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Dirk diggler   
24 Sep 2017
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

@CasualObserver

Oh believe me I am furthest from the side of green peace lol. Most of the average people there maybe somewhat care about the environment. Lets see how many stay once their checks stop coming. Its ultimately a political pressure organization masking behind noble goals being financed by those with specific political agendas... Just like the countless of other supposed ngos and other bs that have been corrupted by this or that party and their money. I don't buy any bs movements unless they are truly grassroots and actually supported by the majority of a country's citizens. Neither is really the case here.

My lessers enemy enemy is my friend is how the world has worked since cavemen started beating each other with sticks and stones. Why do you think the sunnis and Israelis have buddied up so much? Same with Iran/China/Pakistan/Russia. Sure they have their differences, but they're united against us/eu especially in a geopolitical and military context.

I said over logging is wrong. I somehow doubt that pis will allow bialowieza to turn into a barren plain. Also they don't cut the younger trees, mainly bc they're less valuable but that still means trees will regrow. Ultimately if we worried about not stepping on a bug like the jainists in India we wouldn't get anything done.
Dirk diggler   
24 Sep 2017
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

@gumishu

True.. money isn't everything but nonetheless it seems to be one of the most motivating factors in decisions. Also a lot of energy use to from Russia but not anymore as of very recently. I have family living around various parts of Silesia and many of the older people I know who lived near the mines but weren't workers have a lot of lung problem. The Soviets never bothered to really make these plants clean and efficient. Now there's some efforts taking place but its iffy with the eus and us wars on even clean coal.
Dirk diggler   
24 Sep 2017
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

So you already know what will happen in 6 months?
You have future knowledge of what the courts decisions will be and what actions Poland's government, eu reps, and judges will all take? You must be the reincarnation of nostradamus. Perhaps I can ask you about some stock tips?
Dirk diggler   
24 Sep 2017
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

@CasualObserver

People decide what to listen to, what advice to heed and what not to heed. While pl of academy of sciences undoubtedly has spread valuable information on a variety of topics, a lot of poles don't really care and the logging isn't at the point where the whole forest is in danger. Poles, although many are nature lovers and we have world class mountaineers and such, never really cared all that much about the local environment and put prosperity ahead of conservation. E.g. coal mining was a mainstay and one of the best jobs in prl and still they're trying to hang onto this industry. While you and I as well as many others think there's better alternstives you can't explain that to a pl miner with mouths to.feed.

Eu court of justice instigated a case which means little. People companies governments etc go to this or that court everyday. If the heat gets too much and this problem becomes too pesky, Poland will drag out negotiations for another year or however long it takes and if they feel fhey can't win and their certification is truly in jeapordy they'll give something up. It almost reminds me of whenever its time for Mexico to get its certification from the us as a fighter of drug trafficking. Well everyone knows the 1 2 3 plaza system esp the dea (one million to the cops, two million to the interior, three million for the military). Nonetheless whenever Mexico is about to receive billions (far more than pis lil timber operation) from the us to fight a phony drug war they give something up in negotiation - some policy may get changed but in Mexico its more direct usually - politician they don't like will get their career ended,, some benefactor gets arrested and killed in jail, whatever it may be. Meanwhile the plaza system remains and drugs are cheaper than ever.
Dirk diggler   
24 Sep 2017
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

@CasualObserver

That's because most poles don't care about listening to a polish chick with dreadlocks representing green peace (which regularly prints ads hiring activists for $400 a week in the local paper). We have other things to worry about. So far the pressure locally and abroad isn't enough for the government to care much.

Sorry to break it to you but a forest in Poland isn't the top concern for politicians, in pl and abroad, no matter how many Greenpeace people on the payroll are screaming and shouting.

Want proof? None of those certifications have been threatened nor any sanctions on polish timber despite a year of (often paid) protests and it doesn't look like it will anytime soon. If it does get to that pis will probably stop or just send forest guards to keep people out. Like I said I'm against over logging but it is it what it is.
Dirk diggler   
24 Sep 2017
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

@Braveheart16

Did you ever stop to think that perhaps a sizeable portion of Poles are fine with that? Were not trying to be the wealthiest most modern most liberal multicultural European country. We dont care about being the eus golden child like Germany or France. Tens of millions of poles are happy where their country is. Personally im against over logging bialowieza as well as the abortion thing they tried to change but that doesn't mean I don't support how Poland is evolving overall. When they realize they went too far with something they change their policy and correct course. That may happen if there's a lot of pressure from EU and the pl industry is sanctioned as well as local pressure. If the eu as well as local poles pushes pis about this issue perhaps it will change its course. However with other issues pis and poles are mostly united in defiance of the eu and we won't change our stance. That's why pis ratings are so high now. Ultimately we don't want our culture traditions and way of life eroded so while we comply with the vast majority of eu laws, there are certain things that are a red line.
Dirk diggler   
24 Sep 2017
News / Unhinged Israeli Arrested and Charged for Knife Attack on Polish Policeman [23]

Actually Israel secretly helps those 'armed fanatics' you're referring to - al Qaeda al nusra etc in their fight against the Shiites. It was an alliance of convenience since they habe the same enemy and a Shiite corridor is against the interest of both the sunnis and Israelis. There's been dozens of reports of al nusra and al Qaeda fighters getting shot and enjoying Israel's top notch medicine. They'd get patched up and go right back to the battlefield.
Dirk diggler   
23 Sep 2017
News / Brutal rape by Polish man on homeless woman in Rome [50]

Here in Poland over the last decade the rate of assaults on women has been falling while immigration by Muslims and Africans has been rising

Polish scum who do things such as raping women moving in large numbers to the UK,

For some reason there's a lot of polish criminals that go to England for some reason. In the US, Australia, Germany, and Poland at large there isn't much crime within the Polish community especially when compared with other groups including other groups like blacks, latinos, some southern rednecks, and a few Europeans - i.e. Russians, Italians, Irish, Brits maybe a few Ukranian Jewish groups and criminals of those nationalities. Poles typically weren't that big or well established. There were a few rings out around NY and in Chicago way back in prohibition till maybe the 90s but that's about it

As far as UK I don't know why but a lot of criminal Poles seem to move there and there is quite an underclass. In Poland in general though crime is low and Polish people don't commit many violent crimes or murders especially when compared to the other statistics of nationalities - local whites, blacks, latinos, etc The guys in UK they all seem to do their dirt in Poland and try to resettle in UK but they keep committing crimes and just well living like criminals - a lot of the unemployed young males in the underclass anyway. Polish police cooperate closely with UK cops. There's a lot of fugitives like a few murderers, foot ball hoolis, people doing fraud, an old mob guy, lot of stuff. There was an article a while back showing like the top 10 wanted guys from PL that were now in the UK.

Overall though, the amount of crime that poles commit and especially when compared to all the other **** that's happened in western Europe it's not even a drop in the bucket. One crazy polish guy raped a girl which yes is really bad and he should be punished for that but compared to driving a bus into a crowd or killing a hundred people in a coordinated attack on unarmed civilians in a major city it doesn't even compare.
Dirk diggler   
23 Sep 2017
News / Unhinged Israeli Arrested and Charged for Knife Attack on Polish Policeman [23]

Israel even uses DNA tests for citizenship for foreigners who want to apply

timesofisrael.com/russian-speakers-who-want-to-immigrate-could-need-dna-test

Marraige laws are strict too. If you're marrying a Muslim its hard. I'm sure there's maybe a few token palestinians. Christians maronites etc maybe somewhat have it a lil easier but still Israel is very selective of whom they give residency to much less citizenship marriage lic etc.

Much of israeli law stems from Jewish religious law. Its the Jewish state which is fine idc but then Jews shouldn't cricise others for wanting to keep their culture and beliefs and have them endure

Not evwn Jews as I have Jewish friends more specifically zionists
Dirk diggler   
22 Sep 2017
News / Unhinged Israeli Arrested and Charged for Knife Attack on Polish Policeman [23]

I was referring to kwarimzi or however his name is spelled. A bunch of different cultures contributed things to algebra from permutations to zero negative numbers etc stretching from Babylonian times to a chinese dude coming up with polynomials to France's Descartes to the current era. Nonetheless Diophantus and kwarimzi are generally regarded as the fathers of algebra.
Dirk diggler   
22 Sep 2017
News / Unhinged Israeli Arrested and Charged for Knife Attack on Polish Policeman [23]

Hippocrates is considered the father of modern medicine. Doctors take the Hippocratic oath. He was Greek not Arab.

Diophantus, also a greek, is considered to be the father of algebra although Persians made significant contributions. The discipline of 'al jabr' from which the name algebra comes from, was made by a Persian not an Arab.

Arabs did make contributions im not denying that. They'd certainly be making much more if the youth weren't spending their lives in madrassas memorizing the Koran.
Dirk diggler   
22 Sep 2017
News / Brutal rape by Polish man on homeless woman in Rome [50]

@Crow

It looks like his last warning was for baiting. I'm willing to bet this thread and more specifically the anti polish quips had something to do with it. This website is called polishforums.com. Have your thread by this or that polish criminality, but don't say that poles are a threat to Europe and not expect to get warnings/suspensions for baiting.
Dirk diggler   
22 Sep 2017
News / Brutal rape by Polish man on homeless woman in Rome [50]

I can deal with threads about a polish guy or gal doing this or that... But when you add things like 'the pattern of violence and murder (the pole didn't murder the homeless woman according to the story) by poles (wtf is that suppose to mean? All poles aren't criminals and even the polish criminals in Europe are responsible for far less murder and violence than other groups) in the eu means that europe is at threat' its anti polish and offensive to us poles. I'm sure the poles in your life would find this offensive and anti polish. Here's a good rule of thumb for the future - if you wouldn't say something to your coworkers or polish friends bc they might think its anti polish, don't say it here.
Dirk diggler   
22 Sep 2017
News / Brutal rape by Polish man on homeless woman in Rome [50]

Clearly the pattern of murder and violence by Poles in the EU means that Europe is at threat.

And the murders, rapes, etc committed by Muslims in Europe isn't a threat? The amount of murder and violence of Poles in the EU compared to Muslims in EU doesn't even compare and that's a fact. One Muslim driving a bus kills more people in 1 attack than Poles kill outside of Poland all year.
Dirk diggler   
22 Sep 2017
News / Berlin terrorist attack -- Poland's ethnic homogeneity a true blessing [436]

Far from 'economic suicide.' Germany is one of many trading partners, yes at the moment the largest as the situation allows for both parties to profit. When that changes, people and corps in both countries will find new partners. Both Poland and Germany can find new trading partners at the drop of a hat to replace each other. The only way Poland would suffer an economic suicide if the entire EU market were suddenly cut off which isn't in the cards. Poland has already formed a lot of new trade partnerships lately. Sugar exports to Israel are ever increasing, new trade deals with China have been signed, energy and military hardware deals were signed with the US, and such activities will continue. The amount of finished goods flowing into Poland from China from chandeliers, to tombstones, to electronics, is staggering. There's many Poles, a few whom I even know personally, who have become millionaires within a few short years by importing high quality goods from China and selling at slightly below market Besides, trade occurs between people and corporations. Governments help by offering lowered tariffs, better deals for large volume trades, etc especially in certain sectors that governments either have a stake in, have partnerships with, or simply have acquaintances serving as executives. Poland easily overcame the sudden cut off of trade with Russia, which was rather significant especially for those employed in agriculture in the east, when the EU asked us to do so. We can do the same with Germany. Corporations and business people tend to be focused on the bottom dollar and they'll work with whatever the political or socioeconomic situation is in an area to make a buck. In Gdansk, shipping companies are even more than happy to employ North Koreans because of their high skill and low labor costs. NK companies are happy because Poland pays more for their labor than just about any other country they're in.

As far as the political and social relationship with Germany, it's already quite strained. Poles don't look at Germany the same way as they did 10-20 or even 5 years ago. Sure, some people still go to do blue collar work to make money for a week or two and spend their check in Poland. However, many Poles aren't too happy about the fact that German corps have established a near monopoly in Poland in the media as well as a disproportionate share of capital in banks.

As far as the post-2021 budget, Poland will most likely be asked to put more money towards it. The EU is already gradually asking for more and more money from Poland. If we remain in the EU, we'll most likely be a net payee within the next decade or two.

The question of migrants/refugees is yet to be determined. It's silly to ask would've, should've, could've. When people on here say that Poland is going to leave EU/get kicked out of EU for not taking in migrants that's completely false. No one ever said that from the Polish side nor the EU side. The only thing that was threatened was a possible 2 bil fine from the EU side which was months ago. Since then the EU has focused more on the perceived 'rule of law' issue. I don't have a crystal ball to determine whether Poland will accept migrants/refugees or not. I can only go by what has happened and what is happening to somewhat gauge what will happen. What has happened is massive demonstrations and public disappointment with PO for kowtowing to the EU and accepting the quota. This upset Poles a lot - not just for the quota acceptance but also that they allowed the EU to stick their nose in our domestic home affairs and are deciding our immigration policy for us - who to take in, from where, how many, etc. Since then, PiS won the election and according to two CBOS polls put out recently one stated 3/4 of Poles do not want migration from M.E. and Africa and the second and more recent one stated PiS enjoys record support at 43% of Poles while PO enjoys less than half. Add 8% of Kukiz and Pis/Kukiz is over the 50% mark. One of the reasons why PiS is enjoying such record support is because they're actually listening to Polish people and not allowing the EU to dictate certain things.

Poles and our government are more than happy to follow EU rules as far as consumer protection, economics, free movement of EU citizens, etc. We even follow certain economic and business rules that seem silly to us like having 400 some rules and guidelines on how a towel is to be produced. However, there's certain things that are a red line and we believe are up to us to decide - that's why were butting heads with the EU. The EU feels they can determine things which are typically a sovereign country's concerns and we and our elected officials disagree - especially the migrant question. If a Muslim is a EU citizen he or she is welcome to come to Poland, per the Schengen rules. However, we will not to be told who to resettle, how many, from where, etc. We Poles feel that's up to us to decide. As a born and raised Pole, I can tell you that most Polish people are deeply patriotic, especially due to our history, and overwhelmingly identify as Catholics (even if they're Easter/Christmas church goers as many are) hence the recent crowning of Jesus as King of Poland. We are not interested in having our culture changed nor our safety put at risk. We have seen what has happened in western Europe - the massacres, the terror, the rapes, the crimes, all the problems - economic and social and it's left a very unpleasant taste in our mouths as it pertains to accepting migrants. The migrants have even gone as far as asking crosses and other Catholic symbols to be taken down because they 'offend' them. We see the quotas as a slippery slope and infringement of a sovereign right and that is why we are happy to have a government that cares about of safety and preservation of our sovereignty and culture. While we do wish to remain in the EU, it is a two way relationship. There are many things that we have agreed to with the EU - far more than disagreed, however this issue is something the vast majority of Poles and our democratically elected government will fight. It is up to Poland and EU now to either settle this issue, determine a fair solution, and move on. The government and majority of Poles don't want certain migrants so perhaps they can agree to send us Christian Iraqis or Syrians, Eritreans, etc that we ourselves can vet so as to not put our society and people in danger. I'm confident while Poles wouldn't be too happy they'll be much more comfortable with Christians coming in than Muslims from M.E. and Africa.

Personally, I know that 4k 7k whatever muslims would be a drop in the bucket. Really we shouldn't be asked to take in anyone since we relieved the pressure of 1 mln ukranians and the 30k chechens we took in exceeds the quotas anyway. However the police would most likely constantly monitor the muslims that were distributed to us to prevent any terrorist inclinations and we'd most likely retain our perfect record of no Islamic terror attacks. Nonetheless, I support my country's democratically government and the Polish majority in their decision. That is how democracy works.

For now we can only wait and see what happens. I don't know what your connection is with Poland but I can tell you based on my experience, bringing in Muslims and Africans and asking Poles to accept them is going to be a very very tough sell.
Dirk diggler   
21 Sep 2017
Travel / Warsaw delis (ham, chicken)? [12]

Piotr I pawel is where I shop most often. Decent quality decent prices friendly staff... Never had an issue there.. Plus there's one on the ground floor of the hotel I always stay at
Dirk diggler   
21 Sep 2017
News / V4 (Poland) wants Serbia and 5 others in EU [60]

@Crow

Its a partnership of convenience with globalists

The eifel tower has installed additional security measures. Some kind of barriers to my understanding. I caught the tail end of the news segment as I was walking out the door.

Approx 15k soldiers are now stationed throughout France basically doing police patrol and guard type duties bc of all the Islamic terror attacks. Instead of doing training military operations etc they have to protect French people from Muslim extremists.
Dirk diggler   
21 Sep 2017
Travel / Horror House in Warsaw [20]

Those escape rooms r kind of lame imo. My aunt talked us into going to one.

I've seen the ads for Statesville never been there but i wouldn't mind checking it out.
Dirk diggler   
21 Sep 2017
Work / Diary of a Teacher in Poland [181]

@delphiandomine

Do a PhD you won't regret it especially if you want to teach at the college level
Dirk diggler   
20 Sep 2017
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

@jon357

I agree. In theory I think we can reverse some of the damage through planting tons and tons of trees. That will help eat up co2 and increase o2 levels.or at least if were still going to use fossil fuels we should try to make the switch to more natural gas which isn't as harmful as coal and oil and still cost effective.

I don't think that well see oil being pumped solely for plastics, medicines, etc and not for fuel in our lifetimes. Too significant part of the economy for dozens upon dozens of countries including the us -

i.e. Texas. Hybrids are a good step forward but atm there's too much riding on fossil fuels. Coal mining has been gradually slowing. Nonetheless there's plenty of countries as well as some states in the us like w Virginia who rely on coal as significant part of their economy. Now other power sources have taken the place of coal. Back in the day though coal was used for heating trains energy almost everything kind of like how oil, natural gas, etc.

Im a nature lover. I go hiking fishing hunting (I hunt w bow and arrow now more challenging but more fun imo) boating kayaking rock climbing etc all the time. I've seen a lot of the changes over the years to some of the places i frequent - water is more polluted, the fish even taste a lil different, there's less trees, more and more garbage esp plastic bottles. Stuff like that pisses me off.
Dirk diggler   
20 Sep 2017
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

@jon357

Gradually yes society does need to make such changes in the coming decades. At the moment though people and companies won't make such an investment if they can't afford it and there's no subsidies. If there isn't a financial incentive most companies esp publicly traded ones won't consider such an action. Furthermore oil is the only thing keeping certain countries in the Arab and African afloat
Dirk diggler   
20 Sep 2017
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

Wind generators are actually rather pricey to build and maintain. Without significant subsidies most people won't be too interested in switching over.
Dirk diggler   
20 Sep 2017
News / Berlin terrorist attack -- Poland's ethnic homogeneity a true blessing [436]

@Tacitus

First off the budget for eu funds that Poland will receive is settled till 2021.
Second the eu funds aren't a gift - its an investment. Poland's market was opened up which German companies especially profited very handsomely from. Like any investor, they want to continue receiving a healthy return. Hence they can only push Poland so far before Poland says screw you and bam the principal and any future returns are over.

Even if we don't get the reparations, a one time payment of 200 zloty per pole is nothing. Its a drop in the bucket. There's plenty of revenue streams they can take 2 bil out of. Besides, Poland and Germany are currently discussing this behind closed doors. I predict a far smaller hush hush one time payment from germany to Poland (or perhaps dropping a certain issue germany/eu has w Poland or aglest the promise to not pursue any actions but still discuss it in media so as to appear to have the upper hand).

I know my country and my people and how this will most likely play out. I can guarantee you won't see masses of people clapping for economic migrants and waving refugee welcome signs. Instead IF, a very very big if as accepting migrants isn't popular with either PO or pis camps, Poland does decide to accept refugees you'll see demonstrations reaching tens and hundreds of thousands of people all over poland as has happened in the past. If even despite that migrants are let in you'll see direct actions like people blocking their buses, harassing them, perhaps even violence. Personally if I were an Iraqi Tunisian etc Muslim Poland would be my last choice. They don't want to come here and 3/4 of poles don't want am either.

We've taken in a million Ukrainians Georgians chechens etc. The eu wants to talk solidarity where were they when tens of thousands of Ukrainians were coming in daily to Poland? Why don't they relieve the pressure on poland? Germany says they've taken in a million migrants well so have we and we have half the population. However it appears that the media doesn't consider Ukrainians to be 'real' migrants even though they're fleeing war, poverty, destruction, discrimination, etc. They only want to spread around the Muslims and Africans. Could it be because they're such a burden on the state given the non stop.terror attacks, demands of housing food and money, rapes, crimes, etc? Me thinks so, after all there's only so much a country can take.
Dirk diggler   
20 Sep 2017
Classifieds / I have restaurant for sale in Gniezno [7]

At 110k zloty that's a huge rip off. You can open a small restaurant esp a kebab stand for way less esp if you're leasing. I highly doubt your brand is worth it.

How did you even arrive at this number ?
Dirk diggler   
20 Sep 2017
News / Berlin terrorist attack -- Poland's ethnic homogeneity a true blessing [436]

Poland is natos eastern flank and basically a buffer for the west. If Russia ever invaded Poland itd be devastated as it would turn into a battlefield. Nato troops would rush in so as to halt Russian advance into Germany and further. (Either that or they'd merely declare war and sit on their butt like they did in ww2 - most poles feel this way, esp those in the military, that's why home defense and paramilitary groups are growing like crazy and receiving funding training etc from the government and regulars). Furthermore it meets the 2% GDP mark of NATO which the vast majority of NATO members do not meet. In terms of military might, Poland is actually pretty powerful and the amount of hardware and troops they have is actually pretty close to Germany's despite being half the population. So no your assessment of Poland military contribution is incorrect.

Second poland was one of the few eu nations who's gdp grew during the recession. Our market is extremely competitive due to a highly skilled low cost labor force. Our economy ranks between 20 and 24th in terms of GDP depending on who's measuring it and their methodology and I believe somewhere around 6th 7th place in terms of eu. We have an excellent credit rating and low debt. While our economy is smaller in terms of nominal gdp than germanys, our growth rate is far higher and it'll probably remain that way for the foreseeable future. We've managed to have exponential growth since the 90s, keep inflation very low, and even our unemployment rate is now lower than even wealthier eu nations while our ease of doing business index ranking is getting better and better. All in all, while we may not have as large of a nominal gdp as France uk Germany etc, there's so many aspects make us more competitive than these countries. That's why you see so many companies building huge plants like Mercedes for example in my town.
Dirk diggler   
20 Sep 2017
News / Berlin terrorist attack -- Poland's ethnic homogeneity a true blessing [436]

@Tacitus

Yes around 80 90% of poles support eu membership. No one said Poland has to leave eu or will be kicked out for not accepting migrants - neither Poland said they'll leave because of it nor did any eu senior politician threaten kicking Poland out. Furthermore their perceived threats on 'rule of law' have for now taken precedent over the migrant question. And even then they'd require a unanimous decision to strip Poland of voting rights which won't pass bc Hungary as well as other v4 members and eastern eu members will support Poland in this regard. A potential fine of 2 bil was discussed for not taking migrants which I'm sure poles would be fine with paying. That comes out to roughly 200 zloty a pole. Not a large sum to prevent a slippery slope and bring in certain peoples that have been responsible for the vast majority of terror attacks (like the one in London earlier this week- 5th attack this year there), rapes, rioting, burning police stations, trashing subways and parks, etc. If Poland were able to decide who comes in and vet them themselves it wouldn't be as much of a security issue but still the principle of slippery slope remains. As far as the 2 bil fine, better yet they can take the 2 bil out of the reparations from germany. They gae several submarines, military tech as well as lots of money for reparations to others, they ought to man up and do the same for Poland. Actually German and polish representatives are in the process of discussing this topic behind closed doors.

Also uk and Ireland have an opt out clause (treaty of lisbon) as it pertain to justice and home affairs. Poland should have asked for the same. So no, certain members are permitted to disregard certain eu rulings in some cases.
Dirk diggler   
19 Sep 2017
News / Berlin terrorist attack -- Poland's ethnic homogeneity a true blessing [436]

@Tacitus
Actually us pays for 22% of the un budget for things like refugee resettlement, famine eraditaion, un peacekeeping missions, etc.

Also the total us military budget is far larger than that. If you want peace gotta prepare for war

The way agencies use to identify if someone was in fact a refugee from Syria or another place is they'd show them a bunch of different currencies and have the person point out which is syrian in a short time frame. Then word spread and they no longer did that. Nonetheless the vast majority of migrants into Europe since 2015 are economic migrants, not refugees. Some sources give a figure as low as 3% of actual refugees out of all the migrants that came in.

@tacitus
If were going to talk about majorities deciding things we ought to point out that the vast majority of polls, 74% to be exact according to cbos, don't want migration from me and Africa. That's reason enough for our government not to take migrants from way different cultures in. Besides, we've done more than our fair share resetting both economic migrants and those escaping from war with the over 1 min Ukrainians taken in plus all the Georgians and Chechens. If Poland did decide to take in migrants you'd see massive demonstrations just like the one with 150k people in Warsaw.