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delphiandomine   
12 Nov 2010
Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [263]

The governments of the UK (and Ireland to a lesser extent) have been aggresively trying to destroy local nationalism but I don't think many people there much like the result.

But the UK is a very weird place - look at how Welsh and Scottish nationalism has grown significantly in the last 20 years. They used to play God Save The Queen at the end of the night on TV in Scotland - now? not a chance.
delphiandomine   
12 Nov 2010
Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [263]

They seem to think that Poland is worse off now than 70 years ago, not 10 years ago ;)

The sentimentality towards the II RP is partially what holds some people back, even though the people who are sentimental towards it would be, in all likelihood, on the verge of society.
delphiandomine   
12 Nov 2010
Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [263]

No, not insulting you at all.

One of the worst problems right now is the way that Poland is acting like a fully developed country - it's one thing to have bitter political rivals in a country like the USA or UK, but Poland really desperately needs consensus to keep growing :(
delphiandomine   
12 Nov 2010
Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [263]

Certainly - at a high level, Poland has done quite a lot of it. It was a great shame that Komorowski's apology wasn't taken seriously recently :(
delphiandomine   
12 Nov 2010
Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [263]

Ah, come on, it's just one of the things that make Poland what it is - Poles generally never apologise. It's just a cultural thing - no-one wants to admit that they've ****** up, because of the lingering fear that it'll be punished somehow. Probably another relic of communism :(
delphiandomine   
12 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

You’re very bitter landora. If you whish to change something in your country please study to be a lawyer, and encourage others to do so as well. Polish regulations and the corruption are killing the country. Voting in a system like that makes no difference.

What use would studying to be a lawyer be? Last time I checked, lawyers didn't make laws.

Can you please provide a recent example of one famous person living currently in Poland that attempted to make an honest difference? I'm actually interested to know.

Not difficult - I see people making an honest difference every day. You know, real Poles doing real work - not Plastic Poles hiding in America.

You guys are very plastic and fake by my standards.

There's nothing more Plastic and Fake than a person who doesn't speak Polish, proclaiming themselves to be Polish.

Incidentally, why have none of the "Polack" haters commented on Polack Johnny's?
delphiandomine   
12 Nov 2010
Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [263]

apologise for that lie.

Jesus, Harry....

what planet are you living on? A Polish person...apologise?
delphiandomine   
9 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

In a nutshell, most but not all of my trips are overseas.

Go on, answer one question for me.

What do you do when cruising? I've always imagined the cruise part of flights to be ridiculously boring for the pilots...
delphiandomine   
9 Nov 2010
Travel / Best places to visit in Poland [91]

Katowice above all but Gdynia? No way!

Krakow, Poznan, Wroclaw and Gdansk are all far nicer places to live than Katowice.

And for that matter - Warsaw below Bialystok? errr...
delphiandomine   
9 Nov 2010
News / Poles are getting rich... [63]

A bit of both. I get the feeling that Tusk/Kommie will want to make those poor mohair berety pay for their histrionics. Farmers will get whacked.

Probably, they won't actually pay. It'll be the ex-nomeklatura that will be punished - the ones who had a reasonable career during Communism and are now sitting on decent pensions.

Farmers on the other hand...the sooner KRUS is abolished, the better.
delphiandomine   
9 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]

C'mon Europe in the 20s and 30s? Almost everywhere was antisemitic and/or generally racist to some extent. I'm not excusing it, but Poland was not unusual.

I think it's just a sign of the times then, as you say. Poland was anti-semitic and nationalist, but who the hell wasn't? They weren't particularly welcome in the UK either at that time.

(actually : was there any anti-semitism in Ireland? I've never heard about any...)
delphiandomine   
9 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]

Problems with understanding sarcasm or eyes problem (overwonking)?

Uh...I understood perfectly. You don't have to reply to sarcasm with sarcasm, you know...

It appears that you're the one who didn't understand :)
delphiandomine   
9 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]

yes 2nd RP was so tolerant, look

It wasn't tolerant at all - it started out badly (the Lwow progorm) and ended badly.

It's a shame, because the 1st RP sounded like a great place to live at those times.
delphiandomine   
8 Nov 2010
History / Are Poles happy with the current Polish borders? [134]

On the other hand, Germany and Poland lost the war, the Soviets won it.

Indeed - Poland suffered from the fact that the country more or less ceased to exist as a viable entity during WW2.

Ike and FDR/Truman wanted to prevent a bloodbath.

I guess at that time, they could have easily dropped a couple of nukes in Russia to force her into submission quickly and effectively. But at what cost?
delphiandomine   
8 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

I know that this may pis$ you off even more but i didn't know you guys had elections this year. Please don't yell, I’ve already admitted that I'm a Plastic.

Fair enough, admitting it is the honourable thing to do.

Btw if I'm reading this right it seems that only 50% of Polish voted. What's up with that? are there plastic polacks living in Poland too? all lazy and stuff, unable to find a polling station.

About normal, sadly. And sure, there are Plastic Polacks here too - many people talk the good talk, but do nothing in reality. One thing that was actually admirable about the "Defenders of the Cross" was that the citizens were actually taking their displeasure straight to the head of state. Regardless of what you think about them as people, as a citizen's initiative, it was fantastic.
delphiandomine   
8 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

Honestly, Polish bureaucracy is a mess and the passport application process is not worth the effort.

Only an unpatriotic, dumb Polack would say that. The application is rather straightforward where the right to citizenship can be clearly established. It takes time, sure - but all good things in life do.

Lol, an interesting example, hey Havok, did you know that there was a polling station 4200 miles or 7000 km driving distance from you?

For the love of God, stop lying.

There were polling stations in Berlin, Leipzig, Hamburg, Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Stuttgart.

Yet again, a Polack can't tell the truth. Are you all compulsive liars or something?

prezydent2010.pkw.gov.pl/PZT/EN/WYN/W/149901.htm
delphiandomine   
8 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

First of all if a person is born in the US they cannot vote in Poland, I've checked that. They would have to jump through serious hoops to be able to do that.

If they have a Polish passport, they can vote. No exceptions. The only people that claim that they can't vote are the ones who are too damn lazy to get a passport.

It's morally wrong, but it's the way it is.

Second, most of Polish-Americans don't really give a **** who is governing Poland. Take my word for it.

Of course they don't - it's what makes them dumb Polacks as opposed to Polish. If they were actually Polish, then they would actually know what it's like to be, you know, Polish. But they don't - and eating "kielbasa" (hey, stupid morons, it's just the Polish word for sausage!) doesn't make you Polish, it just makes you even more of a Polack.

Third, the U.S is a huge country. No one would want to drive for hours/days to the Polish embassy to cast a vote for a douchebag who is not going to make any difference.

Really patriotic there, then. I'd drive to Warsaw quite happily to cast my vote if needs be. Anyway, you're proving yet again that you're a dumb Polack - because there are countless polling stations set up for the Polacks that vote.

and forth, you're a Russian, Delp... Why are you pretending you're Scottish? You have issues dude.

Hey, mods - wasn't this nonsense supposed to stop?

96% don't have passports for whatever reason (parents weren't Polish maybe?).

Worse - many of them let the passport expire once they get the American one! And those ones are even dumber than the Polacks!

But as for the Polacks - the vast majority of them are only Polish when they want to act superior to someone else. If the USA and Poland went to war, I don't think anyone would be particularly surprised if they joined the American side.
delphiandomine   
7 Nov 2010
Life / Orphanages in Poland [82]

Maybe she doesn't want a black, bi-racial drug affected kid?

Maybe those are the ones that really need looked after.

Or is it that only a blue eyed white child will do? In which case, they don't deserve to adopt a child. After all, if you can only love a white child, then you're not a good parent.
delphiandomine   
6 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

PiS is a political party (not a club of some crazy people on Nasza Klasa) with real policies very friendly towards Jews and Israel - both when they were in power and right now.

So why are their supporters so irrationally afraid? Why do PiS supporters on this forum keep bringing up anti-semtic remarks, complaining about the "Jewish" Michnik and so on? Why don't I hear the same nonsense from PO/SLD supporters?

guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/30/antisemitism-polan d-michal-kaminski

Torq, there's no point in denying that certain aspects of PiS have been flirting with anti-semtism. How else can you explain Michał Kamiński being head of the bloc in the European Paliament?

As I said - Lech Kaczynski's good work will be forgotten about, solely because of the other lunatics who seem hell bent on destroying anything good about the party. And - the only person to blame for this is Jarek.

Anyway, care to deny PiS's homophobia next?
delphiandomine   
6 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

When, oh, when... will all the idiots on this forum and elsewhere finally shut the f*ck up?

Yes, we all know that the Kaczynskis did good work with the Jewish community. But their supporters...well, who needs to say anything? Lech's greatest moment was in bridging the gap between Poland and Jews - but unfortunately, it's being thrown down the drain because of Jarek's entertaining of the usual anti-semtic lunatics.

You know, if Lech had done much more of the bridge-building and much less of the moaning and complaining, he would've been a great president. By all accounts, he had a lot of personal charm, and Maria was apparently great too - why did he waste it on petty party politics?

Republicans are the most vocal backers of Israel. There are a number of Jewish Congressmen with an R behind their name as well.

Isn't this exactly what I mean - that American politics aren't clear cut because the country is so huge, with so many different interests and agendas?

I cannot understand for the life of me why America only has two parties - I can't see much in common between the Palin-supporters and the pro-Israel lobby for instance?
delphiandomine   
6 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

Of course, Jews are there to take over the world, etc etc.

(at least, that's my British stereotypical view of Republicans - full of irrational fears, though I appreciate that America is far more complex in this respect!)

As for PiS - yes, certainly so. The amount of nonsense spouted by PiS supporters about Jews is ridiculous - Nasza Klasa is full of them! Sadly, the Kaczynski's twins good work with the Jewish community has all but been destroyed by their supporters :(

polkasunited.com < more dumb Polacks. The amount of stupidity on there is mind-boggling.
delphiandomine   
6 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

If you dont live in the country then you dont have the right to vote period.

Oh no, but they want to interfere in the workings of Poland!

The funny thing is that the Polacks that vote tend to vote Republican too. I'm really not sure how Republicans and PiS align, apart from in the usual irrational fear of gays and Jews.
delphiandomine   
6 Nov 2010
News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [534]

I see that to you Poland is not a civilised democratic state.

Yup, just try and register a female baby born to Poles with a name not ending in "a". We'll see how far you get ;)
delphiandomine   
6 Nov 2010
News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [534]

Only in a dictatorship is that possible.

Last time I checked, the Lithuanian democracy was working quite well. Certainly, the "tyranny of the majority" comes into play here, but it's still democratic.
delphiandomine   
5 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

(some of them claimed in 2000 that all of US Polonia should have the right to vote).

Oh jeez...no! no no no!

They complained enough this year about needing to have a Polish passport in order to vote!
delphiandomine   
5 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]

As you said-they don't know the consequences and they don't have to live with them.

That's what got me - quite a few of them online were claiming that Kaczynski would be great for business (err...) and that Komorowski was a filthy socialist liberal (Errrrrrr......). That kind of stupidity is just...ugh :(
delphiandomine   
5 Nov 2010
Law / Polish EU Drivers Licence - can I get one the easy way (by paying for it)? [185]

but we sure need organ donors in PL...

I didn't say which speed limits I've been breaking... ;)

(there's a divided 4 lane road here, where at night, you can do 100km/h comfortably without endangering anyone, because it's empty - it's a 70km/h limit, because it's dangerous during the day)