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jon357   
21 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Guy Fawkes [88]

I never realized how deep the divide is between the right wing and others.
It's frightening actually.
Who would've thought such a thing could be possible in Poland.
welcome to the modern world I guess :(

Remember that guys like that are just the lunatic fringe. The internet is to blame for quite a lot.
jon357   
20 Nov 2012
Law / Can't get a social security number/PESEL in Poland (I'm from UK) [56]

. But it seems that they are scrutinising it a lot when I leave and enter unless they're just trying to think of the phrase in English "Geeeezez you've aged since that photo was taken, ain't ya, eh..."

I used to get it all the time with my old passport but never with the new one. Who knows what's in their system.

BTW, if you want to top up a mobile phone online, they actually ask for a PESEL - unbelievable!
jon357   
20 Nov 2012
Law / Can't get a social security number/PESEL in Poland (I'm from UK) [56]

Apparently the most ridiculous thing about the requirement to register is that there's no punishment in law for not registering!

They can't do anything at all - freedom of movement is guaranteed within the EU. And in any case, there are rarely any checks at land borders so unless there's a paper trail they have no way of knowing your date of entry.
jon357   
20 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Guy Fawkes [88]

he did nothing

see below:

cops found TNT, bullet-proof vests etc at his apartment and he had carried out some text explosions.

That should ring alarm bells, people with an unhealthy interest in guns and wars are a touch odd to most.

Never a good sign.
jon357   
20 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]

If bus drivers didn't drive buses every time they disapprove of the ads on the side, nobody would ever get to work.
jon357   
19 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]

'Passengers in Rotherham can rightly expect bus drivers to do the job they pay them to do — drive buses.
'If they are unwilling to, perhaps they should look for another job.'

This is the key. It isn't a matter for the driver to approve of or disapprove of whatever advert is on the side of the bus. As I said, the guy sounds a jerk, and almost certainly has his own unresolved issues about sexuality.
jon357   
19 Nov 2012
History / Was Prussia mostly German? [65]

Culturally very much so. The ethnic Prussians who were neither Germans or Poles are often forgotten and suffered after the war due to being Germanised.
jon357   
18 Nov 2012
History / Was Prussia mostly German? [65]

Was Prussia ever mostly German or was it just a German ruling class

Depends when where and who. And even then, not so simple.
jon357   
18 Nov 2012
News / More Poles speak English than French or Spanish! [34]

I think that they are a bit more trustworthy than some rating agencies,

I would disagree - the decisions of the ratings agencies have an enormous effect - especially on cost of a country's borrowing.

And of course, only one of the countries mentioned has to spend millions to promote its language and even have language quotas for music on the radio and have an Academie to discourage its citizens from using English words!
jon357   
18 Nov 2012
News / More Poles speak English than French or Spanish! [34]

Unfortunately Moody's and S&P, who matter a bit more than wikipedia, don't agree with you.

Nor do the figures for nominal GDP per capita, nor do the unemployment figures, nor do the NUTS-2 regions.
jon357   
18 Nov 2012
News / More Poles speak English than French or Spanish! [34]

Most large companies don't use the EU subsidy for language lessons. The conditions are rarely suitable to operational needs.

And no, France isn't the '2nd' country in Europe. It hasn't even got a AAA credit rating!
jon357   
18 Nov 2012
News / More Poles speak English than French or Spanish! [34]

t is done by U.E. funds so it costs close to 0 zl to Polish state

Actually the initiatives pre-date EU entry (and I'm in the field too, both now and pre-2004).

in huge international corporations,

In 95% of cases it isn't.

Why in the world are PF members so obsessed by the French and Spaniards!

They aren't. Those places are just second-rank European countries.
jon357   
18 Nov 2012
News / More Poles speak English than French or Spanish! [34]

No surprises here - there are 300 language schools in Warsaw alone and the government invest a lot of time and money in English teaching in the state sector.
jon357   
16 Nov 2012
Travel / Restaurant reviews in Poland. [86]

That one's great. Another very good one is just across the water on Target Rybny. It's called Taverna Dominikanska and wins prizes. Not expensive.
jon357   
15 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

For you those who took part in the demonstration are fascist

The Hitler salutes and the slogans on their banners were a teensy weeny giveaway. That and their websites, as I mentioned
earlier...

politicians are no longer representing interest of a country or majority but are self-serving opportunist.

I notice you don't suggest an alternative.........
jon357   
15 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

You mean shady politcisans? No thanks!

Why shady? Are you suggesting that politicians outside democracies are somehow less shady?

Can you name them and connect them to Fascist organization? I think not!

The groups in question are quite open about who they are and what they do. As for naming and connecting, the banners with the groups' names are a bit of a giveway. That and the coaches they book to get there.
jon357   
14 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

The correct response to the stupidity of the masses is to just fracking ignore them. They'll simply never come around.

Again, very cynical.

Focus on that which is great, and the rest will fall into place automatically.

What or who, in your definition, is great?

No. Everything is Bieber today because it is just that. Or do you seriously think the meandering digital racket you listen to is actually music?

Firstly I don't listen to that sort of thing and secondly, your first sentence is incoherent.
jon357   
14 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

Somebody needs to write that code and the judiciary are only implementing it; it all comes latter.
I'm asking who is going to decide whats right and what should be banned and what not

Do you really need to ask? You come from one parliamentary democracy and live in another.

Don't you think that you should prove they are fascists. Can you do it?

No, I don't and yes, I can. But the web is available to all, and you can look at the pictures of what they were doing just as well as I can. If that's a chore check out some of the names of the organisations involved and even take a look at their websites. It's all out there for you.
jon357   
14 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

everything is Justin Bieber nowadays

That doesn't really make sense.

everything being sh!t

You mean not being to your own taste. Which begs the question: Everything?

the infinite barrage of stupidity coming from the proles

An age old thing. Nothing new.

all the available options always lead to varying degrees of sh!t.

Now that truly is cynical and maudlin.

And no reason to put on a mask, run with a pack of thugs, wave nationalist flags and throw firecrackers at people in the street.

Life has so much more to offer than that. You just have to find it for yourself. I can assure you - you won't find it in the kind of society that Ruch Narodowy would favour.
jon357   
14 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

Enjoy your Justin Bieber, its what the majority decided for you.

You have some strange and cynical ideas. For the record, I can't identify any Justin Bieber songs and have only a vague idea who he is, don't own a television, have certainly never watched a 'reality show' or televised talent contest (not since Opportunity Knocks with Hughie Green back in the '70s anyway), rarely watch or read mass media and haven't been to a cinema in 12 years.

Nevertheless, I do believe that all humans are created equal. There is no 'lesser' and no 'higher'. just different tastes and outlooks. society has room for all of us and most people are inherently good.

Though what this has to do with fascist hooligans rampaging down Marszalkowska throwing bricks at the police, I don't know. Would you describe those masked criminals as 'higher' or 'lesser' humans?
jon357   
14 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

That question is impossible and illogical - no humans are 'lesser' or 'higher'. Perhaps you believe otherwise, in which case who would you call 'lesser' and who would you call 'higher'?
jon357   
14 Nov 2012
News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

To describe humans as 'trained animals' is missing the point. As for culture, major countries a increasingly a melting pot of cultus and even before then, society is not nor has ever been homogeneous.

Unfortunately your argument doesn't stand up. It is predicated on a misconception.

Anyway - this is going far off topic. The question is whether or not the law should be invoked against organised hooligan gangs.