I am ... look at my discussions with warszawski.
The thing I am hammering on is that if people don't know enough about some topic, they should refrain from passing moral judgements. I don't live in Poland (yet), so I will not give a moral judgement about Polish societal issues.
You and warszawski don't have the full picture what is hapening over here, so I suggest you adopt the same policy. Warszawski claimed this "song" was a hit: it wasn't. He claims that OTTO is in the hands of a Dutch national, but he forgets to mention that his wife is the other shareholder and she is Polish, in #23 he claims we have problems with Russians, which we don't. Or with former yugoslaves, which we don't. He was wrong about the terms of our social welfare system, he didn't know which companies were Dutch multinationals, about long term illness figures, he tries to show with a couple of extreme cases that the whole of the Dutch labour market is unfair and such, and I can go on and on and on.
Do you see me commenting about the Polish welfare system? Or even Polish labour market? No. Because I don't know anything about it. So therefore it is wise for me to shut up and listen. The same goes for you guys when passing moral judgements about things happening over here.
With my limited experience on the Polish labour market I would be inclined to say that it is EASY to find a job. I wrote ONE application letter, I got two interviews, a psychological test, they hired me and the pay is more than good. So when someone says to me that it is difficult to find a job and that the pay is crap, I would be inclined to say (with my EXTREMELY limited experience) that what they say is not true. Instead I know that my experience is limited and probably not representative and I choose to keep quiet.
Only a wise man knows when to shut up ... think about it for a minute.
The thing I am hammering on is that if people don't know enough about some topic, they should refrain from passing moral judgements. I don't live in Poland (yet), so I will not give a moral judgement about Polish societal issues.
You and warszawski don't have the full picture what is hapening over here, so I suggest you adopt the same policy. Warszawski claimed this "song" was a hit: it wasn't. He claims that OTTO is in the hands of a Dutch national, but he forgets to mention that his wife is the other shareholder and she is Polish, in #23 he claims we have problems with Russians, which we don't. Or with former yugoslaves, which we don't. He was wrong about the terms of our social welfare system, he didn't know which companies were Dutch multinationals, about long term illness figures, he tries to show with a couple of extreme cases that the whole of the Dutch labour market is unfair and such, and I can go on and on and on.
Do you see me commenting about the Polish welfare system? Or even Polish labour market? No. Because I don't know anything about it. So therefore it is wise for me to shut up and listen. The same goes for you guys when passing moral judgements about things happening over here.
With my limited experience on the Polish labour market I would be inclined to say that it is EASY to find a job. I wrote ONE application letter, I got two interviews, a psychological test, they hired me and the pay is more than good. So when someone says to me that it is difficult to find a job and that the pay is crap, I would be inclined to say (with my EXTREMELY limited experience) that what they say is not true. Instead I know that my experience is limited and probably not representative and I choose to keep quiet.
Only a wise man knows when to shut up ... think about it for a minute.