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From: Poznań, Poland
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delphiandomine   
31 Aug 2012
USA, Canada / My story. Born In the USA - do I have a chance in Poland, my Mother Country? [69]

It's especially sick when you see brainwashed trailer park dwellers ranting about healthcare - yet, they're the ones who actually need it!

And I think the infant mortality and life expectancy figures speak for themselves. Something very strange is afoot if the infant morality rate is higher in the US than in Poland..
delphiandomine   
31 Aug 2012
Life / Thinking of a move to Wroclaw, Poland [13]

Poznan Winogrady for example.

Winogrady, dangerous?

It's a suburb full of Communist villas, hardly what one would call dangerous. You could at least name some proper areas in Poznan - or even better, streets.

Try to get contact with some of the mates there, funny, open-minded guys I guess ... to students you could also go and start a conversation, going with them to a few pubs or clubs .. do the same with these guys. Tell them, you are a Brit or whatever you are. And please, dont forgett to film!!

You're definitely an amusing one. Why would someone stick a camera in the face of any stranger?

And yes, I know some of these guys that you talk about. Never had a problem with them, perhaps because I don't go around badmouthing their country repeatedly and acting like a typical hysterical tourist. In fact, one of them lived in the UK for a while and has nothing but nice things to say about the place. And he keeps his pub open as long as we want to stay - top bloke.

haha yes its true once u get out of the inner city things start to look a bit grim,

Not really. Grim is London council estates or those absolutely horrific estates on the edge of Paris. Poland? Nothing grim here.

delphiandomine\ will have no chance in this poznan slum neighbourhood, he will be lucky to get out there with a few bruises, sans his wallet.

Hahahaha. I live here, you don't - and there are no such areas.

Then again, a typical wimpy foreigner would run away at the sight of a few dudes drinking beer.

Of course he is going alone there, trying to find some new contacts. Showing us, that Poland is the safest and most tolerant country in the world!

Because, you know, German women are so so safe in immigrant neighbourhoods, aren't they?
delphiandomine   
31 Aug 2012
History / Czech and Polish character in World War two [81]

Magdalena... (asking in a sickly sweet voice) - would you tell me more? :)

There was a claim repeatedly made by certain people that Poland didn't interfere with people's surnames - so it's interesting that they did to you :)
delphiandomine   
31 Aug 2012
News / Who controls Gazeta Wyborcza?? [216]

What do you think?

I think it's rather strange that someone living in London should be so obsessed with Gazeta Wyborcza.

Some may say it is not right to charge a son for the deeds of his family. Yes, I would abstain from this introduction if Adam Michnik admitted the truth about his family and did not white wash the three of them.

Michnik will do it when Jaroslaw Kaczynski does it. After all, Kaczynski's father was a treasonous bastard.

Anyway, when you get locked up for years as a political prisoner and do half of what Michnik did for Poland, then you can talk.
delphiandomine   
31 Aug 2012
History / Czech and Polish character in World War two [81]

I seem to remember an interview with her back in the day where she explained that the Mlynkova thing was a bit of a marketing ploy (to make her seem more exotic).

Makes sense, I suppose.

The Czech alphabet has no "ł" or "w" that's for sure. So yes, if she were born there, they might have spelt her surname Mlynková. I used to have a similarly formed surname myself :-)

But - they recognise Polish as a minority language, so surely people can keep their real names there?

(I was exploring Cesky Tesin and the surrounding area a few weeks ago. Very, very strange place linguistically...)
delphiandomine   
31 Aug 2012
History / Czech and Polish character in World War two [81]

Also, isn't Halina Polish, only born in the Czech Republic?

Her father is definitely Polish, but her mother - not sure. But - if she was Polish, wouldn't she be Młynkowa?

(unless the Czechs have some funny rules about spelling too...?)
delphiandomine   
30 Aug 2012
Love / Interracial Polish girls [19]

The more homogenous a nation, the stronger it is.

The British Empire wasn't very homogenous, yet it was incredibly powerful at the time.

South Korea, Iceland, Japan etc.

Iceland?
delphiandomine   
30 Aug 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]

The Roma question is a major problem. Perhaps we need to give them their own homeland.

What they should have done was create some sort of Roma state out of that area near Michalovce (SK) / Mukachevo (UA) / Satu Mare (RO) - perhaps even the whole southern part of Ukraine could have gone to them. Post-WW2 would have been the perfect time for it - it could have been some sort of Roma SSR in the Soviet Union.

Their lack of a clearly identify sovereign homeland is one huge issue in Europe today - and as Slovakia says, they've been trying for 70 years to solve the problem.
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
Work / Finding work in Warsaw / Poland as an English private tutor [63]

I might be down in Wroclaw sooner rather than later - if you want, I'm happy to meet up and give you some ideas as to how things work with schools?

The usual trick is to be indispensable. Instead of trying to get full time hours, approach them with a request for 2-4 hours a week. You'll soon find that they have offers for you of more work - but it's getting the foot in the door that matters.
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]

it is still considered as a soft entry to Schengen.

It is remarkably soft. It surprises me to see just how soft it is.

How should Poland supplement the coming managerial and intellectual social void.

Actually - I don't think there will be a void. There are enough people coming through to fill the positions that are needed, and there is an "export" market just waiting for the rest.

make post graduate education free.

It is free, genius.
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
History / Czech and Polish character in World War two [81]

, I just say what common Czechs know about there history of country.

Ah, Western Betrayal. Common to both Czechs and Poles, they were systematically brainwashed with this.
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
History / Czech and Polish character in World War two [81]

Except it was/is quite acceptable in English to use "Czech" as short for "Czechoslovakian" in those times. It's one of the reasons that the so-called hyphen war happened after the Velvet Revolution.

No-one would say "those pesky Czechoslovaks invaded Poland in 1920" - you'd just say "those pesky Czechs".
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
News / Amber Gold and other Poland's suspicious institutions [139]

Does it mean that all cases that Michnik won are examples of kangaroo court?

Likewise all the cases where people were prosecuted for political purposes by PiS supporters and the ilk. People from both ideological sides have benefited from a crap Justice system, hence why no-one really wants to reform it.

Are all government systems broke?

No. Many of them work quite well. One broken part of the system doesn't mean everything is broken.

Is it an example of a failed state, dangerous to neighbors and continent stability?

Poland? Hardly. It's one of the least dangerous states there are - everything is so wrapped up in NATO.
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
History / Czech and Polish character in World War two [81]

What war? there were no such war! You are lying again Harry.

No war?

Why is it called "Wojna polsko-czechosłowacka" by Polish sources, then?

What are all those monuments for in Cieszyn?
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
History / Czech and Polish character in World War two [81]

I know villages with 16 permanent residents during week and 400 on weekends.

Disastrous. Explains why they were empty when I was there not so long ago :(

The Czechs have no Jewish minority of any number and second of all there were no Jedwabne or Kielce pogroms you twit!

There certainly was, unless you choose to disagree with Polish history. You can also add the shameful Lwów one to that.

As for the Czech Jewish minority - they had well over 350,000 according to the last Czech census. Quite numerous...

By that logic Poland chose to be an enemy of both Germany and the USSR.

If we use such logic, then Poland deserved it.
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]

Depending on which poll you want to believe the Dutch Socialist Party (a party which has been branded "national socialist" by German liberal media) is either the strongest or second strongest party right now.

Oh dear. Where do you read this stuff?

The Dutch socialists are just a plain standard social democratic party that has elements of Trotskyism about it. They're not "national socialist" in any way, nor are they extreme by European political measures. There's nothing Nazi about them at all, - and if you knew anything about Dutch politics, you'd know that the reference in the German media was in the way that the party is heavily controlled from the centre.

Then again, you're a child of immigrants yourself. Perhaps you should be deported, too?
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]

You really, really ought to read what you're quoting...

Abortion rates are no lower overall in areas where abortion is generally restricted by law (and where many abortions are performed under unsafe conditions) than in areas where abortion is legally permitted."

You've just provided conclusive evidence as to why there's no need to ban abortion. I mean, if the numbers are the same anyway, what's the point in banning it?

And I assure you that the "official" statistics are rather misleading in respects to Poland.

Then again, I suspect you've never been in a situation when abortion has been an option.
delphiandomine   
29 Aug 2012
USA, Canada / My story. Born In the USA - do I have a chance in Poland, my Mother Country? [69]

I truly hate that attitude, "if you don't like it, leave". You should know better, delph. It implies that we are not supposed to point out anything that is broken around us.

The problem comes when someone is so thoroughly alienated by their host country that they despise everything in it and can't see beyond their hatred. If they've gone so far, the best thing to do is leave.

How is anything going to get better if the squeaky wheel never squeaks?

Anyone who knows Poles knows that they have to squeak themselves, rather than outsiders.

Yeah the "If you don't like it leave" attitude is pretty childish. I made commitments which I will honor...unlike most Poles who never show up on time, never call when they say they will or do what they say they will do. Even other Poles say this about each other so it's not just some angry outsider's view. I will be happy when my time here is finished.

Your use of "honor" gives the game away. Why is it that it seems to be mostly Americans that bitterly complain about how terrible Poland is? Are they really incapable of taking a trip to some of the beautiful things Poland has, or simply going to the airport?

I fail to see why anyone would hang around if the country is truly so terrible. Oh wait, it's a woman keeping you here, isn't it? :)

Incidentally, people don't do this stuff to me. Perhaps it's because I don't have a superiority complex?
delphiandomine   
28 Aug 2012
USA, Canada / My story. Born In the USA - do I have a chance in Poland, my Mother Country? [69]

Poland is the place for me. We here have a jerk as president, and if he gets in office again, things will get worst yet, and when he does not, and I hope he does not, it will take many years to undo the many bad things he did.

Do you realise that Poland is significantly more socialist than your President is?
delphiandomine   
28 Aug 2012
Law / New Law Concerning Dual Citizenship in Poland [13]

I have searched this forum and have seen nothing about this.

Sorry, you've misread it. You need to be resident in Poland for 3 years once you've been granted permanent residency (karta stałego pobytu - which you obtain after 5 years of temporary residency) - and you must also satisfy a barrage of requirements, including the need to possess a certificate in Polish proving that you passed one of the State exams.
delphiandomine   
28 Aug 2012
Law / PESEL number form. Could you tell me what this means and what I need to fill in? [8]

Does someone happen to know where exactly in Krakow we need to apply for a pesel number?

Once you've got a valid residency document for more than 3 months, just go to the local Urzad Miasta that deals with registration issues.

No need to fill anything in - they'll do it all for you.
delphiandomine   
28 Aug 2012
Law / Polish Passport and Polish Citizenship (dual with American) [14]

His posting details somewhat in order the paperwork should be presented in. His posting is dated January 2007.

The law has recently changed and his posting will be out of date now.

All paperwork should now be in accordance with the law of 2009, which for interested readers, formally contains a provision to regain Polish citizenship when it was previously stripped under the previous 1920/1951/1962 acts.
delphiandomine   
27 Aug 2012
Law / Rights of a consumer when dealing with faulty goods in Poland? [65]

No, security in a retailer's premises in the England and Wales can lawfully briefly detain you for suspected shoplifting, that's the law. They have to call the police, however, if they detain you. They have a special room for it in most shops. Otherwise every shoplifter would just leg it.

guardian.co.uk/money/2000/sep/02/jobsandmoney

It explains it quite well here - essentially, if they do attempt to detain you, they have to get it absolutely right. If they get it wrong, they're open to prosecution for unlawful arrest. So - if you haven't nicked anything, you can quite reasonably tell them to get lost. If they attempt to detain you after this - it's a pretty easy win in the civil courts, especially if the police turn up and find nothing. It's why they won't (or shouldn't) attempt to detain you for the alarm sounding - if they don't have it absolutely certain that you've been stealing, they can easily be taken to court for it.

As for reasonable grounds - from what I can gather, the general assumption is that you have to be witnessed actually concealing something. The alarm wouldn't be enough, as it's possible that the machine is faulty - I doubt they are regularly calibrated.

Would be interesting if anyone on here knows what the law is in Poland.