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jon357   
26 Nov 2023
History / The restoration of Polish cities from WW2 destruction [123]

Poles no longer build large houses,

There are some massive new rezydencji near me, every single one of them with big metal fences around. That's the same in all of the posher places around Warsaw.
jon357   
26 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

Third-world, no longer even First-world, foreigners.

Algeria is quite developed.

Incidentally, the man currently in hospital is an educated man who was perfectly normal until he developed a brain tumour which changed his behaviour.

Why is Connor McGregor firing the protesters up from the safety of this Twitter perch?

Is he an idiot?

Yes he is. Very much so.
jon357   
26 Nov 2023
UK, Ireland / Is it good for Poland as Sinn Fein will win today in Northen Ireland [282]

potato cakes

Maybe my favourite food.

I think a lot of Irish people, particularly from down the country, would be very reluctant to deny their existence outright.

A huge swathe of the world accepts the idea of djinn so why not fairies?
jon357   
26 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

BREAKING:

You have an odd definition of 'breaking news'.

judges are created and would call for them to be elected like in many US states

Nobody wants that anywhere.
jon357   
25 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

Or better still, create a society that is less unequal.

You don't need to comment in every thread. It gets boring.
jon357   
25 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

Let's say he's one of the worst people in the world

He's certainly deeply unsavoury and presents data in. a way that suits his vile agenda.

so many high profile crime cases involving migrants

Crime levels are always higher among the urban poor.
jon357   
25 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

emilkirkegaard

A far-right activist who believes in 'biological determinism'...

It was not exactly a "race riot".

It wasn't one at all.
jon357   
24 Nov 2023
History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]

King Rama VI of Thailand

He was a highly moral person; if he was King today, Thailand would be strongly supporting Ukraine. He also built an airport in 1914 which was very forward thinking.

Thank for pointing out this book.
jon357   
24 Nov 2023
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Boring.

This thread is about terminating pregnancies in Poland. Not your unresolved issues with society and humanity as a whole.

Then again, you enjoy trashing threads.
jon357   
24 Nov 2023
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Ask the British government then, how useful it is to have a Monarchy that can lend it's hand in a financial crisis

That means nothing.

Australia is far more isolated from U.K

Australia? A joined up society with public healthcare, a high level of state schooling, social housing, good welfare, strong Trade Unions, very strong workers' rights and a high wage economy. Far from 'isolated' and you really don't seem to have an argument.

You yourself are from a country where society is about as far from libertarian folly as it can be. You would not enjoy living in a place where society is not cohesive and where wealth is not seen as a common asset.
jon357   
24 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

They sound just like BLM and Antifa

Perhaps to you.

Antifascosts are generally educated and intelligent. These guys were neither.
jon357   
24 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

they are at least as prone to violence as criminal migrants.

Indeed, and they were whipped up by people who want to see trouble.

Now quite a few of them are facing 12 year sentences, being so daft that they didn't cover their faces when looting, attacking police/fire brigades or burning trams and buses.
jon357   
24 Nov 2023
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

certain parts of society needs to be like isolated islands as a backup reserve

That means absolutely nothing.

f all of society is fully connected

It is.

certain parts of society needs to be like isolated islands as a backup reserve

Or where they'd be in the Pacific Theatre without the UK and the ANZACs.
jon357   
24 Nov 2023
UK, Ireland / Is it good for Poland as Sinn Fein will win today in Northen Ireland [282]

more a north of England thing aren't they?

Yes. Especially Lancashire however I've seen them in London, since the London version of cooked breakfast which may have influences from Ireland (I've only eaten it in inner North London) is a little different. They usually have bubble and squeak there too in the form of a pattie.

White pudding (and there may also be an Irish influence due to 19th century migration) is most often found around Stoke on Trent.
jon357   
24 Nov 2023
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Call me selfish as much as you want!

Remember that no person or family is an island; we are all part of society.

All wealth is commonwealth.
jon357   
24 Nov 2023
UK, Ireland / Is it good for Poland as Sinn Fein will win today in Northen Ireland [282]

An English breakfast won't have the black and white pudding

There''s often black pudding in one although it can be optional since some people don't like it. White pudding is mostly around Staffordshire. I didn't know people in Ireland;and had it too!
jon357   
23 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

things have turned violent in the middle of Dublin

To say the least however that's more about looting and fighting the anything else. The hate site of course published the rumour solely to inflame. The police have yet to issue a statement which is normal, given that the perp is still in intensive care.

but the relatively more stable

This is true, however even those places aren't that much cop.

Right now there are only positive incentives...

Negative enough to deter most of the permanent unemployed in those places from trying it; those who come are the tip of the iceberg and generally come from places where there are established people-smuggling networks in place. Many of them enabled by China and probably r*SSia too.
jon357   
23 Nov 2023
News / Polish in vitro treatment fully refundable - bonkers! [62]

In vitro fertilization in Western European countries is financed from the state budget.

Yes and this is right to do.

All healthcare and medical issues are a matter for all of society; ability to pay and good deeds from charities should never be a defining factor.
jon357   
23 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

@mafketis
I agree with most of that however I can't see much of it happening except in localised cases.

Plus, we need to address the effects of climate change, population growth and Wild West capitalism in many countries of migrants' origin.

Frankly, since it's happening anyway, it would be a miracle if the status quo were managed properly, never mind steps to reduce the flow.
jon357   
23 Nov 2023
Genealogy / Want to find a person [773]

Barbara Rauscher Jaszczak

There are several people on Facebook called Barbara/Basia Jaszczak whose pictures suggest they are in that age group and a few of them are in Łódź or in small towns around Łódź. Have you checked there?
jon357   
23 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

which you think they would if they could

They're unlikely to comment on the person's identity, especially since they haven't spoken to him yet.

The 'informal reports' all originate from the same source. No eyewitnesses have commented.

Not that the attacker's nationality has any bearing on his mental health.

Exactly, you're making my point for me.

You don't have one, except to say that migration is increasing and will bring negative change.

How is that just going to work out?

I'm waiting to hear your suggestions for stopping a geopolitical change that politicians and government (especially on the right of the spectrum) condemn but have so far failed entirely in halting or lowing.
jon357   
23 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

the case.

From. what I can see, that comes from 'gript media', a notorious hate site. Earlier reports say he was Eastern European. One or the other may be true, however mental health issues affect people regardless of origin.

There are also reports that the have-a-go-hero who disabled the attacker was himself an immigrant.

which was memory holed very quickly

Was it?

One of the worst crimes there recently was.a Slovak guy and there is currently a serial killer operating north of Dublin. He is not thought to be foreign.

Beware of falling in to the trap that Saudi Arabians are in regarding traffic accidents. If one party is a foreigner they are automatically the guilty party due to the 'reasoning' that the accident might not have happened if they weren't in the country. Poland can be a bit like that too.
jon357   
23 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

an Algerian national

Is he Algerian?

I dont' grumble.

You do really. Much is broken in every developed society.

those who hate it

I'd say that the ones who hate it are generally on the inside.
jon357   
23 Nov 2023
News / Polish in vitro treatment fully refundable - bonkers! [62]

How about people who oppose vaccines? Should we stop vaccination for kids programs

Spot on.

Some people oppose speed limits. Yet no sane person would say that speed limits shouldn't apply to them or that part of their taxes shouldn't go towards enforcing them.