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Posts by WielkiPolak  

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WielkiPolak   
21 Oct 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Were Russians flying the plane? Nope

So what? You think if a plane goes down it can only be the fault of the pilot? You don't have much of an imagination do you?

But, even if your bizarre conspiracy theory had any truth in it at all, which it of course does not, the fact still remains that the Polish crew went below cleared minimums for the plane and the pilot and the conditions

I think you have a hatred for Poland for whatever reason. I think this is 'Katyn 2' and just like the original Katyn, we will probably only find out the truth in about, oh, say, 70 years time or so. Until then we have to listen to lots of people, including mainstream media, tell us it is all conspiracy theories.

You mean despite the Poles putting unqualified pilots in the plane

Unqualifed? In what way unqualified? Had they never been pilots on a plane before?

No WP, you're wrong. We aren't using the MAK report, we're using the Polish report.

Well then you might as well be using MAK since a government run report with supposedly 'neutral' experts is not much short of a farce.

The call was made far too late - and even then, by the time they made the call, the plane was doomed.

Did you ever think that this might be because they thought they were somewhere else to where they were and when they were told there was terrain ahead, it was too late to do anything even when they pulled up? I doubt that someone flying a plane with almost no visibility would be ignoring commands not to land and just going for it.

He was certainly there, in contrary to the "sterile cockpit" rules of aviation. Was that Russia's fault, too?

Well you see we must be getting our information from completely different sources because I was reading that he was not in the cockpit.

The Polish report and consequences make it very clear that the PAF were incompetent.

Like I said a Polish report where the only way to shut this case up is to make the Polish side look incompetent. If it points the finger at Russians, then it has to deal with them, and PO does not want problems with the Russians right now.

Why is it that they've suddenly gone silent if they know the truth? It seems really strange - if they thought that their work had merit, surely they wouldn't abandon it all of a sudden?

Nothing has been abandoned. They still talk about it a lot, the mainstream media just does not show any of this [although you might catch something on TVP info every now and then].

In accordance with the wishes of the families, no doubt.

I am not so sure it was. By the way what do you have to say about items of victims not being given back to families or bodies having dirt sown in to them? No suspicion or obvious disrespect there?

But at the end of the day, if they were so certain that it was an explosion, why has Macierewicz been silenced recently? Why would they silence him if he was correct?

He has not been silenced. You are just looking at the wrong media. He still has plenty to say and is still investigating with experts. He just does not get any opportunities to speak about this on mainstream TV although he was invited to TVP info not long ago where he had a lot to say on the issue.

I was reading a great deal about this subject

The key is where have you been reading a great deal about the subject? Gazeta Wyborcza? Other government friendly anti PiS publications? Different media and books say different stuff don't they.
WielkiPolak   
21 Oct 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Unfortunately a lot of people think not since they say, it is the woman's body so she gets to make the final choice. The baby on the other hand is not given a choice as to whether its life is terminated or not.

On a side not, I actually found some interesting statistics that show there were over 130 000 legal abortions in Poland in the 1985, per year. Over 59 000 in 1990. These were under the rule of communism. Closer to the present the figure is closer to 200 to 300 per year.
WielkiPolak   
21 Oct 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Poland and Poles were at fault.

I would say Russians were more at fault.

Going below cleared minimums for the plane and the pilot and the conditions while ignoring repeated "terrain ahead!" warnings and running the engines at way below the required minimum is, frankly, incompetent.

You are basing this post on a false report and many of the supposed 'facts' in that report were proven wrong since. Not your fault I suppose, you were fed this crap just like most other people in Poland were.
WielkiPolak   
21 Oct 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Oh, that's right... because people won't be encouraged by details such as "not qualified to fly the plane" because it implies that the Poles were at fault.

The Russians implied that Poland was at fault since the very beginning. It has since been revealed that some of the details in Mak were quite simply, false, to make Poland look bad [General Błasik being there and being drunk for instance, was basically a lie]. If anyone here is not happy to take responsibility it is the Russians. I am not saying that Poland was totally not at fault [if it was an accident] but the Russians practically put the whole blame on them and tried to make them look incompetent.

I think it's notable that all the figures show people with "genuine concern" to be among the uneducated in Polish society.

Well you can call some of the experts who have said that the MAK theory of what happened is illogical and the different professors in the field and members of PiS who have spent a lot of time looking in to it, uneducated, but that is not true.

because he has a massive guilt trip about the whole thing. That much is obvious.

What you mean his feels guilty for not flying on the plane? Or perhaps he should have organized it better, but wait, he didn't organize it did he?

I think the photographs speak for themselves - it was a horrid, horrid accident.

I don't see how photographs or battered bodies show that it was an accident. First of all, the Russians spent a lot of time with bodies first and as far as I know, some were cremated with no knowledge of it from others till it was too late. The go ahead for this was not given either. Plus some bodies were literally in pieces, that seems more likely to happen from an explosion than from a crash. If something crashes you expect to find some mangled bodies, not bodies in 15 different pieces.
WielkiPolak   
20 Oct 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Some would say that, but they are on the fringes of society. Heard from Macierewicz recently? No?

This is simply not true. It is rubbish that mainstream media feed people, that only a select minority think this crash was dodgy. Truth is a lot of people are not, if not saying it was intentional, getting very suspicious.

Polish people I know laugh at the concept of Russia going to all this effort with a country that is firmly in the EU and NATO camps. Why would they bother when they've got nothing to gain anyway?

Different types of people. Some laugh while others than got genuine concern.

You'd also wonder why they would kill the one known to be the puppet of his brother - when the brother was far more dangerous and unpredictable.

Well if it was planned then that was the intention. Jarek Kaczynski was also expected to be on this plane.

Actually, yes. The state of the President's body silences the conspiracy theories about the victims being shot or otherwise and makes it clear that there was a crash.

No not really. The state of one or a few bodies does not prove that none of the victims were shot.

Are those pictures bringing anything new or significant

No but that it is the point of them being published. The point is to be provocative.
WielkiPolak   
20 Oct 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Really, it doesn't. For all the mud thrown at Russia by the twins, did you see them do anything in return? They shrugged their shoulders and got on with business.

Yeah sure. That depends on what you want to believe. Some would say they reacted in the worst possible way.

if you want evidence of this, check out RussiaToday. There is a clear opposition within Russian politics to the missile defence idea, but apart from that, they really couldn't care less about Poland.

I occasionally flip to Russia Today but what do you expect them to do, talk about how much they do not like Poland every day. The dislike of Poland is hidden. They act like Poland is insignificant are happy to see the leaders in the country arguing among themselves and having problems. It is hard to explain it but you must understand it is true. Talk to Polish people or older generations, they will tell you.
WielkiPolak   
20 Oct 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Do they bollocks!

Actually sir I think you'll find that they do care. Poland might not be a priority but it is well known the Russian government's in the past and the government now just does not like Poland. Not only that but also, it does matter to them who is in charge. PO is just fine for them. If PiS was in charge they would almost certainly conduct an investigation with America's assistant, but with PO rejecting any assistance from the USA and anyone else, and the US experts not being able to do anything about it since the Polish government has the power to reject them, it suits Russia just fine.
WielkiPolak   
19 Oct 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

What do the photos show?

They basically show the dead bodies of some of the people in the crash. Some of the bodies are in drastic condition. The photos were deleted quickly from the blog but someone put them up on youtube and I saw them. To be honest I wish I had not [I lost to my curiousness]. It was horrible. I think they got taken off youtube now as well since I am now unable to find them again.

Pawian is right though, there is something about constantly prodding and taunting Polish people that Russians are obsessed with [by Russians I of course mean the Russian government and people who work for them].

[just noticed Pawian is suspended. Wonder why?]
WielkiPolak   
14 Oct 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Ohh yes of course, its the old we don't need any proof chappy, huum nice one.

Some people claim to have proof. They claim to have seen Jesus or spoke to him or Mary or whoever. It is usually a personal experience so neither you or I can confirm it as true. I have not had an experience personally, as for prayers being answered, well I have prayed for something that has happened, but also for stuff that has not happened. My faith is purely that, it is just faith, others claim to be more fortunate. I just think your statement is very outright against something that you cannot say for sure is false. I do not think there are UFO's or aliens in space but some do. I just let them be and get on with my life, rather than waste time trying to mock them constantly.
WielkiPolak   
14 Oct 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Now you understand why we think those Babcia's are very strange when they idolise Jarek

Can you think of a party that does not have extreme loyal voters that vote for them no matter what? I think most people just go for the party that is the closest to their views. Many thought that was PO but recently that have had to evaluate what the party has actually done and have a rethink.
WielkiPolak   
14 Oct 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

I have plenty of proof that religion is a complete shambles, IN REALITY its the religious that would struggle with the proof actually.

Religious people do struggle with proof. Then again they don't need it, that is why another way of saying you are religious or believing in God is 'having faith.'

It disturbs you when he says that ZUS contributions for the self employed should be cut for small and medium businesses

Oh don't get me wrong you can agree with a statement but it just disturbs me when I hear the phrase '100% behind him.' Perhaps you could agree with one or two particular aspects of Hitler's world view but once you say you're 100% behind him it makes people look at you funny.
WielkiPolak   
8 Oct 2012
Life / Polish cartoons for kids [43]

The Koziołek Matołek comic was better than the cartoon.
WielkiPolak   
5 Oct 2012
Life / Polish cartoons for kids [43]

Zaczarowany ołowek is also shown on this TVS channel at the time I stated above. It seems like I am trying to plug the channel but they do show the classic stuff on there.

@ Pawian

As for the violence in Bolek i Lolek, yeah I know what you mean but it was not constant violence like you get in some of these hero cartoons or kids TV shows, where the object is always to fight the bad dudes. Bolek was often not very nice to his brother, it is true, that is why I preferred Reksio, he was a lovely dog.
WielkiPolak   
5 Oct 2012
Life / Polish cartoons for kids [43]

Both cartoons currently run on TV Silesia [channel 86 for those who have a decoder] from 6 till 8pm on week days. Both have no words so they can be shown anywhere and understoof. From what I heard Bolek i Lolek was shown in other Eastern European countries as well. I preferred Reksio personally but like both. Nice cartoons with no violence or weird creatures in them anywhere like in some of the modern day comic style cartoons. Very safe for children to watch.
WielkiPolak   
2 Oct 2012
Love / Sexually liberal ----- Is this a fact or myth for Polish women living in Poland? [61]

Also, when I visited a few strip clubs in the London area back when I lived in Europe, most of the strippers were Polish.

You sound proud of them. Yes it is something we can be proud of, that women of Poland are able to have flourishing stripping careers abroad, not just in Poland.
WielkiPolak   
14 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / What languages do you know? [51]

Merged: What languages do you speak

Angielski and Polski fluently for me. German basic, learning Russian [don't ask] for the past month or 2. Tried to learn a bit of Spanish a while ago but gave up as I didn't have the time and just had enough of it as it is in no way similar to anything that I know so there is no starting point for me and I like that. How about you?

Come on guys don't be shy?
WielkiPolak   
10 Sep 2012
News / Dirty deeds of foreign guys in Poland [98]

Why are we even discussing it? I don't care if it was fun for them and I don't care if they found a rat and started to kick it to death. That would also be wrong. In my opinion having fun with another living person or creature having to suffer for this fun is unacceptable, end of.
WielkiPolak   
8 Sep 2012
News / Dirty deeds of foreign guys in Poland [98]

ts pidgeon not a person .... they are flying rats .... who honestly cares ?

Oh I dunno how about those that think that kicking an animal to death is a horrific thing to do. Does not matter what animal it is or where the people who do it are from. They should sit in prison for a while.
WielkiPolak   
29 Aug 2012
History / What do Poles owe to Czechs? [83]

So all your comments here are related to war. How a country copes with a war does not define its people. Other than that, do you have any idea what type of people they are?
WielkiPolak   
29 Aug 2012
History / What do Poles owe to Czechs? [83]

Personally I think we owe little to the Czechs. They do not care about Poland and would sell it 1000 times if it meant they are better off. The only similarity is the language. They tend not to have faith [not religious] and are generally known as a cowardly nation [I did say generally].
WielkiPolak   
7 Aug 2012
Love / Cheating from spouses. Is cheating very common in Poland ? [116]

It is not as common as in the USA or Britain, or other more liberal European countries, mainly due to Poland being a Catholic country and marriage being considered sacred. In fact cheating is seen a very serious sin [breaking 1 of the 10 commandments]. Not to say that it does not happen in Poland and yes in more liberal cities, particularly the capitol there are some very 'immoral' places that you can go to.
WielkiPolak   
22 Jul 2012
Travel / Collection of dress codes in Poland - what to wear? [96]

Following trends is strange to me. I have never followed a trend. Sometimes I like to use/wear stuff that lots of other people also like so I am similar in that way but I never go, oh, lots of people are doing this or wearing this so have to as well. I had a haircut recently but it was because I was sick of my hair falling in to my eyes [had not cut it for about 10 months] and just said, short back and sides with a bit more on the top but generally short. I did not cut it due to thinking it would make girls like it or because I want to fit in to a certain type of sub culture. There is making an effort and that is fine but then there is also doing what you think others want from you and makes them accept you. That is where it goes wrong.
WielkiPolak   
15 Jul 2012
Love / What strange/unnerving/funny things do your Polish wives do? [153]

Anyone every get this from their wife or girlfriend they live with?

Every once in a while [couple of times a year, possibly once a year if you are lucky] they feel this need to just completely alter the layout of the room. TV somewhere else, sofa facing this way, table over there, lamp on the other side of the room etc. If you ask why, they say the the room needs to be refreshed, you cannot just have it look the same all the time.
WielkiPolak   
28 Jun 2012
Love / Are Polish girls open to foreigners? [78]

A lot of the ones who are open to foreigners are open to them for the wrong reason. If you go to Poland and make it obvious you are foreign, then suddenly get the attention of many girls, give it some thought as to why it has happened.
WielkiPolak   
28 Jun 2012
Love / Are Polish girls open to foreigners? [78]

No, in general, Polish girls don't like foreign guys. They are brought up to believe that marriage should consist of a relationship between a white man and white woman, both Catholics, God-fearing and so on.

Nothing wrong with being a God fearing Catholic. They do not believe marriage should be a white man and a white woman, they believe their marriage should be with a white man since it is highly likely that if they marry a guy who is Polish, he is going to be white.

I suppose you are the type who thinks Poland should copy Britain and America? I believe somewhere in the USA it is legal to marry your own horse. That must be the right way to live I mean, it is the USA, they are modern, they are not ass backward like in Poland, so Poland should copy them.

Maybe in your village! Quite a few Polish girls are breaking of the 17th century village mentality and venturing out from the land of camoflage trousers!

Yeah 17th Century mentality. You really are trying so hard to be branded a jackass. You know what I find funny? [I laugh so as not to have to cry] I find it funny that you and many others from England and America [those 2 countries in particular] are still arrogant enough to think that the way you live over in those countries is the correct way. The laws in your countries are the correct laws and it is the duty of other countries who are stuck in the past to try to be more like you. What do you care if many girls from Poland want to marry a Polish Catholic [delph]? What do you care if Poland is a Catholic country? Do you know how many different countries there are? Do you know how many different cultures there are? There is a wide choice and if you dislike it where you are, move somewhere else [that reminds me you have still not explained, despite the question being asked numerous times, why you actually live in Poland if you dislike it so much]. Some Polish girls do leave Poland, they do not like the laws and the way of life there, so they leave. Others stay. That's what is so great, you can choose.
WielkiPolak   
17 Jun 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

If Polish people do end up examining it then if they suggest nothing in particular, PiS will say they favour PO. If they say it might be the result of a bomb explosion, PO will say they favour PiS. So they need to be neutrals.
WielkiPolak   
16 Jun 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

think it's probably because the Government wants to avoid a bitter row over what should be done with them.

Oh go on you can to much better than that. PO does not want the black boxes to avoid a row in parliament? Tell me this is a joke.