News / Potheads attack police in Warsaw [40]

Good idea :)

Did you bring the papers?

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M-G (a little stoned doesn't hurt)

News / Potheads attack police in Warsaw [40]

Oh gee, did they have pot with them? Heaven is crying! Lock them up and throw away the key, those darn junkies!

Let's not lose our heads here. It's just marihuana and what does it matter if they want to smoke a joint? It really doesn't. I've never seen sb who was stoned start fights, like ppl who are drunk do. Alcohol is actually categorized under hard-drugs, but they cannot forbid that as too much money is involved for the state. Softdrugs doesn't harm anybody any more than the tobacco does with which they roll their joints. That's actually proven.

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M-G (so let them have their joints, who cares)

Life / Charity In Poland (tradition and attitude towards door-to-door collecting) [19]


So you took only 9 days to think about it. Well done, son, I am nearly proud of you.


Oh, I am very nice, but just wait until you cross Sokrates' or 1jola's path, compared to them I'm an angel :) Anyway, the response was based on the fact that many (private) actions to help Poland and the Poles were set up in the Netherlands in the 1980's, my family and me donated many times for those poor ppl during winter time. I was just wondering if PL would return the favour as they have it now better. Not to NL, but to poorer countries in the 3rd world or elsewhere.

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M-G (tiens)

Life / Charity In Poland (tradition and attitude towards door-to-door collecting) [19]

You guys needed 8 months to think about this response? Wow, I think I should contact the Guiness Book of Records here. My remarks were intended to spark a discussion and to get some answers, so I used some sarcasm there. But if you guys need 8 months and still don't get it, the reply doesn't surprise me at all. :)


No. Critical questions don't necessesarily mean anti-polonism. I know some ppl interprete it that way, but it is not. I was just curious and wanted to know. That is all.

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M-G (but the answers have been given now, so my quest is fulfilled to that respect)

History / What connects Poland with Vlad Impaler or to say Vlad Tepes or simple Dracula [43]

I thought Vlad was Walachian, hence descending from the Dacians, hence Romanian, hence not Slavic? So to answer your question: nothing.

But he did like the Turks so much indeed, he decided to invent the Turk-skewer.

:)


Non existent.

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M-G (tiens)

Love / Why do Polish women prefer foreigners for boyfriends and husbands? [418]


Hm, in that case I am Balkan Super power :)))

But in fairness, most girls don't like bodyhair, and I don't believe most Polish chickadees do. You'd be surprised how many Polish females don't like Polish men. Usually the more intelligent, but it seems a pretty big phenomenae. It's normal. A lot of Dutch girls don't like Dutch men either. We have a saying that goes: "what you have to get from afar, is always better." Polish girls are so familiar with Polish men and they are bored with them (who can blame them, lol), so when foreigners pop up, they naturally look more interesting. Same goes for when they go live abroad. One Polish girl once told me she thought that Polish men were the most boring men on Earth.

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M-G (both Polish girls in the office hate Polish men as well)

Off-Topic / Is there any chance Slavs to form Confederation or its just an utopia? [12]


That is actually very funny, Grunwald...:)

Well, since he loves the Germans recently, I would also say "Krähe".

And since he has a recent beef with the Dutch, I would not call him "Kraai".

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M-G (tiens)

Life / Polish and Slavic Art [48]

Oh well, I was just curious about it. Those paintings you show remind me somehow of Salvador Dali...Especially the second and third one.

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M-G (tiens)

Life / Polish and Slavic Art [48]

Well done, Zetigrek :) Actually a good thread anyway.

Actually, I was just curious: do Poles consider "Die Blechtrommel" by Günther Grass partly a Polish novel? I know it's a German book, but it takes place in Gdansk and Grass was born there too.

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M-G (tiens)

Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]

Oh? I thought maths were everywhere the same?

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M-G (surprised)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]

Parents, bad friends, all sorts of external influences, which could happen to any kid.

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M-G (tiens)

Love / Are Polish men sexist? [53]


You sexist swine. :)))

Life / POLISH TEENAGERS TURN TO PROSTITUTION... [77]


We had that in Amsterdam a few years back. Teenage girls who wanted a few packs of fags or some hamburger menu in McD's or anything else they could not afford, discovered that they could easily get these things if they were willing to give some guy a BJ in his car or let them fcuk her. Sometimes they even did this for a free ride. A ride for a ride, so to say :)

But I have not a particular opinion on this ocurrence. Nowadays kids have sex with eachother and older guys at ages where I, when I was that young, only thought about my electrical toy-train and went to bed in pyjamas. Guess it's the modern times, I don't think it's normal, but hey, if they do it safe at an age of 16, I have no problem with it as such. It's their parent's concern, not mine. Who am I to judge?

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M-G (but not younger than 15-16 and only with eachother, not with grown up guys)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]

My links are highly respected and neutral newspapers. But suit yourself.

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M-G (tiens)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


No he is not:

depers.nl/binnenland/211136/Kwart-diefstallen-door-Poolse-bende.html

Translate it yourself, it says that 1 in 4 burglaries are committed by Polish gangs from Wroclaw.

Another one:

volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article968154.ece/Ramkraken_specialiteit_van_Poolse_criminelen

Again, translate it yourself. This is about the fact that bursting into a windowshop with a car is the speciality of Polish criminals in NL.


Gee, you really are not intelligent, are you?

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M-G (tiens)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


You're right. I haven't seen much of the world just yet. And I haven't got a clue where those ten thousands of Airmiles in my account come from. And again, sweet irony, sb who pays hommage to his own nick...

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M-G (has probably seen more countries that the useful idiot)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]

Hey, learn to quote right, I didn't say that.

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M-G (tsk)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


Indeed it is. 2 per cent of the Polish population in NL is involved in some criminal activity. That leaves alone the huge number of Polish drunk drivers. 2 per cent of the Polish population...That's actually just as much as the percentage of criminals among the black population in Poland...So if we follow the reasoning of some here, Poles are just as criminal as the blacks in Poland! So what the heck are we talking about.

Oh, I see, the relativity is only important for the coloured ppl. 2 per cent of Poles in NL (which is a higher number than the number of blacks living in PL) is of course not as bad as 2 per cent of the blacks...


Agreed, however, it is a proven fact that crime rates are higher in poor areas and when a poor person steals or kills anyone, it's a criminal.

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M-G (sounds logic, doesn't it?)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


What kinda remark is this? Everybody knows and it has been proven that poverty leads to a bigger rate of crime. Why do you think that the crime rate is much higher in the poor areas of a city? Not because of the number of black ppl living there, but because of the poverty there, the ppl don't have nothing, sometimes even nothing to eat, so they start stealing. It happens, and it has nothing to do with the colour of one's skin.

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M-G (tiens)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


This actually made me laugh, coming from just about the biggest racist bigot on this forum. You really don't have a clue what you're talking about, do you? You babble on about freedom of speech and expression and all, but your "opinion" severely limits not only the freedom of speech of different groups of ppl but also the liberty of movement and their right to try and get access to another country in order to build up a future, a future they generally don't have in their own country. And then they are confronted with scum like you. You yourself are an immigrant, go back to your own country, I would say if I would follow your reasoning.


I take it you are now talking about Poles and other Eastern European migrants, willing to work for a salary less than what is usual in a specific country? They suit this description perfectly, namely.


Ah ok, so I have a new job for you: you can come and clean my toilet. After all, it's a lie that these ppl do the jobs that the natives don't want to do. I don't want to clean my toilet, so I will hire a useful idiot to do so. Great ideas you have. :)


I'm not saying that Poles commit the most crimes as I haven't seen any stats concerning this, but truth is that we had and have (although it seems to get less now) quite some trouble with Polish burglars - only recently a Polish guy breaks in three houses, kills two elderly and is caught red-handed while committing his third break-in in one night. Also we have quite some Poles getting arrested for drunk driving.


Forum.nl is sth like PF and if Forum.nl is independent and trustworthy, why can't PF be instead of all those racist bigots that in a minority, but unfortunately are the loudest. What I am trying to say here is that the ranting of those racists is not really good publicity for Poland. Just imagine when a random person that's interested in PL visits this forum and sees all those racist spout their vile; what you think would be the impression that this person gets?

I honestly believe that Poland is a good country, and welcoming ppl from elsewhere is not only a sign of the times which they have to accept; it will also be an enrichment, because most of the foreigners who come to live there are decent ppl.


Weren't you the one who was complaining that black ppl are racist towards you? Isn't this remark nullifying this complaint?

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M-G (tiens)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


This was an incident, nothing more than that. An unfortunate incident, but an incident.

@DariuszTelka: do these so called reports also mention how much Poles there are in jail or how much Norwegians? I bet they do, but probably you just read conveniently past them. Like Harry said: you're a guest in Norway, who is complaining about other guests.

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M-G (tiens)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


This falls in the same category as assumption, presumption and generally leads to wrong judgements and eventually to unfounded hatred. Yes, my friend, when I was in university, I had a small philosophy course too in which the term was being discussed.

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M-G (lunch)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


What would happen? He would be arrested or overpowered by the other officers, he would go to jail and receive the sentence he deserved. That's what would happen in a normal law abiding society.


I've seen them, but are they representable for the entire population? One thing you should remember it's all too easy to hate a group just because you don't like certain individuals within that group. The better way is to look at it person per person, which is harder, but more smart. I have opened my window and I've seen what is going on. All I see is terrified ppl, scared of anything new and different. Once you can set yourself over that fear, you will see that it's not as bad as it may seem. All you have to do is get rid of stupid prejudices and unfounded hate. You can dislike an individual and there are a few black individuals that I truly don't like, but I am smart enough not to look at the whole group the same way. Everybody is different and once you understand that, you will have a better life. I've also seen the pics you posted here recently. What kind of impression you think they leave behind?


And you really don't see that this is a very racist remark? Poles are not that well loved in the UK, you know. But I guess it's ok to bash on the blacks and not ok to bash on Poles.

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M-G (Poland 1990: an all white stereotype family; Poland 2010: a picture taken during some rebellion somewhere in the world and presented as if that is the future of Poland. I would say that is pretty racist)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


Your claims? What claims? All I hear you say is that the blacks are treading on Norwegian law with both feet and that only one conclusion can follow, them out of there. That is all you're saying, so to me you're the same, albeit you use different terminology.


You can dislike certain individuals for their behaviour, but no group is alike and can NEVER be accounted for the actions of an individual. If that were the case, it would be perfectly ok for me to call all Poles burglars, killers and thieves as a couple of them are currently in jail in NL for doing just that. But I don't and you know why that is? Because I know they are individuals, bad individuals and I know that not all Poles are like that. But that is a stage you yet seem to have to reach. Not a problem, it will take some time and some day you will, but just not yet.

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M-G (tiens)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


You know the difference between you and an outright racist is that at least they say it openly. You don't even dare that. You try to hide it behind semi-intelligent drivel, but you're saying basically the same.

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M-G (lunch)

Life / Apple v IBM computers in Poland [37]

To be honest, I don't like Apple users that much either. Always bragging how great it is, what they forget is that Apple refuses to hand out their OS to any other machines than their own. They only have to write an OS for just one config, so naturally they can come out with more OS'es than MS, who has to write it for thousands of configs.

@Bratwurst:

I don't agree with you fully on the emulator part for Macs on PC's. Not all Virtual MC's can run the Mac OS. Only a handful of VM's can run it and they're usually 3rd party and cost money. And I never buy software anyway ;)

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M-G (tiens)

Life / Apple v IBM computers in Poland [37]


Well, it's not that IBM was so enthousiastic to hand them out to everyone :) But anyway, Bratwurst has a valid point there: you always have to wait for ages until the Mac version comes out for a certain program and other programs don't have Apple versions at all... In my personal case, I would not use Apple's Garageband for any price in the world. Even though I'm a hobbyist, I surely consider myself more serious than to work with virtual puppets acting as musicians on a stage to represent my music! Besides, there is no Apple equivalent for the progs that I use to make music anyway.

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M-G (tiens)

Life / Apple v IBM computers in Poland [37]

Like cream soda.

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M-G (there you have it)

Life / Apple v IBM computers in Poland [37]

Do you mean IBM-compatible machines, PC's or MS machines in comparison to Apple machines?

About the viruses: there are viruses for Apple machines, if you want to be completely sure you have nearly zero chance on a virus, get a Linux machine, a OS/2 machine from SUN, if they still make them, with a BE2 OS.

Edit: that has to be a BEOS, not BE2 OS, mea culpa.

But the advantage of Apple towards other machines is mainly the OS. Apple just has to write an OS for one particular config, while MS has to make it compatible with 1000's of configs. There are more ppl who use MS machines, therefore it's more "lucrative" for virus makers to create viruses for MS machines. Also, Apple is better when you do graphic things. Apple machines look better, if that is what you're looking for, although that is a matter of taste and due to the fact that the Apple OS used to be somewhat of a bald chicken, there is nothing to gain for malafide virus programmers. MS has more feathers, not all of them you need, which tends to make it more cumbersome, however Win7 is a great improvement compared with Vista.

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M-G (tiens)

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


No prob, my friend :)

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M-G (tiens)