Seanus
6 Jul 2011
News / How NOT to do European Politics, part 94: Ziobro slams PO domestic policy in EU parliament [11]
Aha, thanks. Nothing new there then ;) ;)
Aha, thanks. Nothing new there then ;) ;)
Seanus
6 Jul 2011
News / How NOT to do European Politics, part 94: Ziobro slams PO domestic policy in EU parliament [11]
I'm not sure I catch your drift here, alex. Could you elaborate, please!?
I'm not sure I catch your drift here, alex. Could you elaborate, please!?
Seanus
5 Jul 2011
News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]
He's the dangerous sort that typifies the NWO goons. He can combine systems to suit his own ends. Naomi Klein has issued the best warnings in her well-researched book. I didn't understand it 100% as I read it in Polish but she alerts us to the games played by such bozos.
He's the dangerous sort that typifies the NWO goons. He can combine systems to suit his own ends. Naomi Klein has issued the best warnings in her well-researched book. I didn't understand it 100% as I read it in Polish but she alerts us to the games played by such bozos.
Seanus
4 Jul 2011
News / Insulting Catholics in Poland can get you 2 years in jail? [67]
youtube.com/watch?v=JI53x7dRH9k&feature=related
a very relevant discussion. The first few mins are to the point. It's a 55-min video.
youtube.com/watch?v=JI53x7dRH9k&feature=related
a very relevant discussion. The first few mins are to the point. It's a 55-min video.
Seanus
4 Jul 2011
Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]
It's quite frightening how they burn holes in pockets. I don't think a guy is being loving by shelling out beyond what practicality says a woman should have. Encouraging boredom is hardly a virtue! There might be short-term gratitude but there is long-term bank balance damage.
It's quite frightening how they burn holes in pockets. I don't think a guy is being loving by shelling out beyond what practicality says a woman should have. Encouraging boredom is hardly a virtue! There might be short-term gratitude but there is long-term bank balance damage.
Seanus
4 Jul 2011
Seanus
4 Jul 2011
Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]
What gets me is paying for meals, holidays, shopping, bills (not to mention a full apartment renovation) and my own expenses (ZUS, tax, internet and accountant) yet my wife still has no money just 2 weeks after getting her pay packet (she's a manageress). We have worked on this and she has been able to pay for more 'communal' things. OP, you have to talk, otherwise you will blindly fumble your way into bankruptcy and that's a blunder!
OP, remove the funds and she'll soon get the message. People do funny things when short of money. She clearly doesn't appreciate your present gifts. Why be taken for granted?
What gets me is paying for meals, holidays, shopping, bills (not to mention a full apartment renovation) and my own expenses (ZUS, tax, internet and accountant) yet my wife still has no money just 2 weeks after getting her pay packet (she's a manageress). We have worked on this and she has been able to pay for more 'communal' things. OP, you have to talk, otherwise you will blindly fumble your way into bankruptcy and that's a blunder!
OP, remove the funds and she'll soon get the message. People do funny things when short of money. She clearly doesn't appreciate your present gifts. Why be taken for granted?
Seanus
4 Jul 2011
Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]
Although I can't sympathise fully with the OP (do what you've always done and you'll get what you've always got idea), I can see where he is coming from. I'm sure there are plenty of examples of this as I've heard and experienced first-hand accounts of Polish women saying 'mam głęboko w dupie' about bill payments before going off to the shops to buy the latest cosmetics. I would be far more understanding in cultures where there was an imbalance in the job market whereby men were preferred and women lost out as a result. However, Polish women have decent earning potential if they put their minds to the kind of job that could bring that about.
To the OP, does this girl really mean that much to you? I had to translate a mediation dispute and the guy realised his blindness before it was all too late. Do you want to go down the same road?
Although I can't sympathise fully with the OP (do what you've always done and you'll get what you've always got idea), I can see where he is coming from. I'm sure there are plenty of examples of this as I've heard and experienced first-hand accounts of Polish women saying 'mam głęboko w dupie' about bill payments before going off to the shops to buy the latest cosmetics. I would be far more understanding in cultures where there was an imbalance in the job market whereby men were preferred and women lost out as a result. However, Polish women have decent earning potential if they put their minds to the kind of job that could bring that about.
To the OP, does this girl really mean that much to you? I had to translate a mediation dispute and the guy realised his blindness before it was all too late. Do you want to go down the same road?
Seanus
4 Jul 2011
Seanus
4 Jul 2011
Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]
Gratitude is often not a strong suit. Simply tell her to get cracking with her new habit of paying and be there only when times get tough for her through no fault of her own. Respect is earned and you are doing her a disservice by not encouraging her to be a responsible adult. Everyone needs some set-up capital but handouts are for the meek.
Gratitude is often not a strong suit. Simply tell her to get cracking with her new habit of paying and be there only when times get tough for her through no fault of her own. Respect is earned and you are doing her a disservice by not encouraging her to be a responsible adult. Everyone needs some set-up capital but handouts are for the meek.
Seanus
4 Jul 2011
Seanus
4 Jul 2011
Love / Do Polish men like to sleep with other men? [79]
Scottsman, post 77 is just pulled out of the air. You are no Scot and, from your writing style, not a Pole either so who are you to know such things that you almost cannot know?
Scottsman, post 77 is just pulled out of the air. You are no Scot and, from your writing style, not a Pole either so who are you to know such things that you almost cannot know?
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
News / Citizen-led Initiative on Abortion Law in Poland [50]
If a church position is to be favoured then it is that one. I believe the exceptions to be serious foetal abnormality, elevated duress levels of the mother and rape. Delicate and serious discretion needs to be applied. As I said, it is our duty to protect and guide a life to be into being. To do otherwise would be to ridicule the most basic of biological processes. Everything has to evolve and flourish and be given a chance to do so. A legalistic approach takes that away as I mentioned in post 27. However, I'm by no means a fanatic as many in the Christian Right in America are. I had a major debate with a poster called gunslinger and he was waaaaaaay off to the right. I challenged him on the issue. I believe that blanket positions like 'personhood begins at conception' and defending it 100% ignores social realities. That's why exceptions should exist but be used sparingly and with the utmost tact. Life is not black and white so my predilection for guiding a life to fruition is determined by common sense.
If a church position is to be favoured then it is that one. I believe the exceptions to be serious foetal abnormality, elevated duress levels of the mother and rape. Delicate and serious discretion needs to be applied. As I said, it is our duty to protect and guide a life to be into being. To do otherwise would be to ridicule the most basic of biological processes. Everything has to evolve and flourish and be given a chance to do so. A legalistic approach takes that away as I mentioned in post 27. However, I'm by no means a fanatic as many in the Christian Right in America are. I had a major debate with a poster called gunslinger and he was waaaaaaay off to the right. I challenged him on the issue. I believe that blanket positions like 'personhood begins at conception' and defending it 100% ignores social realities. That's why exceptions should exist but be used sparingly and with the utmost tact. Life is not black and white so my predilection for guiding a life to fruition is determined by common sense.
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
News / Citizen-led Initiative on Abortion Law in Poland [50]
The Church of England's position is for choice. They allow only 3 exceptions. I've outlined my position earlier, post 27. We must see it as a humanitarian issue and not a legalistic one.
The Church of England's position is for choice. They allow only 3 exceptions. I've outlined my position earlier, post 27. We must see it as a humanitarian issue and not a legalistic one.
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
News / Insulting Catholics in Poland can get you 2 years in jail? [67]
Is free speech 'within reason' still free speech? I always find that to be the operative question. Given that we should be reasonable commentators, it would appear to be.
For Poles here, what kind of treatment would Rev Ian Paisley get if he preached here with a translator? He is the guy who insulted the Pope before getting carried away.
Is free speech 'within reason' still free speech? I always find that to be the operative question. Given that we should be reasonable commentators, it would appear to be.
For Poles here, what kind of treatment would Rev Ian Paisley get if he preached here with a translator? He is the guy who insulted the Pope before getting carried away.
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
News / Insulting Catholics in Poland can get you 2 years in jail? [67]
Monia, it's about maintaining the tension and keeping the conflict alive. Conflict resolution, in all its protractedness, is a money spinner. It attracts controversy. Being civil is fine in most spheres but insults are part+parcel of the way certain groups live.
Monia, it's about maintaining the tension and keeping the conflict alive. Conflict resolution, in all its protractedness, is a money spinner. It attracts controversy. Being civil is fine in most spheres but insults are part+parcel of the way certain groups live.
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
Law / Those of us in Sterling GBP are having our backsides kicked [35]
That could be part of their corporate code. Ingvar Kamprad, CEO of IKEA, does it that way. Are you sure they weren't Scottish? ;) ;)
That could be part of their corporate code. Ingvar Kamprad, CEO of IKEA, does it that way. Are you sure they weren't Scottish? ;) ;)
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
Law / Those of us in Sterling GBP are having our backsides kicked [35]
Brits are accustomed to boom+bust as it has typified the economy for many a year. As Wrocław recommended, check what the OP wrote. OK, let me remind everyone that it was 7.2PLN to the pound in 2004 so we shouldn't moan so much. Poles did very well there. If times get tough, tighten your belt and show your intelligence in adapting. That's what I do!
Brits are accustomed to boom+bust as it has typified the economy for many a year. As Wrocław recommended, check what the OP wrote. OK, let me remind everyone that it was 7.2PLN to the pound in 2004 so we shouldn't moan so much. Poles did very well there. If times get tough, tighten your belt and show your intelligence in adapting. That's what I do!
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
News / Insulting Catholics in Poland can get you 2 years in jail? [67]
I think the key is not to be slanderous. Insults can float in the breeze but context plays a major part.
I think the key is not to be slanderous. Insults can float in the breeze but context plays a major part.
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
News / €80 billion for Poland new EU budget [166]
I've just heard that the figure is to be 125b EURO. Buzek no doubt pulling some strings ;)
I've just heard that the figure is to be 125b EURO. Buzek no doubt pulling some strings ;)
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
News / Insulting Catholics in Poland can get you 2 years in jail? [67]
The difference between practising and non-practising Catholics is already around 35%. That's a huge gulf. I think there is a greater need to stamp it out in sectarian cultures as can be seen in Glasgow, Scotland or near the Shankhill Road in Belfast. 2 years points to a high degree of sensitivity but Monia commented on that above :)
The difference between practising and non-practising Catholics is already around 35%. That's a huge gulf. I think there is a greater need to stamp it out in sectarian cultures as can be seen in Glasgow, Scotland or near the Shankhill Road in Belfast. 2 years points to a high degree of sensitivity but Monia commented on that above :)
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
News / Insulting Catholics in Poland can get you 2 years in jail? [67]
Good post, Monia :)
We should strive for uniformity and a great start would be to take down Father Rydzyk for his blasphemous comments in Brussels. He was out of line.
Good post, Monia :)
We should strive for uniformity and a great start would be to take down Father Rydzyk for his blasphemous comments in Brussels. He was out of line.
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
Law / Those of us in Sterling GBP are having our backsides kicked [35]
Shouldn't she have stayed away from labour and concentrate on politics? You answered that in the paragraph above :)
Shouldn't she have stayed away from labour and concentrate on politics? You answered that in the paragraph above :)
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
News / Insulting Catholics in Poland can get you 2 years in jail? [67]
Fair point there, PMoc. Religion is a sensitive issue for many and some safeguards wouldn't hurt. I'd just encourage discretion on the part of judges. Poles can be highly defensive and Jews/Muslims tend to be rather strong with their religious convictions so the law would need to be clearly framed to cover this.
Fair point there, PMoc. Religion is a sensitive issue for many and some safeguards wouldn't hurt. I'd just encourage discretion on the part of judges. Poles can be highly defensive and Jews/Muslims tend to be rather strong with their religious convictions so the law would need to be clearly framed to cover this.
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
Love / Do Polish men like to sleep with other men? [79]
Let's stay on track. Let's face it, who really knows the answer to any significant extent? No-one. I just see more campness but it could pass as male bonding.
Let's stay on track. Let's face it, who really knows the answer to any significant extent? No-one. I just see more campness but it could pass as male bonding.
Seanus
3 Jul 2011
Seanus
2 Jul 2011
News / Citizen-led Initiative on Abortion Law in Poland [50]
My personal position now is that law here has to acknowledge that strict definitions don't serve a useful purpose. For example, abortion could be easily justified on the basis that an embryo or foetus don't constitute personhood and thus we are not killing a person in an abortion. There is also no sentience until 22 weeks into the pregnancy. It would appear that all those pro-abortion folks have all the cards but we should see the entity as a child to be and thus afford it all the protections we can. God designed it that way so, like a project (sorry to limit life in this way, it's only an analogy), goes through several necessary steps/phases in order to come to fruition. We should protect this natural state of development but there are special cases.
My personal position now is that law here has to acknowledge that strict definitions don't serve a useful purpose. For example, abortion could be easily justified on the basis that an embryo or foetus don't constitute personhood and thus we are not killing a person in an abortion. There is also no sentience until 22 weeks into the pregnancy. It would appear that all those pro-abortion folks have all the cards but we should see the entity as a child to be and thus afford it all the protections we can. God designed it that way so, like a project (sorry to limit life in this way, it's only an analogy), goes through several necessary steps/phases in order to come to fruition. We should protect this natural state of development but there are special cases.
Seanus
2 Jul 2011
News / Insulting Catholics in Poland can get you 2 years in jail? [67]
Well said, Joe. How many years in jail should they get for putting us in the line of fire? Most people didn't care a hoot for terrorism and now Libya are threatening to kill Europeans en masse.
As for the thread, the distinction should be drawn clearly between valid criticism and insulting. The church is not above criticism but people should be careful with their insults.
Well said, Joe. How many years in jail should they get for putting us in the line of fire? Most people didn't care a hoot for terrorism and now Libya are threatening to kill Europeans en masse.
As for the thread, the distinction should be drawn clearly between valid criticism and insulting. The church is not above criticism but people should be careful with their insults.
Seanus
1 Jul 2011
Love / Is the masculine look on women popular in Poland? [30]
Polish women tend to be amongst the most feminine, unlike many Brazilian and Asian women.
Polish women tend to be amongst the most feminine, unlike many Brazilian and Asian women.
Seanus
1 Jul 2011
News / EU presidency to cost Poland 110 million euro [33]
It will be a chance for Kommie to prove that he exists by emerging from hibernation. He needs to do sth of note!
It will be a chance for Kommie to prove that he exists by emerging from hibernation. He needs to do sth of note!