News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


That girl believes in what she's doing and is acting accordingly. Much like the students who go on stage after each and every school massacre and demand that something should be done about the guns in this country. They all get attacked by as*shole politicians, NRA freaks and other nutters because they want change and are therefore a threat to the status quo. In the end, nothing ever gets done because some idiot dinosaurs aren't able to jump over their shadow. Climate change, environmental protection, population control ... it's always the same.


She's a kid.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


How can you say that? Be happy that our kids are still idealistic enough to believe that they will be able to change something for the better. That's what young people have always done. To attack a kid for having dreams and fears like some politicians and pundits have done with Greta Thunberg is simply disgusting behavior.

History / Does Poland deserve credit for the 1989 Revolution? [87]


True, but don't forget Gorbachev's role. Without him the Soviets would've simply crushed the resistance just like they had before in 1953, 1956 and 1968.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


Let's start with undoing the rollback of regulations by the EPA under Scott Pruitt.


Why taxes? Why a number? That's far too simplistic. It starts with your personal behavior. Reduce consumption, switch off lights after leaving a room, don't waste water. The list is endless.


Have you told your grandkids already?

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


1. Tighten environmental laws instead of undermining them for profit
2. Close down coal fired power plants
3. Reduce the usage of plastic packaging material as much as possible
...
plus a multitude of other necessary actions. JR mentioned two in his post above.


Global warming is just one factor of many that endanger the planet.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


It certainly makes a difference. The USA is the second largest polluter on the planet. If we would get our act together environmentally, the planet would benefit big time. Someone has to start with the cleanup, or we are all screwed.


Very true.


So we don't care either? Out of spite? Cleaning up the environment benefits Americans right here at home.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]

We kill the oceans, burn the forests, drive countless species to extinction and multiply as if there's no tomorrow. Sure we will adapt, but the future doesn't look too inviting if you ask me.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


Huh? 30 years ago was 1989. Insects everywhere. Agent Orange was already used during the Vietnam War, and DDT was developed in 1874 (!) and is banned in the US since 1972.


Not toxic. See above.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


What is it that you do that scientists want so desperately take control of?

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


Stick your head in the sand and wait for the burning forests to set your ass on fire.

You'll only have to drive an hour up and down the highway to notice that something is wrong. How many bugs on your windshield compared to 30 years ago? But according to you science deniers, it must be the increasing number of birds that make the insect populations collapse. Oh wait, the birds are on their way out, too? That's the fault of wind turbines, right? Let's build some coal fired power plants then. Who cares about our children and grandchildren. You people are dinosaurs.


How about you google for disappearing glaciers worldwide? Or for the melting ice cap of Greenland.

News / What the Polish government do to bring back home Polish immigrants? [116]


Brazilian Exit... :)


Have the population planners in Poland taken that into account already? Losing approx. 1 million young people (mostly between 20 and 40 years of age) to the U.K. alone is quite significant.

News / What the Polish government do to bring back home Polish immigrants? [116]

Are there any estimates out there how many Poles plan to go home after Brexit?

News / What the Polish government do to bring back home Polish immigrants? [116]


Exactly. You have a certain memories and expectations about your home country. When you finally return, you'll realize that the image in your head has nothing to do with reality anymore.


Well, it will certainly matter when a million Polish expats return home all of a sudden. Poland was very happy in 2004 when it was able to ease its unemployment problem by exporting people to Britain, Ireland and Sweden. Remember?

News / What the Polish government do to bring back home Polish immigrants? [116]


People will have to ask themselves what country really is their home. After a decade or more, the place of residence becomes your home and your country of origin a distant memory. That's at least how it was for me.

News / What the Polish government do to bring back home Polish immigrants? [116]


But that is true for every country. Once you lived abroad for a decade or so, returning to your home country will always be kind of a shock unless you visit on a regular basis.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Bismarck? LOL!

Polonia / What are qualites of Germans? [60]

Why is it frightening? Because it's "ze Germans"? I for one would ask which powerful western countries are openly promoting their right wing, nationalistic ideas right now. That's where the work has to start. Hint: it's not Germany.

Genealogy / Wrong age on 4 marriage certificates [9]

Did any civil registration records from the town your grandparents were from survive the war? Those records are far more accurate than any church book entry.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Blessing some water?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Antoni Wiwulski?

Life / Political correctness in Poland [210]

Dunno, that seems to be a stretch.

Life / Political correctness in Poland [210]


So why do some people consider it racist, as Ziemowit claimed? I find this whole PC thing rather annoying, I have to admit. The latest and greatest here in the US is the so-called "cultural appropriation". When white kids wear dreadlocks for example, some clowns think that's offensive because it supposedly copies black culture. The world has gone mad.

Life / Political correctness in Poland [210]


As I said: nowadays it's considered offensive, but up until the 1980's nobody would even care. The same word was used in Dutch as well by the way, and in several other languages, too. The political correctness is a child of the 2000's. It goes too far very often.

Life / Political correctness in Poland [210]

Similar thing happened in Germany. A company had to rename their "Negerkuss" product (French: tête de nègre) to "Schokokuss" (Chocolate kiss) because a few people had complained that it was offensive. I can't see how an established, rather harmless word that dates back way over a century can all of a sudden become "racist".

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I'm not familiar with European species, but as a wild guess: Birch Bolete (Leccinum scabrum).

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

That looks like a bolete.

Life / Everything this guy says I feel about Poland [69]


Why would they have to change? Just because a certain behavior is the norm in Anglo-American countries doesn't mean that others have to copy it. Think of the queueing in Britain. Time-honored tradition. Now try the same in France and you will see how far your manners get you. After 10,000 people have skipped the line you will capitulate... :)

Life / Everything this guy says I feel about Poland [69]

@Miloslaw

Why do you say that? Interpersonal behavior that is expected in the Anglosphere is considered strange elsewhere. That's the main reason why Brits and Americans believe that the French, Dutch, Germans and Poles are rude for example.

Life / Everything this guy says I feel about Poland [69]



It's a cultural thing. In the US for example, people will smile at you all the time, wishing you a great day while being over the top friendly. Especially in restaurants and shops. If you do the same in central European countries, people will think you have a screw loose. They consider such behavior fake and shallow.

Life / Equivalent of American televangelists in Poland? [11]

Are there any televangelists in Europe at all?