Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]


Welcome to the problem caused by the new laws on cutting trees.

You know fine well that Dolny Śląsk could be an agrotourism hotbed, but...cut the trees! more cash now!.

Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]


I've got a friend who works for LP who says exactly the same thing. in He's disgusted by what was going on in Białowieża, and said from the very beginning that it was about cash and nothing more. I don't remember the numbers he gave, but LP has more than enough cash in reserve to pay every single forester in Białowieża to sit and do nothing.


Wasn't Komorowski heavily involved with those circles too?

Language / Why is Polish such an ugly language? [22]


Is it? I think it's quite logical, and the case system makes it possible to be very precise, which isn't always possible in English.

More to the point, once you learn Polish, then other Slavic languages are open to you.


It's interesting, but the vast majority of monolingual retards I've met in Poland have all been British or American. I bloody hate the excuse "it's too difficult".

Genealogy / Wieczorek family from the Kropiwki area [5]

I heard something about them. They were a family of peasants, who were known for their uncivilised behaviour at local hostelries. Nikon was known for drunken brawls, and his language was said to be very primitive and on the level of a 7 year old. He apparently would do a day's labouring, then would go out and get drunk. They moved around a lot, probably as a result of his penchant for violence.

Law / ZUS for owner (living in the UK) of a business in Poland [3]

For a limited company, ZUS is paid on salaries. So yes, if the person in Poland is paid, the company is liable for paying their ZUS contributions, both employer and employee.

If you only receive payment through dividends, then you won't have any personal ZUS liability.

Real Estate / Looking to buy property in Poland - understanding the different types of ownership! [10]


That's an interesting new development. Theoretically, the sale can be blocked on any grounds whatsoever, but so far, permission has been automatic where apartments are concerned.

Which border?

Off-Topic / Is anyone in Poland planning a trip in Croatia? [26]


It's not that bad. I've gone to Croatia 5-6 times on holiday, and beyond my very limited knowledge of Croatian, I've never found it difficult to communicate with locals. Speaking Polish is more than enough to get by, even in places like Livno in Bosnia which has a heavy Croatian majority and little tourism. Only the accent can be difficult to deal with, and it's much easier in Bosnia than anywhere else.

Slovene is much tougher though, but it's still easy to read for a Polish speaker.


In fairness, it's not quite true. Croats were guilty of crimes too, especially in Bosnia, but there were also war crimes committed before and during Operation Storm. I don't remember the exact name of the place, but there's a Serbian village near the Maslenica Bridge that was wiped out by Croatian forces for no apparent reason during the war.

Work / Polish private pension - is it obligatory to join? [13]

Of course you can, Gumishu.

zus.pl/pue

You can even just register/log in using your banking details. I've just checked mine, and it shows everything for the entire time that I've been in Poland.

PiS have done a very good job of continuing what PO started with the digitalisation of services, and the last minister for digitalisation was the one who had the fantastic idea of allowing users to authorise themselves through online banking.

Off-Topic / Is anyone in Poland planning a trip in Croatia? [26]


Slovenians are generally quite trustworthy. They don't really cheat and steal, and their sense of order comes from Austria, not Italy (unlike Croatia).

It's a very nice country. Crowie's right to post that, because Croatia is a pretty unreliable partner and is also somewhat of an American/German puppet.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


You mean the vast majority of uneducated idiots who know nothing. WW2 left the UK in a hell of a mess for a long time, and given that we entered the war because of Poland, I think we did enough. It was a stupid move to ally with Poland to begin with, not least because of Poland's actions over the previous 21 years towards neighbours.


I'm talking about the leadership, not the rank and file. The cowardice of the President and commander-in-chief was astonishing, especially given the propaganda around Rydz-Śmigły before the war.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]

Sorry, but I think the UK did more than enough for Poland.

If you want to talk about cowardice, perhaps you should start with the rats that fled to Romania.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


Why should they have given a damn about a country that used Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland to annex Zaolzie?

Life / Fellow expats: Polish people compared to Czechs/Slovaks? [23]

I think he means that he drinks by himself at home and watches naughty movies while trying to suck his own tool.

Life / What would you do in my situation (Americans lied to Polish cops about my reason for deportarion) [7]


Did you see the report of what they did to one rapist in Rzeszów on his first day in prison?

If he's got a brain, he'll keep well, well away from the police here. Sex offenders are treated badly enough in Western prisons, in Poland, they're thrown to the wolves.

News / Priest from Poland claims Lego is "a tool of Satan" [35]


Really? So you support prison for those that desecrate national symbols, right?

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


It's interesting how they were treated in the Soviet Union in general. Unlike Westerners who went to the European socialist countries, they were often outcasts in the Soviet Union at best regardless of who they were - the stories of how spies were completely lied to about their position in the Soviet Union are remarkable. Kim Philby was a great example - the KGB told him that he held the rank of a colonel in the KGB, when in reality, he had never been promoted. It was apparently one reason why he lived out his life in such rage, because he'd essentially been fed a pack of lies by the system that he believed in.

In comparison, Westerners in places like East Germany and Poland lived as everyone else. I've read one account of some idealistic American that lived in East Germany, and they never gave him trouble as such, only that they wanted him to report his contacts with anyone from the West, which was nothing out of the ordinary for East German society.

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]


There was one actually in Bristol, but it closed down a few years ago.

You're right there, there really should be a prominent museum about colonialism.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]

Even at the start of the war, the way that the capable Sikorski was sidelined says it all. Rydz-Śmigły really was an absolute cretin, especially as he abandoned the fight after building himself up as some sort of military hero. It's also worth pointing out that Rydz-Śmigły ordered the Polish forces to retreat, which is rather at odds with the nonsense that Bieganski is propagating.

I have to wonder if the Warsaw Uprising would have happened at all if Sikorski hadn't died. It's hard to imagine a savvy commander like him putting what little existed of the Polish resistance in that situation.

Law / Probate laws in Poland - banking data access and money transfer [6]


No, absolutely not. The proper process has to be followed and authorised by the court, you can't just transfer money to yourself.


The tax authorities won't rip it off. The person handling the estate has to distribute the assets according to the law, and recipients are responsible for paying tax on the inheritance.

Life / Many Problems with UPC Broadband in Poland - Anyone Else? [20]


That's normal. The 2.4ghz band in particular is crowded in cities, though you can use a wifi analyser to choose the least crowded channel. The 5ghz band isn't so crowded, but don't expect the signal to propagate well.

Real Estate / Expatriate mortgages + Property in Poland [24]


Not impossible though - the PLN gained nearly 20% between January and July 2008 for instance.

Polish banks are very risk adverse, which is one reason why the country didn't have a banking meltdown.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


You're right, living in the II RP between 1935-1939 would be terrifying. Not only was the country effectively under a military dictatorship, but they were proving to be absolutely incapable of organising a foreign policy worth a damn. Poland was isolated and heading straight for disaster, but the idiots in control believed their own hype about how great the country was.

Ordinary people can't be blamed for the actions of the leadership, especially when the eastern part of the country was being run as if the feudal system was alive and well. Nor can they be blamed for the fact that the leadership ran like rats, and the brave people who took part in the Warsaw Uprising had infinitely more courage than those idiots safe and sound in London.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


Poland survived the war because the Soviets let them survive. Had the Soviets wanted, Poland could have been burnt to the ground and Poles expelled permanently from Polish territory. There's certainly nothing the West would have done about it, and those idiots sitting in London would have been powerless.

Those "leaders" in London contributed exactly the same as you - nil. In fact, their pathetic leadership was the reason why the Soviets were able to take over so easily.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


A poor one. It showed considerable cowardice and showed exactly what kind of poor leaders they were. Only cowards run like rats from the country that they wrecked.


Of course you did. We're talking real life, not computer games.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


That would be why both the Commander-in-Chief and the President fled like rats within 3 weeks of the German invasion, right?

Nothing courageous there, just cowardice.

One can only wonder when Bieganski intends to sign up for the Polish defence forces and do his part in defending Poland.

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]

Yeshu isn't clearly Jesus, and if you look at the other references to him, it's not clear at all who it refers to.


Have you actually checked this first?

Nowhere does it says that they can. Actually, who said that it says that in the Talmud? Why, Goebbels himself.

research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/thumb.htm

Worth reading through and comparing to what you're using as source material.


Not sure I'd agree with that one:

skepticsannotatedbible.com/2th/1.html#7 - here Jesus promises to wage war on unbelievers
skepticsannotatedbible.com/1cor/10.html#8 - here Paul is claiming that a load of people died for the crime of 'fornication'.

It's a pretty brutal book, all things considered. These old religious texts are great reads if you like blood and violence!

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]


Actually, Talmud Sanhedrin 57a; "Taz" Y.D. 158:1 makes it clear that it's not.


Don't.

halakhah.com/gittin/gittin_56.html
halakhah.com/gittin/gittin_57.html

End of 56, start of 57.

reddit/r/Judaism/comments/40smul/does_the_talmud_really_say_that_jesus_is_burning
explains it nicely.

Killing unbelievers is a pretty common theme in religious texts, though. The Old Testament is particularly bad for it, but there's plenty of comments in the New Testament too.

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]


Nope, it doesn't.

judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/78201/on-killing-christians-in-judaism

Careful with what you quote online, especially when the source is a fanatical Lithuanian.

USA, Canada / Polish-Jewish survivor of the Holocaust celebrates her 100th birthday [29]


On the contrary, there is a very clear and determined effort by basement dwellers to bring it to the fore constantly and repeatedly.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]

I really wouldn't call an occupying force which brutalised Poles to have had "honour and decency". Much of what they built was done with Polish slave labour and stolen materials.