Barney
21 May 2023
News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]
Except defeat Napoleon and the Nazis.
SHE HAS NEVER DONE ONE IOTA OF GOOD IN ALL OF HISTORY. PERIOD !!!
Except defeat Napoleon and the Nazis.
Barney
20 May 2023
Off-Topic / Hollywood Films [62]
You deserve a knighthood for reading that :)
I just wanted to see what normal people said about the tripe and you are both right
Especially the 'Hollywood = holy wood = holy genitalia" garbage.
You deserve a knighthood for reading that :)
I just wanted to see what normal people said about the tripe and you are both right
Barney
19 May 2023
News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]
This is undoubtedly true
a tiny public sector, low tax revenue and wild-west capitalism and can assure you that the developed societies of Europe are easier, better and safer places to live in.
This is undoubtedly true
Barney
18 May 2023
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]
Everything you have posted chimes exactly with my experience of school meals. The free milk was horrible exactly as Pavian describes. The food was probably worse than Torq describes and not as balanced. Its nothing to do with communism just the bean counters undervaluing the country's potential and future.
Everything you have posted chimes exactly with my experience of school meals. The free milk was horrible exactly as Pavian describes. The food was probably worse than Torq describes and not as balanced. Its nothing to do with communism just the bean counters undervaluing the country's potential and future.
Barney
25 Apr 2023
Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]
That is debatable however the damage done by all evangelists is indisputable.
Protestant denominations do the most missionary work by far.
That is debatable however the damage done by all evangelists is indisputable.
Barney
1 Apr 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
I don't think anyone is advocating for more bombs in Poland. No one appears to be advocating to relax safety laws in Poland either if they are they are quite invisible.
People appear to be content with the present system, those who want a gun can apply for a permit. I don't see the problem. People who want a gun and want it now! would appear to be a bit suspect.
I don't think anyone is advocating for more bombs in Poland. No one appears to be advocating to relax safety laws in Poland either if they are they are quite invisible.
People appear to be content with the present system, those who want a gun can apply for a permit. I don't see the problem. People who want a gun and want it now! would appear to be a bit suspect.
Barney
1 Apr 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
@johnny reb
I live in Ireland and I can tell you that if there were more guns nothing would have changed except more dead civilians.
Now you can frame a question in many ways but its rare to frame one in such an egregiously stupid fashion.
@johnny reb
I live in Ireland and I can tell you that if there were more guns nothing would have changed except more dead civilians.
Now you can frame a question in many ways but its rare to frame one in such an egregiously stupid fashion.
Barney
1 Apr 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
I can tell you from lived experience that that is a pile of horsefeathers.
a long gun will make a world of difference if everyone has them.
I can tell you from lived experience that that is a pile of horsefeathers.
Barney
30 Mar 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
And I didnt say you did.
I have read the entire thread and your ( by definition unverified) upload idea is insane but I was too kind to point it out but feel perfectly free to flex your muscle.
I would go with that...Not one of my US family or friends is as paranoid as some here
Did I say it was a pressing need or desire? No
And I didnt say you did.
I have read the entire thread and your ( by definition unverified) upload idea is insane but I was too kind to point it out but feel perfectly free to flex your muscle.
just paranoid.
I would go with that...Not one of my US family or friends is as paranoid as some here
Barney
30 Mar 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
@PolAmKrakow
How many political manifestos in Poland have a clause advocating wider gun ownership?
I dont think its a pressing issue for many political parties or electors. The reasons presented here by our American cousins all revolve around bad B movie scripts.
In Poland and Europe generally, there is no call to loosen safety laws
@PolAmKrakow
How many political manifestos in Poland have a clause advocating wider gun ownership?
I dont think its a pressing issue for many political parties or electors. The reasons presented here by our American cousins all revolve around bad B movie scripts.
In Poland and Europe generally, there is no call to loosen safety laws
Barney
18 Mar 2023
Life / Boys acting and dressing feminine, girls acting and dressing masculine - transgender teens in Poland [272]
@jon357
Again I largely agree and it is a serious issue. I don't want to trivialise the issue but I see it like gluten intolerance where a tiny minority have a real and verifiable condition however millions self diagnose.
@jon357
Again I largely agree and it is a serious issue. I don't want to trivialise the issue but I see it like gluten intolerance where a tiny minority have a real and verifiable condition however millions self diagnose.
Barney
18 Mar 2023
Life / Boys acting and dressing feminine, girls acting and dressing masculine - transgender teens in Poland [272]
I agree for the same reason I oppose capital punishment, its irreversible. Any 9 year old has more sense than your average teen.
How many more, gloomy and unhappy teens will be mutilated before people realize...
I agree for the same reason I oppose capital punishment, its irreversible. Any 9 year old has more sense than your average teen.
Barney
18 Mar 2023
Life / Boys acting and dressing feminine, girls acting and dressing masculine - transgender teens in Poland [272]
These dead end culture wars are not really a leftwing thing...
how did the left get here again?
These dead end culture wars are not really a leftwing thing...
Barney
28 Feb 2023
UK, Ireland / Is it good for Poland as Sinn Fein will win today in Northen Ireland [282]
Not really, the EU has real time access to British trading databases something promised previously but never implemented by the UK. Green and red lanes were offered by the EU over a year ago and so on. The difference is that there now appears to be grown-ups in London who have realised that a semi permanent "war" with the EU is in on ones interests.
The ball is now in the DUP's court...
Is there anything in the new deal that hasn't been on the table since 2018 or so?
Not really, the EU has real time access to British trading databases something promised previously but never implemented by the UK. Green and red lanes were offered by the EU over a year ago and so on. The difference is that there now appears to be grown-ups in London who have realised that a semi permanent "war" with the EU is in on ones interests.
The ball is now in the DUP's court...
Barney
16 Feb 2023
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]
This is true I made the rookie mistake of buying seed by picture... It didn't grow well still learning I suppose
Pietruszka doesn't really exist in Western Europe
This is true I made the rookie mistake of buying seed by picture... It didn't grow well still learning I suppose
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Barney
15 Feb 2023
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]
I agree it doesn't but he could be learning :)
It doesn't look to me like there's a clamp in the photo though
I agree it doesn't but he could be learning :)
Barney
15 Feb 2023
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]
@gumishu
I do that with leeks as well. A clamp helps protect root veg from the frost there is nothing worse than loosing all your spuds.
@Feniks
I also googled clamp a few years back and was surprised to find it has Dutch roots. The reason I searched was that I always thought it was an Irish thing also discovered that scallion is not Irish either :(
@gumishu
I do that with leeks as well. A clamp helps protect root veg from the frost there is nothing worse than loosing all your spuds.
@Feniks
I also googled clamp a few years back and was surprised to find it has Dutch roots. The reason I searched was that I always thought it was an Irish thing also discovered that scallion is not Irish either :(
Barney
15 Feb 2023
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]
People used to store root veg particularly spuds in a clamp. Perhaps he was digging potatoes.
People used to store root veg particularly spuds in a clamp. Perhaps he was digging potatoes.
Barney
10 Feb 2023
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]
Walking through a small forest my mucker (there's a word) said that at school the kids had to stand up and say what their fathers did. He always felt really humiliated having to do that.
What about other needs?? I hated communism.......
Walking through a small forest my mucker (there's a word) said that at school the kids had to stand up and say what their fathers did. He always felt really humiliated having to do that.
Barney
28 Jan 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
The estimated deaths during the US (native population) genocide range up to fifteen million however we will never know because you never bothered counting the dead.
Its improbable that you have any figures to back up your claim
More people have been massacred in Poland than have been in the United States
The estimated deaths during the US (native population) genocide range up to fifteen million however we will never know because you never bothered counting the dead.
Its improbable that you have any figures to back up your claim
Barney
16 Jan 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
That is exactly what you are doing, there is no desire as far as I can see to turn Poland into the US.
You want a gun on demand go live in the US... Poland love it or leave it
You just defend your uneducated position with more babble that's already been covered
That is exactly what you are doing, there is no desire as far as I can see to turn Poland into the US.
You want a gun on demand go live in the US... Poland love it or leave it
Barney
15 Jan 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
I don't see where the application of rigid safety laws would impact upon that one bit. The other examples you gave are in fact an argument for maintaining Polish safety laws ie no hand guns no automatic/semi automatic weapons and no adaptors.
I knew a man from the bar nicknamed Pidgin who was shot on two, possibly three separate occasions so naturally he was re-nicknamed Clay. He could have been armed to the teeth and it would have made no difference.
What if someone wants to take up skeet shooting?
I don't see where the application of rigid safety laws would impact upon that one bit. The other examples you gave are in fact an argument for maintaining Polish safety laws ie no hand guns no automatic/semi automatic weapons and no adaptors.
I knew a man from the bar nicknamed Pidgin who was shot on two, possibly three separate occasions so naturally he was re-nicknamed Clay. He could have been armed to the teeth and it would have made no difference.
Barney
15 Jan 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
This is not about a plot for a bad movie. Any one dreaming about when they would want and use a gun should be barred from ever having one.
Safety laws should be tightened,
if you ever have to face an invading force
This is not about a plot for a bad movie. Any one dreaming about when they would want and use a gun should be barred from ever having one.
Safety laws should be tightened,
Barney
9 Jan 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
The only way to stop a bad toddler with a gun is a good toddler with a gun...simple
Another shocking school shooting in the USA - this time it was a 6- (six sic!!!)- year -old
The only way to stop a bad toddler with a gun is a good toddler with a gun...simple
Barney
6 Dec 2022
History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]
I disagree, and would suggest that confessional allegiance is incidental however I dont want to drive the thread further off topic.
It is, by and large, a theological question not a political/economic one.
I disagree, and would suggest that confessional allegiance is incidental however I dont want to drive the thread further off topic.
Barney
6 Dec 2022
History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]
Good man, its the same the world over.
Keep thinking and you will become a good socialist in time.
As I said, a couple of spoonfuls of honey in a barrel of tar.
Good man, its the same the world over.
Keep thinking and you will become a good socialist in time.
Barney
17 Sep 2022
History / Anniversary of Soviet Invasion [86]
I agree Invasion should never be forgotten.
It must never, ever be forgotten.
I agree Invasion should never be forgotten.
Barney
17 Sep 2022
History / Anniversary of Soviet Invasion [86]
Terrible thing should always be remembered.
It's also 19 years since Poland invaded Iraq
Terrible thing should always be remembered.
It's also 19 years since Poland invaded Iraq
Barney
11 Sep 2022
UK, Ireland / Is it good for Poland as Sinn Fein will win today in Northen Ireland [282]
In October last year the EU proposed several changes to the protocol including red and green lanes for goods going to the 26 counties, the UK have yet to respond. The vast majority of elected representatives in the six counties support the agreement. The vast majority of UK MPs also voted to adopt the agreement.
The EU have shown themselves to be flexible they want a mature trading relationship with all third party countries and are awaiting a reply.
why should EU will be willing to change anything?
In October last year the EU proposed several changes to the protocol including red and green lanes for goods going to the 26 counties, the UK have yet to respond. The vast majority of elected representatives in the six counties support the agreement. The vast majority of UK MPs also voted to adopt the agreement.
The EU have shown themselves to be flexible they want a mature trading relationship with all third party countries and are awaiting a reply.
Barney
8 Jul 2022
UK, Ireland / Boris Johnson - is the new British PM a popular figure in Poland? [150]
Expecting a partner to an international treaty to abide by that treaty is not obstructionist. Brexit and the Belfast agreement are largely incompatible, It was the UK government's responsibility to square the circle.
Edit
Every attempt to address the problem was dismissed by Johnston and co on his self serving journey to the top
The irish government was a massive pain in the neck and being as obstructionist as possible.
Expecting a partner to an international treaty to abide by that treaty is not obstructionist. Brexit and the Belfast agreement are largely incompatible, It was the UK government's responsibility to square the circle.
Edit
Every attempt to address the problem was dismissed by Johnston and co on his self serving journey to the top