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Grzegorz_   
23 Dec 2012
Life / Why do people think that Poles are culturally isolated? [126]

Do you consider me Polonophobic?

Either that or you're simply a very... well, "uncool" individual in general.

From 2005 I employed quite a few Polish ladies in my factory, all of whom were great to work with.

Wow, a factory owner you :)))

Although it was temperate in the room we slept in, 4 to a bed (two kids), it was -12 in kitchen and I wasn't going to drink anything because the toilet held no appeal.

Following the hotel I rented a really nice apartment in a newly restored apartment block for a couple of weeks. Incredibly cheap to me but horrifically expensive to my partner.

Incredibly cheap to you ? You prince, you :))))

My partner had friends who lived in one room with communal toilet and no bathroom and couldn't afford medication, and friends who were bankers and solicitors. There seemed to be nothing in between. The have nots had nothing and the haves had a similar if not better lifestyle than their counterparts in the "West".

Fascinating. Ever heard about Gini index ? I bet you didn't, go learn and check the data.

I was also struck by the amount of homeless on the street in Poznan including one black guy in that incredible cold. I expected more from Poland. Instead I was left a bit disappointed.

Fecking racists, a black homeless guy, how dare they :))?

There have been some terrible crimes committed by Poles in the UK which helps explain why there is so much negative press in the UK.

:))) Poles in the UK are more often victimes of terrible crimes than their preparators, they are 2-3 less likely to commit a crime than a typical pink person. There are statistics on that.

We just don't see any positive news from Poland or Polish people here.

I'm not surprised you don't :))

Overall, It looks like you think neagtive opinion pinks are having about Poles is justified because:
1. They commit crimes, don't shave their legs bla bla...
2. They are damn poor in Poland, you expected more, so you are disappointed.

Well, I think 1. could be easily proved wrong with stats on crime etc. but I'm very interested in 2. How does it work really ? Because it's the 1st time I see someone trying to justify racism that way. OK Poland is a feckin poor place... I know it very well... so... ? I mean, there are millions of people from India or Pakistan in the UK... and you know, talking about closets, a large part of +1 billion Indians have no access to any toilet... so when you see an Indian in the UK, do you think "what a fecker, I bet his cousine in India shyt in the woods or straight into river". Is it how it works ? Please explain.

Do you have much of an idea of how life is like for the 'have nots' in Poland?

I do.
Grzegorz_   
22 Dec 2012
Life / Why do people think that Poles are culturally isolated? [126]

I don't often see Polonophobic posts on here

I'm not surprised that you don't see it.

I post valid criticisms occasionally.

Once you grow up, you might understand that your perception of mine=valid, yours=invalid is not always right.

Lots of TV coverage at the time with lots of horse and carts. So we have a connection with Poland and horse and carts.

Well, many around the world might associate Africa with starving people, HIV and Rwanda style genocides but somehow that doesn't make serious people rationalize racism aginst blacks the way you are trying to rationalize Polonophobia.

you can always PM me.

You wish.
Grzegorz_   
22 Dec 2012
Life / Why do people think that Poles are culturally isolated? [126]

So why the hell foreigners look on Poles as if they were a back water who have no idea about the world?

In some cases It's ignorance, in other xenophobia... It's not that "westerners" are more tolerant or something, they are just more careful with words, racism and xenophobia PC style.

Lets take this forum for example.
There are members that openly post their racist and xenophobic propaganda.

Just like there are members, who openly post Polonophobic (which wouldn't be tolerated on any other Polish forum) or far left nonsense. It's been done to death over the years. The forum is registered in America, people behind it believe in freedom of speech uber alles, that's why people from far left to far right (which both are much closer to each other than most people think) are allowed to post here, unless they openly attack other forum members etc.


Yawn, It must be shyt to be you.
Grzegorz_   
16 Dec 2012
History / Was Prussia mostly German? [65]

Yep. Except 100 tonnes of American/english/germanic/russian/french/jewish/... dragon tales.
Grzegorz_   
16 Dec 2012
History / Was Prussia mostly German? [65]

Is anything that is published outside of Poland automatically a lie, Nazi propaganda or anti-Polish in your eyes?

No but I don't see why anyone should agree with primitive promotion of Germanic victimhood and xenophobia.
Grzegorz_   
15 Dec 2012
History / Was Prussia mostly German? [65]

contemporary author Alfons Krysinski estimated 800,000 plus 100,000 from East Upper Silesia,[66] the contemporary German statistics say 592,000 Germans had left by 1921,[66] other Polish scholars say that up to a million Germans left.[66].

So...? I'm not sure what point you are trying to make... ?
Grzegorz_   
11 Dec 2012
News / PiS wants symmetry for minorites living in Poland [71]

unlike the newly-transplanted Poles on German soil

It's not so simple, Poles had a minority status in pre-WW2 Germany, got it taken away by so called "nazis"... so gradchildren of Germans of Polish origins, who had minority status decades ago, lost it and had it never recovered, are not a minority of any kind now. Poles in Germany are not really only post 89 or post 45 immigrants. So excuse me my anti-Europeism/chuvanism/homophobia/nationalism/fascism/anti-semitism and what's not but I do agree it's not normal that we provide all the goodies for German minority in Poland and Gerries don't even want to bring back what "nazis" stole.
Grzegorz_   
10 Dec 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

But there are the false statistics! Poland is the richest Slavic country. I don't know, why is full of nonsense statistics.

Dude, you're too funny :))

Slovenia is almost double of Poland. :o

And you, mister kraut, sound like you were getting erroction finding it out. One of those with grandpa drafted to Wehrmacht, I assume ?
Grzegorz_   
6 Dec 2012
News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]

One of few things this gov is right on.

the government is out of touch with its own citizens who are concerned about climate change and support clean energy.

Too funny.
Grzegorz_   
2 Dec 2012
News / Krakow, Poland considers co-hosting the Winter Olympic in 2022 with Slovakia (UPDATE) [30]

I can't find it now but once I saw statistics on major sport tournaments (avg number of fans, infrastructure requirements etc.) and Winter Olympics were far behind Summer or World Cup, more or less on pair with Euro... so I don't see a reason why we wouldn't make it... on the other hand there are controversies over benefits for the host country in case of such events... Personally I think Winter Olympics 2022 in Poland are not a bad idea... Some people are also talking about Summer Olympics in Warsaw 2024... I would have serious doubts in this case...
Grzegorz_   
30 Nov 2012
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

Sorry but that is not a normal laugh

I still don't get it... so it's all about the way he is laughing... ?
Grzegorz_   
30 Nov 2012
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

Just in case you forgot, here is a little remainder:

What's so shocking ?
Grzegorz_   
28 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / Are Poles in the UK more prone to Thievery? [37]

How many steel plated doors do you see on houses in the UK compared to Poland. Don't forget we have a lot of your village idiots.

Well, about 9 of 10 people, who lived in both countries say that Poland is safer but I guess you know better, pink creature :)

Ah, could you please make it clear If you agree that Poles are more prone to thievery than english ? Y/N and why. I hope to hear soon from you !

I commend the Poles. Beating Romanians and Somalians is some achievement !

Thank you ! Now, dear creature, please tell us, have you ever heard about statistics ?
Grzegorz_   
28 Nov 2012
News / In Bialystok, the mayor has now openly said he would like to lobby for ONR (National Radical Camp) [22]

the first article is very unbalanced and not in any way objective journalism.

To put it very mildly :)))

Let me help you along: So you think that burning fossil fuels or running potentially life threatening reactors is better than harvesting energy from wind, water and the sun, which is free, abundant and risk free?

Could you please explain why, If this energy is so free, it is not competitive without huge subsidies ? I hope to hear from you soon !
Grzegorz_   
26 Nov 2012
News / €80 billion for Poland new EU budget [166]

Yes, Poland has money for SOME highways. Enough for 28% of them.

Polish gov has more than enough money to fix the roads without any foreign subsidies. One of main reasons why the roads here got so ****** was that for many years govs were hardly investing in them following the "soon we will be in EU, they will give us billons to fix roads" reasoning. So instead of spending on roads, they could keep overblown administration, buy votes of plebs through various social spendings etc.

If you think Poland could just "find more money" then maybe you have some genius idea where from?

It's not really a zero sum game. Billions are being wasted each year and there's no pressure to put a stop to that, why do anything ? "EU will give us money" and problem solved. Subsidies are not working well, no matter if received by individuals, companies or countries. They spoil receivers and promote mismanagement.

Of course the EU isn't doing this out of the kindness of its heart, but it's a win-win situation.

No it isn't. It helps "rich" expand the real economy and create artificial one in "poor" countries. These days we can see very well how it ends up. Germany is doing well as their companies were getting fat due to flooding "poor" with their products, southern Europe is struggeling despite a fact that they were getting many billions from EU budget for many years.

Or we'll build our own mobile phone networks, with tin cans and string.

Typical pink ignorance :))
Grzegorz_   
25 Nov 2012
News / €80 billion for Poland new EU budget [166]

Anybody who drives on the roads, uses public transport, farms food or is in any way affected by the huge infrastructure funding (of which Poland is the largest net recipient) benefits.

Yep, so the government instead of actually doing something to improve the country, is getting away with "EU funds will solve the problem". We've seen how well it ended up in Southern Europe. Oh wait...

Personally I hope there will be huge cuts in EU budget.