010
News / POLISH CHILD ABUSING A CAT.. [74]

But some animals are viscious, like bears for example.

But they generally aren't predators of humans. They would probably keep their distance, given the option. Well, maybe not polar bears...
ShawnH   
30 Dec 2010
News / POLISH CHILD ABUSING A CAT.. [74]

Maybe it's because humans can be stupid (ie the kid in the video, his brother and obviously his parents...)

Animals are just animals. Generally predictable, interact well with people, maybe too trusting. They don't deserve that treatment.