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delphiandomine   
31 Jul 2013
History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]

I am not at all sure they don't feel like this now.

Never met one German yet that wanted to do such a thing to Poland.

Perhaps you should familiarise yourself with the German sense of shame over WW2 before making such statements.
delphiandomine   
28 Jul 2013
Study / Poland-Germany university transfer? [16]

Since the Republic of Poland is a member of the EU, it shares the common EU educational system.

Yes, but like most of the EU, these things are only superficially the same.

That means that university transfers between European countries are possible, right?

In theory. The reality is different, due to courses being designed in different ways.

I technically finish the German university, so I should end up having the German diploma

It won't work like that. Many universities have limits on the amount of ECTS points that you can transfer, and you can also expect them to check in detail as to whether the modules in Poland really matched the German one. I absolutely guarantee that you won't get everything transferred.

In short, your idea is nice, but Europe simply isn't integrated at that sort of level to allow that kind of transfer.
delphiandomine   
24 Jul 2013
Food / Hopless beer in Poland? [30]

Small market Polish breweries aren't much worse than Czech ones - but don't forget, Poland is far better than the Czechs when it comes to spirits.
delphiandomine   
23 Jul 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

Too much individualism

Yes Polonius, we know that you prefer democratic centralism systems.

To be able to interact peacefully and work together effectively a balanced consensus is needed.

So why are you posting nothing but partisan nonsense on here every single day?
delphiandomine   
22 Jul 2013
History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

land was seized and redistributed to Polish military veterans, in hopes of reigning in the east.

I believe one of the major problems with this was that the veterans preferred to stay in the developed central/Western lands, acting as absentee landlords and upsetting both Ukrainian and Polish peasants alike.
delphiandomine   
15 Jul 2013
Law / Why is Poland importing so much coal? [76]

The way this country is run, we would have been importing sand If we had been Egypt.

Did the Dear Leader tell you to say that?

It's pretty obvious why Poland is importing more and more.
delphiandomine   
14 Jul 2013
History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

Impossible!! I cannot believe it.

There's a lot of them around - off the top of my head in Bieszczady, there's one in Cisna that is more or less abandoned. Many of the "anti-fascist" memorials from the PRL era aren't maintained too round here - I'll take some pictures for you :)

Yes, it is true, but that is our tradition and you cannot help it. At least for a generation or two. Besides, why should Poles be worse than Jews in commemorating their victims???

Don't tell me you see it as some sort of competition? :P

No, the thing I object to is the memorials everywhere for bad things that happened to Poles, but very little recognition of bad things that Poles did to others. Hence why -

Only Polish ones.

Is sad for me - I'd like to see monuments remembering all those innocent killed in Wołyń, not just Poles. No matter how you put it, that place was a disaster.

But inhabitants of Eastern lands and their ancestors refuse to reconcile:

Sad. There's still so much bitterness on the part of ordinary people over the whole thing.

Isn't there anything positive that would be worth erecting a monument for?

Of course, but it doesn't appeal to those interested in doom and gloom. It confuses me why there isn't some sort of monument to the 4th June 1989, or why there aren't streets named after that day.
delphiandomine   
13 Jul 2013
History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

The abandoned (pulled down) monuments erected in communist times honoured such butchers as Feliks Dzierźyński or Vladimir Lenin. Yes, they were abandoned, as you say:

Oh no, it's not those I'm talking about - those were rightfully pulled down as soon as it was possible. It's more the ones from the PRL era that were dedicated to victims of Fascism, or to others.

Hmm, because once Poles saw how Germans tried to eradicate the Polish culture by blowing up Polish monuments? The inscription on Krakow monument reads: Nations which lose memory die out.

It is true, but you must admit, all these monuments to Polish suffering also help to reinforce the general "Christ of Nations" complex that some people have.

Do you know if these monuments are dedicated to all victims in Wolyn, or just Polish ones?
delphiandomine   
13 Jul 2013
History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

closer to Chernobyl.

Wolyn extended that far?

hacked to death comes with hate..... and that is why there is a problem now.

Or it comes with a lack of anything else to use.

I've said all along that the Ukrainians were acting out of sheer desperation - if they didn't clear Wolyn, then there was absolutely no chance that they would get their dreamed-of country.
delphiandomine   
6 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

the most successful countries all have presidential systems is also irrelevant.

Japan : Monarchy
UK : Monarchy
Australia : Monarchy
Canada : Monarchy
Sweden : Monarchy
Denmark : Monarchy
Netherlands : Monarchy

Shall I continue?

Let's not forget that many Presidential systems are monarchies in all but name.
delphiandomine   
6 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

Poland and Ireland and the USA all know that the republican form of government is far superior

It's strange how Poland's acknowledged glory days were all monarchies, isn't it?
delphiandomine   
6 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

She is called the English queen or the queen of England that is what people call her.

Barney, seriously - they don't call her that. It might be an Irish Republican term, but it certainly isn't one in common usage. It's even quite offensive to say such a thing - Queen Elizabeth is a direct descendant of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, too. It's also worth pointing out that the Royal Family has a deep connection with Scotland in general.

As for her being "Queen of England" - she isn't. That's a particularly wrong statement to make, as her official title is -

Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

She is not the "Queen of England", and has never been recognised as such. The Scottish Parliament chose to recognise her in a dual capacity, but the UK Parliament has never recognised her as the "Queen of England".
delphiandomine   
6 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

The English Queen and family cost £202.4 million

Please, stop with the "English" Queen stuff. As recognised by the Scottish Parliament, she's the Queen of Scots too - and she is also recognised as the Queen of other countries too.
delphiandomine   
5 Jul 2013
Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [380]

I even suggested a solution to the problem that is widely practiced by other airlines but they flatly refused any kind of cooperation

What was the problem and solution?

Further, at WAW airport we run into ABSOLUTE chaos.

What was the chaos?
delphiandomine   
5 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

So why is it unacceptable for the monarch to discuss things in private with her Government, but acceptable for her Government to discuss things in secret with terrorists?
delphiandomine   
5 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

Barney, can we therefore assume that you were completely against those meetings held by Mo Mowlam in the Maze, or that you were completely against all those secret meetings that the British Government had with the IRA? I'd also assume that you were completely against any secret and classified meetings held with terrorist leaderships in the run up to the Belfast Agreement, too?
delphiandomine   
5 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

She uses it quite a lot to block bills that she doesnt like and to alter bills that may have an effect on her private income as does her son. It's totally undemocratic but if that is how the British like being governed why not make the political interference public knowledge, the exact details are still secret.

She doesn't use it. Perhaps you and I have a different definition of veto, but as we understand it - she can only use the veto by withholding Royal Assent to a bill.

As for the other stuff - I think someone that has been the Head of State for over 60 years might just have a wealth of experience to draw on, don't you think? It's no different to drawing on the Father of the House for advice, for instance. It's also worth pointing out that Her Majesty's Ministers don't have to listen to a word she says.

Barney, have you ever been to tourist areas such as Royal Deeside? You'd see the huge amount of money that the Royal Family bring in - not to mention all the utter crap sold on Oxford Street and so on.

Tourists will still go to England with or without an undemocratic head of state. Elton John or Mark E Smith could do the ambassador for Britain thing. They could do the arms fairs trousering backhanders as well as anyone so long as they held the position of power.

Actually, what's undemocratic about it? The UK could vote to become a Republic tomorrow, but no-one would be that stupid.

If you like paying for undemocratic institutions its great but why not pay another more frugal family to do the job?

Because part of the job is to act and look like royalty. In return, tourists spend a fair bit of cash on them.

I tend to agree because their first loyalty is to themselves.

I think many members of the Royal Family have done far more for others than anyone else on this forum. Their charity work is often deliberately under reported, for a start.

Don't get me wrong, they're not perfect - but when you consider the antics of the elected Heads of State in Poland, I'd much rather stick with our boring Queen.
delphiandomine   
5 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

She and others in her family are asked and ask to review legislation, they have a veto.

I think it's done that way because the Queen and others have a long history and can see things from a long term perspective rather than the short term. I know The Queen at least is fearsomely well informed about foreign affairs, for instance.

Don't forget that she also had very bad relations with some people - her relationship with Blair after the Iraq War was notoriously cold, for instance.

But while she has a formal veto, it's also understood that should the Royal Family ever use it (except, perhaps, in a dire constitutional crisis with no escape) - then Parliament will immediately abolish it.
delphiandomine   
5 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

The King has to be neutral, he is a kind of referee.

He needs to be with the amount of bickering and squabbling in Belgium ;)
delphiandomine   
5 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

I'd guess that he is the King of all the Belgians - the Flemish, Walloons and Germans. Makes sense if you consider how Belgium was formed and how the King is seen as a unifying influence.