jon357
10 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Damn right I am.
So you are saying homosexuals are equally attracted to traditional mainline?
Damn right I am.
jon357
10 Jun 2015
News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]
One issue with that is the sheer number of accusations that are false - every word fiction - that are almost impossible to defend against.
Admittedly someone calling for the death penalty (impossible anywhere within the Union anyway) isn't likely to care that much if an innocent person dies....
One issue with that is the sheer number of accusations that are false - every word fiction - that are almost impossible to defend against.
Admittedly someone calling for the death penalty (impossible anywhere within the Union anyway) isn't likely to care that much if an innocent person dies....
jon357
10 Jun 2015
Love / My Polish girlfriend is pregnant by cheating on me and wants this baby without my permission. Please help. [51]
It's also possible for periods (or period-like bleeding) to continue during pregnancy - rare, but possible. Also women's cycles do vary, they are sometimes very irregular indeed.
It's also possible for periods (or period-like bleeding) to continue during pregnancy - rare, but possible. Also women's cycles do vary, they are sometimes very irregular indeed.
jon357
10 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
That post, Pol3 is neither accurate nor especially coherent.
BTW, people read your rabid rants and then make their minds up based on what they see with their own eyes, from the people they meet and from their own common sense. It just makes you look a fool and reinforces their own, normal and sensible, opinion on the issues you rant about.
That post, Pol3 is neither accurate nor especially coherent.
BTW, people read your rabid rants and then make their minds up based on what they see with their own eyes, from the people they meet and from their own common sense. It just makes you look a fool and reinforces their own, normal and sensible, opinion on the issues you rant about.
jon357
10 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Absolutely paranoid. Total reds under the bed stuff. And no, a kids book is not 'indoctrination', unless of course it's trying to teach kids that one way of thinking, usually a particular religion, is true and others are not.
Absolutely paranoid. Total reds under the bed stuff. And no, a kids book is not 'indoctrination', unless of course it's trying to teach kids that one way of thinking, usually a particular religion, is true and others are not.
jon357
10 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Spot on. Some of the sillier posters here seem to think that everyone gay is an activist - perhaps because all they know is what they read in the media who obviously deal with those who are accessible as spokespeople - much easier to ring an activist for a quote than tramp the streets looking for Joe Bloggs.
I'm against blocking the UKIP group or any other from marching, however I can see why others are against it, given that party's behaviour. In Poland it's exactly the same - sexuality does not determine politics or general outlook on the world.
@Tiptactoe: Gays just like heteros do not constitute a homogenous block;). I bet uneducated and living in rural areas gays are as just xenophobic and racist as the others.
Spot on. Some of the sillier posters here seem to think that everyone gay is an activist - perhaps because all they know is what they read in the media who obviously deal with those who are accessible as spokespeople - much easier to ring an activist for a quote than tramp the streets looking for Joe Bloggs.
I'm against blocking the UKIP group or any other from marching, however I can see why others are against it, given that party's behaviour. In Poland it's exactly the same - sexuality does not determine politics or general outlook on the world.
jon357
10 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
I did like this story in the link and can very easily see it happening in Poland. A hairdresser friend (by the way a PiS supporter) has kicked out customers for the same reason:
pinknews.co.uk/2015/06/10/hairdressers-put-up-sign-to-keep-homophobes-out/
I did like this story in the link and can very easily see it happening in Poland. A hairdresser friend (by the way a PiS supporter) has kicked out customers for the same reason:
pinknews.co.uk/2015/06/10/hairdressers-put-up-sign-to-keep-homophobes-out/
jon357
10 Jun 2015
Food / Where to go for the best steak in Warsaw? [77]
I noticed today a restaurant called 'Steak 'n' Pepper' on ul. Nowogrodzka (next to Lokanta, in my rarely humble opinion one of the very nicest restaurants in Warsaw if not Poland as a whole) advertising "the best steaks in town". I didn't go in because we were going to Lokanta but has anyone been there?
I noticed today a restaurant called 'Steak 'n' Pepper' on ul. Nowogrodzka (next to Lokanta, in my rarely humble opinion one of the very nicest restaurants in Warsaw if not Poland as a whole) advertising "the best steaks in town". I didn't go in because we were going to Lokanta but has anyone been there?
jon357
10 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
@Lyzko
This is the best post in this thread so far.
@Lyzko
This is the best post in this thread so far.
jon357
9 Jun 2015
News / President-Elect of Poland, Duda, rescues Eucharist [45]
The person the Host represents was accused of that too, so I'm in good company
Getting vulgar, are we?
The person the Host represents was accused of that too, so I'm in good company
jon357
9 Jun 2015
News / President-Elect of Poland, Duda, rescues Eucharist [45]
None of that here - except often from yourself. In fact there's a long tradition within Catholicism of the host rejecting people. I look forward to The Dud visiting Czestochowa to give Our Lady the chance to kick him in the nads.
Blasphemy from the mouth of a godless cynic! Better be careful. Violation of religious sensibilities is a punishable offence in Poland.
None of that here - except often from yourself. In fact there's a long tradition within Catholicism of the host rejecting people. I look forward to The Dud visiting Czestochowa to give Our Lady the chance to kick him in the nads.
jon357
9 Jun 2015
News / President-Elect of Poland, Duda, rescues Eucharist [45]
I read that the other day. Most likely the host threw itself to the floor in disgust and he grabbed it to stop it lunging at him.
I read that the other day. Most likely the host threw itself to the floor in disgust and he grabbed it to stop it lunging at him.
jon357
9 Jun 2015
Food / Where to go for the best steak in Warsaw? [77]
U Szwejka is often great but patchy (I prefer the little place with Polish food next-door) and good for meat lovers. Great they've now got their alcohol licence back. The queues though are more about the prices and promotions than the food itself I think we must have been there on different nights - the steak I had was not great. Decent atmosphere though.
Just remembering how good the steak I has at Sphinks was. It shouldn't have since the rest is a bit crap.
The moral of this is that Sgt Bilko had a great steak and I had a mediocre one at the same place. I had a great steak at Sphinks whereas others complain. Cooking isn't an exact science and its notoriously difficult to deliver perfect steaks consistently. A busy kitchen doubles the chance of something going slightly wrong.
U Szwejka is often great but patchy (I prefer the little place with Polish food next-door) and good for meat lovers. Great they've now got their alcohol licence back. The queues though are more about the prices and promotions than the food itself I think we must have been there on different nights - the steak I had was not great. Decent atmosphere though.
Just remembering how good the steak I has at Sphinks was. It shouldn't have since the rest is a bit crap.
The moral of this is that Sgt Bilko had a great steak and I had a mediocre one at the same place. I had a great steak at Sphinks whereas others complain. Cooking isn't an exact science and its notoriously difficult to deliver perfect steaks consistently. A busy kitchen doubles the chance of something going slightly wrong.
jon357
9 Jun 2015
News / Pro-Israel lobby to be formed in Polish parliament [29]
Except that not one word you posted gives any info about the background. The fact that the country involved is majority Jewish (as well as your views about Jewish people that you frequently expound here) has no relevance whatsoever.
Many countries use lobbyists to promote trade, development and cultural links, and everything here is entirely transparent and legal.
Except that not one word you posted gives any info about the background. The fact that the country involved is majority Jewish (as well as your views about Jewish people that you frequently expound here) has no relevance whatsoever.
Many countries use lobbyists to promote trade, development and cultural links, and everything here is entirely transparent and legal.
jon357
9 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
That post is pure paranoia. And what people in some third-world country half way across the globe get up to is everything to to with political dialogue in their own country and nothing to do with the spirit of tolerance and respect for human rights in Poland.
That post is pure paranoia. And what people in some third-world country half way across the globe get up to is everything to to with political dialogue in their own country and nothing to do with the spirit of tolerance and respect for human rights in Poland.
jon357
9 Jun 2015
Real Estate / Poland: Swiss Franc loans come back to bite [37]
And if the exchange rate for CHF had gone the other way, not even one of the CHF mortgagees would be lobbying for the money to be given back.
if the exchange rate improves
And if the exchange rate for CHF had gone the other way, not even one of the CHF mortgagees would be lobbying for the money to be given back.
jon357
8 Jun 2015
Food / Where to go for the best steak in Warsaw? [77]
No, but thinking about it. I bought yesterday the stek kruchy from Biedronka that somone mentioned in this thread or another. Actually quite good. Not large and need trimming because they aren't butchered well (normal for Poland) but given that the price was 8zl for two it would be churlish to complain. Cut from the bottom end of the fillet and very worth the money.
No, but thinking about it. I bought yesterday the stek kruchy from Biedronka that somone mentioned in this thread or another. Actually quite good. Not large and need trimming because they aren't butchered well (normal for Poland) but given that the price was 8zl for two it would be churlish to complain. Cut from the bottom end of the fillet and very worth the money.
jon357
8 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
That is simply untrue. I wonder where you get that daft idea from.
Following that 'logic' a fertility test should be performed before any wedding and anyone unable to conceive even with medical treatment
Then why to gays repeatedly get their asses kicked in Poland
That is simply untrue. I wonder where you get that daft idea from.
inherent to the union of man and woman as these two individuals together are potentially ably to concept a new life.
Following that 'logic' a fertility test should be performed before any wedding and anyone unable to conceive even with medical treatment
should be granted the right to form a union in the name of law, but it shouldn't be called "marriage".
jon357
8 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
You have a possibly unique definition of 'insults' JohnnyReb and I re-iterate that your 'friends' in America or elsewhere have little or nothing to do with what we do here in Poland. Apart from the lunatic fringe (and I use the word "lunatic" advisedly, given some of the displays of behaviour which indeed lead to arrests and psychiatric assessment) most people here are too well mannered to comment on the lifestyles of others and fortunately yes, Poland does respect the rights of its LG residents.
You have a possibly unique definition of 'insults' JohnnyReb and I re-iterate that your 'friends' in America or elsewhere have little or nothing to do with what we do here in Poland. Apart from the lunatic fringe (and I use the word "lunatic" advisedly, given some of the displays of behaviour which indeed lead to arrests and psychiatric assessment) most people here are too well mannered to comment on the lifestyles of others and fortunately yes, Poland does respect the rights of its LG residents.
jon357
8 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Plenty of city centre residents would surely be happy with your arrest idea for (fortunately rare and small) groups of those sinister-looking people who turn up and stand by the side of the Parada Rownosci holding placards and crosses however Poland does (to a point) allow free speech and doubtless many of them have enough experience of mental health services already.
Plenty of city centre residents would surely be happy with your arrest idea for (fortunately rare and small) groups of those sinister-looking people who turn up and stand by the side of the Parada Rownosci holding placards and crosses however Poland does (to a point) allow free speech and doubtless many of them have enough experience of mental health services already.
jon357
8 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
The example of your 'friends' isn't one that others need follow. If you don't like the fact that we respect LG (and other) rights here in Poland then nobody is forcing you to come here.
The example of your 'friends' isn't one that others need follow. If you don't like the fact that we respect LG (and other) rights here in Poland then nobody is forcing you to come here.
jon357
8 Jun 2015
Real Estate / Poland: Swiss Franc loans come back to bite [37]
Absolutely. There were those who advised against it at the time but people chose to ignore that advice in order to get a larger mortgage than they would normally have access to.
The short length of many Polish mortgages is an exacerbating factor, especially when our German neighbours often have very long ones. One sensible solution could be to add a decade or so to each, however those with the mortgages seem to expect their mistake to be sorted at the cost of others rather than themselves.
Absolutely. There were those who advised against it at the time but people chose to ignore that advice in order to get a larger mortgage than they would normally have access to.
The short length of many Polish mortgages is an exacerbating factor, especially when our German neighbours often have very long ones. One sensible solution could be to add a decade or so to each, however those with the mortgages seem to expect their mistake to be sorted at the cost of others rather than themselves.
jon357
8 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
No you couldn't, unless it was in a public place or with someone under the age of consent
Mostly bourgeois and educated straight people - the country's traditional social and cultural elite - rather than just gay people, a disproportinat number of whom work on Saturdays. Always nice to see the little old ladies waving from the balconies of their apartments.
Very true. It isn't Ciemnogrod. Even the suburban, conservative, saloon driving, Rz-reading, sherry-drinking, middle classes are unfazed by it now.
in britain you could be jailed for homosexual act even in the 70s
No you couldn't, unless it was in a public place or with someone under the age of consent
On Saturday there shall be the Equality March in Warsaw and let's hope it it'll be peaceful.
Mostly bourgeois and educated straight people - the country's traditional social and cultural elite - rather than just gay people, a disproportinat number of whom work on Saturdays. Always nice to see the little old ladies waving from the balconies of their apartments.
LGBT people feel quite comfortable in Poland anyway. In big cities like Warsaw or Krakow the communities are quite big and they fight for their rights
Very true. It isn't Ciemnogrod. Even the suburban, conservative, saloon driving, Rz-reading, sherry-drinking, middle classes are unfazed by it now.
jon357
8 Jun 2015
News / Pro-Israel lobby to be formed in Polish parliament [29]
Given centuries of pogroms followed by the holocaust, and even those people who make strange comments online like "oy vey (not a Hebrew phrase and rarely used today - "oy vavoy" is better) who could possibly blame them.
All of which have far wider appeal than within the community you associate them with and indeed have notable proponents who are Poles. When Israel (or any other counry except perhaps Cuba, and even then..) lobby a government, the very capitalistic concept of international trade and development is doubtless closer to their intentions.
IMHO the Jews have a tendency to regard any criticism as an anti-Jewish act. (oy! vey! )
Given centuries of pogroms followed by the holocaust, and even those people who make strange comments online like "oy vey (not a Hebrew phrase and rarely used today - "oy vavoy" is better) who could possibly blame them.
ewish inventions like Communism and the Frankfurt School
All of which have far wider appeal than within the community you associate them with and indeed have notable proponents who are Poles. When Israel (or any other counry except perhaps Cuba, and even then..) lobby a government, the very capitalistic concept of international trade and development is doubtless closer to their intentions.
jon357
8 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Not that it's any way on topic, however there's nothing wrong with a ménage à trois if that's what people want. It certainly happens often enough anyway.
Your brother/sister thing may well appeal however there are issues with genetic disorders when people too closely related have children. Perhaps in-vitro is a solution however that question really is one for the doctors. Very off topic too.
As far as LG rights in Poland or elsewhere are concerned you've failed to notice the obvious flaw in your post. For your two examples, there's very little lobbying for the first and none at all for the second
Not that it's any way on topic, however there's nothing wrong with a ménage à trois if that's what people want. It certainly happens often enough anyway.
Your brother/sister thing may well appeal however there are issues with genetic disorders when people too closely related have children. Perhaps in-vitro is a solution however that question really is one for the doctors. Very off topic too.
As far as LG rights in Poland or elsewhere are concerned you've failed to notice the obvious flaw in your post. For your two examples, there's very little lobbying for the first and none at all for the second
jon357
8 Jun 2015
Off-Topic / Best Portable Pool and Swimming pool care in Poland at Auchan supermarket [4]
Dunno what the solar heater's like, but ground mats are usually a good idea. Which Auchan was it?
Dunno what the solar heater's like, but ground mats are usually a good idea. Which Auchan was it?
jon357
8 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
That isn't a very eloquent way of putting whatever it is you're trying to say, is it. In fact that statement is largely meaningless.
Very worth mentioning that Poland, with its Centuries' old liberal tradition has at times been more progressive than most other places in the world regarding LG rights and even today, despite some of the nonsense posted on here, the situation is good and improving. Not just for the cultural and economic elite who are both thick skinned and intelligent enough not to care about what the most conservative in society think but also out in the small towns and villages. Indeed last year someone was awarded compensation by the courts from a fishwife neighbour for saying much the same as we read almost daily from Pol3 etc.
Btw, Lolek, check out Godwin's Law.
That isn't a very eloquent way of putting whatever it is you're trying to say, is it. In fact that statement is largely meaningless.
Very worth mentioning that Poland, with its Centuries' old liberal tradition has at times been more progressive than most other places in the world regarding LG rights and even today, despite some of the nonsense posted on here, the situation is good and improving. Not just for the cultural and economic elite who are both thick skinned and intelligent enough not to care about what the most conservative in society think but also out in the small towns and villages. Indeed last year someone was awarded compensation by the courts from a fishwife neighbour for saying much the same as we read almost daily from Pol3 etc.
Btw, Lolek, check out Godwin's Law.
jon357
7 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Well, you're certainly entitled to your views, however out of step they may be with the way the world turns.
Well, you're certainly entitled to your views, however out of step they may be with the way the world turns.
jon357
7 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Absolutely. Just basic decency.
As someone said recently: "Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't"
Discrimination should be everybody's concern. Why should some citizens be denied rights?
Absolutely. Just basic decency.
As someone said recently: "Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't"
jon357
7 Jun 2015
News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]
Indeed. Worth mentioning that the legal issues are very new since there are only a few people affected at the moment. They do have to recognise any lawful marriage contracted within the EU, though the two main parties show no enthusiasm for this.
Indeed. Worth mentioning that the legal issues are very new since there are only a few people affected at the moment. They do have to recognise any lawful marriage contracted within the EU, though the two main parties show no enthusiasm for this.