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Ironside   
1 Jun 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

It really isn't. A hard life is not knowing when you'll get to eat next, or not having adequate clothing or shelter. Poland is - by world standards - an easy life.

Sure in some slums of Brasilia they have harder lot. However working Poles have the shyte end of the bargain.
Why do you insist to compare oranges and apples?Because you know that I'm right and you are not.
Ironside   
1 Jun 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

well, I can only say that those people who know so called west only superficially do imagine that it is a better place than Poland. Also, not only Polish people ask those questions.

Why they get offended cause your caution answer they interpret as in Poland is no better and you are here because you have to.

In Poland you are ALWAYS asked, "why did you come here?"

Well in Poland the live for an average Pole is very heard and objectively the system in Poland and generally the state is discriminating against its citizens in many ways. Unless you are a part of the system, or you found yourself a nice niche. I suspect that former works for most foreigners in Poland.
Ironside   
31 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

It is only your opinion as well as it is only your opinion who is and who is not antisemitic or petty minded. That testament of you would be of some worth if not added sentence - those who claim to speak for Poland. That clearly is ideological bias and not objective observation.

So yes you are not a snob because of your supposedly liberal and enlighten stance but because you are using your idealogical conditioning to turn into labeling and classify people according to the form which has nothing to do with the truth or objectivity.

It is the fact that you enjoy to classify people and you enjoy to see some of them as beneath you regardless of your justification that makes you in fact a snob.
Ironside   
31 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

Any examples? Cause so far its sounds like yet another one blanket statement.
you looking down on people cause you are a snob and that the reason enough.
Ironside   
31 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]

I'd call it reality, and something that people are happy with.

aye! your reality, not to be mistaken with scientific research.
Ironside   
31 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

so I am actually not of the mark but you trying to make me look like I know nothing is quite pathetic, really.

Well, I never said that you know nothing, just that you don't know much. I was wrong in this case - big deal I'm not perfect.

Generally I don't mind your rants cause sometimes you are right but more often then not you are not.
However of late you stated sprouting a really crappy and bigoted rubbish and I would say that your double standards are really pathetic not my slight error here.
Ironside   
31 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]

Harry you haven't got a leg to stand on defending your sectarian comment.

Sure he doesn't.

. I don't see Poles there insisting on a particular day of the week off.

And since you're pretending to be so keen to change the status quo in Poland, I don't see the shops empty on Sunday here, either.

I guess you would call that a scientific proof
Ironside   
31 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]

You made a sectarian comment that's it Harry

Well Barney I think it is a bit too extreme to expect the doves of tolerance and freedom here to do as they preach. They would like to wipe out Christianity form the face of the Earth. The only reason they do not admit it openly is tactical and to fool unsuspected people.

Being Godless do not make them better as they ideology is their religion in the name of which they would torture and kill people given a chance as history teaches us.

In Poland only believers of one religion are trying to force their beliefs down the throats of everybody

They would be democracy Harry. Would you by any chance advocating anti-Democratic practices here?
Ironside   
31 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

In Poland people go to church, but many don't follow the churchs' teachings.

I bet in America they do!
All cheating smoking ******* and stealing Poles are laughing at you, hahhahahaha you are not going to the church and yet you do not do all those things, you must be jealous like hell. hahhaha

Does it hurt to be a self hating Pole?
Ironside   
31 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Edit: haha Ironside does the truth hurt so much?

hahahahahahahahaha Ironsides of this world are laughing at you hahahah you you goofy!!!
Ironside   
30 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

That is where the real Poland was. But that is something some people will never grasp.

I mean what is your age? I do understand a need to fight and sometimes pure idiocy or falsehood of this or that poster irritate me to the point I use a whip of a language to teach them a lesson.

However I base most of my discussions on the logic and the truth.
I do make an attempt to understand my opponent and I'm not judgmental, I understand a human condition and many weaknesses and I'm humble in my appraisal of people.

You on the other hand by the way you post and what you post more often than not make a conscious effort to antagonize all people who do not think like you and especially those who are not religious, not to mention anti-religious characters and those who hate Catholicism.

You show them a proverbial finger.
I wonder whatever for?
You really do Catholics a disservice.
Ironside   
30 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

my husband, from Poland, said something interesting today

Tell your husband to define peasant and then to check himself in the mirror.
Then tell him about Soviet Poles.

Look at it this way: they come to Poland not really knowing what to expect.

I'm sure that there are plenty of people exactly like you describe, struggling with a new environment. However not all, and plainly many expats here on PF have been pegged right by Polonious.

I don't think it is being snobby or looking down on anything- but some things in Poland

As per usual you missed the point completely.

hopelessly moronic yet so incredibly common in Poland.

You are another one who missed the point and this time I'm surprised.
Ironside   
30 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Prayer and spriitual contemplation can provide balance,

Polonious what are you doing? I mean what are you about?
Ironside   
30 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Of course people are not working, it is an official holiday.

I'm sure if you would notice processions and stuff like that you wouldn't believe your eyes and dismiss it all as a figment of your imagination.YES, holly day - Corpus Christi

I'm glad Soviet Poland is over, really.

Do you? Do you even remember Soviets Poland let alone to hold opinion about it?
Anyway Soviet Poles are still around and they and their progeny are doing good for themselves and less so for Poland. Well I don't care about somebody's motivation if they support Soviet Poles because they are supporting animal rights or for other reason makes not difference to me. The fact is they are at least fellow travelers at least on PF.

No, you're mistaken here

I'm not! Even here you can read what they think. I don't mean declaration but what they think about practical solutions in a secular country.
Ironside   
30 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Come on, you're not a kid from what I heard. We could play this little game, but we'll get bored soon.

Well, my thinking is not erroneous, my observation skills are fine so maybe you just do not understand what I mean by Soviet Poland.

he majority of Poles are glad they are having a day off - weather is brilliant today - and if they are lucky, a long weekend.

Are they working? No!

They support neither. I'd be happy to see a truly secular Poland in my lifetime.

At least they are fellow travelers.
That the problem with secular country - Catholics tended to see it as a tolerant country where everybody would be t equally while atheist are seeing it as a invitation to impose their ideology and to build society without religion.
Ironside   
30 May 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

A civilised national movement like that advocated by Dmowksi maybe, but the young tatoo-thug style street brawlers of the ONR and MWP

I think you are not all that well informed. ORN is a creation of secret service and MW has been spawned by Grietych who since then has been proved worthless. I wouldn't nevertheless equate those two with tattoo-thugs.

I have been talking about national movement, there some chances it will develop in time.
Ironside   
29 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Nope, that's a fallacious statement, no objective, logical observation ;)

nope, your statement is fallacious
Ironside   
29 May 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

Kaczyński has overdone

Well PiS is one issue but there are other forces at play. I think National Movement would be a good thing.
Ironside   
29 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Poland is a Catholic Country, Soviet Poland is not. I wonder why many foreigners support the Soviet- Poland.
Ironside   
29 May 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

Definitely so. They also seem to think about it far more than the average homosexual.

are you privy to such information?

Polonius, you seem to be rather well educated as to the chicanery of the PRL.

Delphine the key world here is education. You could use some of it.

Most interesting are the political analyses of Roman Giertych,

That dude is full of shyte and there is nothing interesting about his ramblings.

The question is: are we in that crucial moment when the future of PO is being decided or not

They all cemented by the collective responsibility.
Ironside   
29 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]

What booklet? I am really curious what booklet you mean that I carry? The Unwritten Book of Logics and Common Sense? Mind, Reason and Sanity, pt 1 and 2?

That booklet you are constantly quoting from, how you chose to call its immaterial.
What matters is that your ready forums for explaining the world are not yours, that stuff is an old shyte. long digested, but put by commie tricksters into a new box and is being sold as something fresh.

Contrary to you probably, I am not folowing any particular one book or booklet, not even a leaflet.

Well there are variation of that booklet and it could be in few volumes but the basic remains the same - falsehood.

I do however despise any mind limitations that people set for other people, whether by religious books (any) or by other means.

Mind limitations are more often than not self inflicted. Nobody is forced to follow religious teaching and nobody should be forced to follow self proclaimed liberals teachings.

If you are serious as to your motivation you should go against self-proclaimed commissars who are launching anti-Christan and anti-freedom campaign and not fraternize with them.

Unless of course your claim is not true and you are one of those death-brain -zombies who understand freedom as the fight against religion.
Ironside   
29 May 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

The Fourth Republic will rise again!
An anecdote going round contends that

I wouldn't be putting all eggs into one basket. If that corrupt the the core regime will case to be in power - good. However I wouldn't be expecting much from PiS.

I think that the national option given a time will mature enough to put its weight onto political scene.
Ironside   
29 May 2013
UK, Ireland / I think Poles in the UK are COOL PEOPLE [17]

I'm sorry if you were expecting a scripture of perfected, shakespeare-esque literature of Polish appraisal enriched with the finest of grammar and spectacular punctuation.

well jon is English as well.
Ironside   
29 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]

Ironside was warned by mods
Harry:
and not to insult people?
? Well then, how tolerant! Real guarantee of tolerance!

How queer, you disagree with me and you rejoice when someone say something bad about me without verifying whether it is true or not. How balanced, reasonable and tolerant person you are, in case your vanity would prevent you from seeing my words for what they are - this is sarcasm.

Hahahah. If this was a joke - I laughed, if not (and knowing Ironside's posts I fear it wasn't...) I still laugh but through tears! Christianity is authoritarian and not tolerant, where did you get this from?

Well, that according to your booklet you carry around "The little heathen". The same source explain why heathens are better people than everybody else especially Christians. They may claim that all they want but it doesn't make it true. Put your little ideological bias aside and see the world for what it is.

That just made my day, I can relax now;)

I see a day without a dig at Catholics or Christians is a day wasted. I wonder what your booklet says about Jews, would you be so blatantly offensive towards them as well?

Nevertheless if you don't like Christians go back into the protective darkness of your native woods.They will no bother you there. Do not buy a rifle though like your countryman recently.
Ironside   
29 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]

I just want to remind we had a referendum on Constitution so it's not like minority decided- Poles agreed to that act.

Well referendum doesn't give a guarantee of objectivity, sometimes people could be wrong about thing and given a chance they would redress that.
To put it plainly, many people voted for secular scathe falsely believing they are voting for tolerance when in fact it only opened the back door for intolerance and dictate of minorities.

I think that Christian is the real guarantee of democracy and tolerance in a society.

Care to elaborate on that rather exotic statement?

Since I have understood Harry I'm not bothered any more by his posts. His inner dialog emerges sometimes in this forum.