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delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]

As far as I can tell, the only people bringing it up are right-wingers who identify with Poland and who try to use it as an excuse for their own racism/homophobia/etc. It's the same on this forum - you can see quite obviously who the racists are, because they try and claim that people are racist towards them.

Those LPR lot in Poland often bring it up, but no-one takes them seriously.

Polonophobia exists only in the mind.
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

In democratic elections. Is you secret desire to abolish democracy in Poland and set up PiS dictatorship of Plastic Poles like you? :):):):)

It's hardly a secret that the only democracy they like is the kind of democracy where they win.

Still, I'm waiting for someone to actually say what these "lies" are.
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Of course they are - heavily influenced by the fact that they want power and don't have it.

And some will believe it for many, many years.

And in doing so, condemn them and their kin to years of political wilderness.

Just watch - Smolensk will be forgotten about in mainstream politics by 2015. I guarantee it.

blamed it all on the pilots from day one when in fact it was a matter of incorrect training/supervision/procedures etc.

Anyone with any degree of knowledge about Polish aviation was pointing the finger at the Air Force from day 1. In fact - I seem to recall convex making a few posts about their behaviour post-Smolensk.

So now many people will not believe in anything official institutions are saying about this airplane crash.

They won't believe it because it's said by the Government that they blindly hate. If it was Jaroslaw Kaczynski in power, they'd believe whatever he says - poor, deluded, stupid people.

Either Tusk is totally impotent and shouldn't run anything more serious than a village shop or he is an evil man, who did it on purpose, so now he can position himself and his gang in opposition to "freaks, who believe that Kaczynski was killed by Russians".

Have you actually read the report? I have my doubts.

The thing is, you and your ilk are so blinded with rage at Tusk "taking away" power that you're willing to oppose absolutely everythng he says or does, just for the sake of opposition. That rage got only worse after the plane crashed - and now you're willing to call absolutely everyone "liars" and "unpatriotic" and so on - even when these are among the very top people in Polish society. It's childish and pathetic - and instead of giving the families closure with this report, you're instead choosing to scream LIES at the top of your voices, thus prolonging the agony for them.

Unpatriotic scum.

Anyway - remind us - who cancelled the simulator training?
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

The President's putting on the pressure wasn't the only factor, but it was a significant one.

I think to actually get the true idea of what happened, you need to read both the Russian and Polish reports. I haven't finished reading the Polish report, but if it doesn't contain any psychological analysis of the crew - then the Russian report should be taken into account too.

Some interesting stuff is emerging though - such as the Russians cutting down trees after the accident and getting caught out by the Poles who were sneaky enough to take lots of photos just after the crash.

Anyway, no surprise that the usual crowd are claiming that it's full of lies and suchlike.

Must admit, I'm going to trust the people who wrote the report over a bunch of politically motivated morons who would write anything to further their own agenda.
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

I don't normally argue with people online but Delphy u stand to be corrected on this mate.

Corrected on what? The constitution (and subsequent clarifications/interpretations) make it clear.

Check your facts the Polish Presidency is not entirely ceremonial.

Not entirely so, but in terms of military matters, it is. The President is nominally Commander-in-Chief - but has no ability to make decisions. The appointment of the commanders is really just a formality - they don't really 'do' anything despite being the top guys.

but the President's role in Poland's not entirely ceremonial....

Well, he does have some limited executive powers, but really, in terms of practical matters, he has no control over military matters. Even the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland is civilian (which is why there was such confusion over the status of the flight).

I know where you're coming from, but the report does make it clear that there was no pressure applied to the pilots at the time - except of course, the previous Georgia incident playing on their minds. As I said - Kaczynski has a small part in all of this, but can't be blamed directly for the disaster.

And yes, Kilch has gone - as he had to. Ultimately, he had to take responsibility - it was his job to protect the President and others, and failed to do so.
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Seems like almosr everyone would have been relieved if more fault was found with the russians.

I think they were almost desperate to pin some blame on the Russians - if only to try and deflect attention from themselves. The culture within the Air Force is shocking - yet - I doubt if anything will actually change.
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

To be honest - this is where the Presidency is a bit of a mess because of the constitution. If he was a true commander-in-chief (like the President of the United States, or of France) - then yes, the responsibility stops with him. But it's ceremonial - that was made clear after the Georgia incident.

The true head is the Defence Minister in Polish constitutional theory.

If the Pilots had said no to his command like the one in Georgia i don't think we'd be even discussing about this.

But why would he say no? There was absolutely nothing wrong with going to Smolensk, descending to minima, waiting around for half an hour and then diverting to an alternate airport. Quite normal - and it's what you'd expect them to do. Completely different situation to overflying a warzone. I'm no fan of Kaczynski, but the "pressure" theory is only a small part of the overall disaster.

I wonder what the families of the other people who perished in this disaster have to say about this.

I think, at least the sensible ones, will read the report and see that mass institutional failings from the top down were to blame.

thats what the government should have done and apologised to the bereaved families rather than to look for blame....

Wasn't there already an apology quite quickly?
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Hahaha.

Just found several more things that were "wrong" in 2006 - quite obviously, Jaroslaw Kaczynski should resign immediately as it was the Government's fault then too by our friends logic.
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

They always blame pilots. The fact is that planes almost fly by themselves, and mistakes sure thing can happen but the truth is that government (I don't talk only about Polish and Russian governments) are looking for a scapegoat and who make a better scapegoat than pilots?

The plane has a commander - and it's the commander's responsibility to fly the plane.

At the end of the day - even if there was systematic institutional failures - it doesn't excuse the commander.

These are not "Polish" mistakes, these are the mistakes of the government's institutions.

Ah yes, you're correct. The report does make it clear that for years, there has been problems - one particular "rulebook" from 2006 is mentioned, for instance. Remind me, who was in charge in 2006?

Don't bother with your petty point scoring - it's clear from the report that every single government from 1994 has some liability here.
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

How about this way, maybe Kaczyński should have never put pressure on the Pilots to land in such bad conditions in the first place because i don't see why it's so difficult for the government to admit this while many people in the country know it was his fault.

To be fair - he was only a small part of it. The report makes it pretty clear that there were mass institutional failings, and Kaczynski was only really a small bit of it. It wasn't his fault, for instance, that neither of the pilots were actually allowed to fly.

Something that just caught my eye - despite there being a ban on the use of mobile phones onboard planes operated by the Regiment - there were 18 (18!) phones turned on at the time of the crash :/
delphiandomine   
29 Jul 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Polish mistakes were crushing, though, and directly contributed to the accident.

So far, from what I've read - what's terrifying is that neither pilot, nor the navigator were allowed to actually fly the plane.

The opposition PiS party organised a conference. Its main pointis that the Polish report is full of lies and falsifications.

Gotta love the patriotism - a report compiled by the military leadership is condemned as being "full of lies".
delphiandomine   
28 Jul 2011
Life / Rich man, poor man - today`s Poland [80]

That was probably one of the smartest deals ever - they needed extra trams to replace some older Dutch trams, and they managed to buy them for peanuts from Dusseldorf - I think about 30,000 Euro each, including delivery?

But yes, these ones you've seen have been pushed into service quickly because they needed something to operate a shuttle service - so they're still complete with German adverts and so on!
delphiandomine   
28 Jul 2011
Life / Rich man, poor man - today`s Poland [80]

Yes, it is just great. Warsawians are patriots and choose Polish manufacturers. Krakowians are more cosmopolitan and our Bombardiers are from:

The squabbling over the new trams in Poznan was hilarious - Ciegelski kicked, screamed and whined repeatedly about Solaris winning - yet the old Ciegelski trams in Poznan are utter rubbish, while the new Solaris design is - well - proving popular.
delphiandomine   
25 Jul 2011
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

They had about 8% of sympathisers. Most of those would vote on them because 'that's a lost vote. Due to a ridiculously disproportional media campaign, with GW in the lead.

Why is it that Gazeta Wyborcza gets blamed for the failings of political parties?

It's a lazy, pathetic excuse to blame the newspaper - the truth is that UPR and the like simply don't attract much attention in a country which is fundamentally socialist.
delphiandomine   
24 Jul 2011
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Maybe you should. The impetus for more guns in European society is this incident where the lack of camp counselors with guns which could have greatly reduced the body count.

Again, it's pretty obvious that you know nothing about Europe by your repeated idiocy. There would be zero support for them to carry guns at this meeting. Absolutely zero. If you can't get that into your skull, then it's pretty obvious that you're just another dumb yankee who has never left the United States in his life.

Anyway, as far as I can tell - there was no "counselors" there anyway.

The PA Constitution goes one step further and states that the right of individuals to keep and bear arms "shall not be questioned." -Not so much as questioned. So I can have gun-grabbers locked up for violating my constitutional rights if they so much as question my right to own guns. Libs don't like to talk about this. Lol.

Would that be the same state that requires a licence to possess a firearm?

Looks to me that the Constitution is worthless.

Still, nice of you to turn a tragic event into yet another opportunity to bash imagined liberal enemies. Such a...nice guy, aren't you?
delphiandomine   
22 Jul 2011
Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

Polonius. Perhaps it's difficult for you to understand, but in Poland, we have the Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego. They don't recognise "Busha" or variants as a Polish word - therefore, it's wrong.

Incidentally, I checked my Polish dictionary and it doesn't contain "Busia" or any such nonsense, either.

If you want to use Polish words, use them properly!
delphiandomine   
20 Jul 2011
Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]

Common sense is mostly elusive with the Lefties and Enemy Within of Poland. But to be fair, there are some regular Poles who failed to have common sense for allowing so many Leftists and Enemy Within types to live in Poland.

Tell me, MediaWatch - you don't speak Polish, so what do you know about this alleged 'Enemy Within'?

For instance, why not tell us who you think this enemy is? I'm curious - names would be appreciated?

I mean - if you know about it, and you don't speak Polish - they must be pretty well known in the English speaking world. So - who are they?
delphiandomine   
16 Jul 2011
UK, Ireland / Polish and Irish people are related? [137]

But, I think Scots are more like us

We are certainly not like you. For a start, we don't spend our time eating cheeseburgers and thinking up ridiculous racial theories to post online.
delphiandomine   
15 Jul 2011
Food / Are there any Polish wines worth purchasing? [65]

To be honest, it's a nightmare even trying to find somewhere that sells it - I tried two places, called "winoteka" and "winofera" - neither of them had any Polish wine. Even a place called "alkohol swiat" didn't have any - but they at least offered to source some.
delphiandomine   
15 Jul 2011
News / Poland - the leading yacht producer in the region [18]

It might have something to do with the fact that not many people in Poland can afford a yacht.

To be honest though, they should be looking at foreign markets - if they've got the experience and the skill, why aren't they taking advantage? The costs will be lower than from markets such as Italy - yet they've obviously got the know-how.

By the way, I had sailed quite a chunk of my vacations in Poland.

Boats are ridiculously cheap to hire in Poland if you have the papers - I saw you could hire a boat for the day for as little as 200zl on some lakes, and that was a proper sailboat. Between 6-8 people - what's that, 25zl a day? Peanuts.
delphiandomine   
15 Jul 2011
Food / Are there any Polish wines worth purchasing? [65]

Apart from the tasty Californian, Australian or Argentinian which Polish wines if any are worth a try? (

The problem is getting them - I'm going to have a wine tasting party next week, and it seems impossible to buy anything that is actually consistently produced. I've found a local vineyard that sells their own - but still, the industry just seems too immature for mass produce. Either that, or the taxation is ridiculous - I bought a load of actually-drinkable Slovakian wine for 1 euro a bottle - yet you won't find anything in Poland for less than 3 euro.

If the local stuff turns out to be any good, I'll pass on their contact details.
delphiandomine   
14 Jul 2011
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

Thankfully, this one seems to be too illiterate to come up with multiple paragraph rants about racial superiority.
delphiandomine   
14 Jul 2011
News / Poland - the leading yacht producer in the region [18]

But it is not only the giants that make Polish Yacht Yards known to the world.

Blimey - I never knew that Poland had a flourishing shipbuilding industry outside of Remontowa!

Good on Poland - why isn't this being pushed much more?
delphiandomine   
9 Jul 2011
Language / Why is the Polish language so difficult? [309]

Another thing that makes Polish more difficult regarding this is the fact that foreign words fit into Polish like a square peg in a round hole.

It's a common problem - what's interesting is how different Slavic languages have done it. Serbian seems to be particularly appalling for this - some of the spellings are truly insane - they've got a street in Belgrade called "Džordža Vašingtona" for instance! Croatian seems to have avoided it by simply inventing words, like French - which seems to make more sense than simply taking an English word and localising it.