News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


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.


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


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.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


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.


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.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


Is he Algerian?


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


I'd say that the ones who hate it are generally on the inside.

News / Polish in vitro treatment fully refundable - bonkers! [62]


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.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


Does anyone? There's no rule book or instruction manual.


Remember that it took Europe many centuries to create a civil society and there are those (usually of an extreme libertarian outlook) who oppose that even now. When we achieved it, it was in very large part due to industrialisation and the workers' response to that. In less developed societies they don't even have that yet and usually face other challenges.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


In Poland?

Get a grip on yourself and stop trying to argue for the sake of it.


Basically yes.

News / Polish in vitro treatment fully refundable - bonkers! [62]


Healthcare and the family is a worthy expenditure for any society as a whole.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


Except they didn't, since like PiS he's unlikely to form a coalition unless it's with parties who don't share hi views.


Normal enough.

You dislike migration, but essentially just grumble about it without addressing root causes. Somewhat suburban in approach and underestimating both the scale and complexity of the issue.


Like the right-wing party who've been in office for 14 years, the party who complain about it most and search for 'radical' solutions while all the time it's only increased.

'novichok's' input is of course just his usual verbal diarrhoea.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


Something that is of course far easier said than done.

What's easy is to grumble pointlessly and achieve absolutely zero.

On thing however that we can be very sure of is that in 100 years time, our world will be s unrecognisable to us as ours would be to someone showing up in a Tardis today from 100 years ago.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


I don't see that at all. More a delicate balance of trying to please (often poorly-educated and reactionary) voters and the reality of geopolitical change.

The situation won't change much, despite the ravings of populist politicians who achieve nothing.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

Is that a rhetorical question?

As I've said before, it isn't happening much. Failed attempts to stem the tide don't count.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


I'm much the same, except a little (only a little) less pessimistic about change.


Bye cave paintings, bye pyramids. And the three examples you cited are after all long dead.


That's most of the world, sadly. However it does underline my point that any major demographic change has to be managed very carefully by society. We can't just sit back and watch.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


Some advocate for that, usually the bloodthirsty, however I don't see that being universally adopted.


Cultures come and go. Everyone likes their own, even the shortcomings.

Since both r*SSia and China certainly have a role in the current situation, I favour settling people in whatever remains of r*SSia after the war.

The whole issue reminds me of the themes in Matthew Arnold's Dover Beach. A very prescient poem, especially as people on dinghies land there daily.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


What a little ray of sunshine.


Show me one that hasn't. Your country, mine, half of Europe. The number are increasing and show no sign of decreasing.

On many points we agree here, however this really won't go away any time soon, like it or not.


Nobody is suggesting otherwise. Do not however make the mistake of confusing someone poor, desperate and ambitious with the entire culture they come from. Certain people in this forum rail constantly about the shortcomings of their own governments and culture (the little ray of sunshine above for example); we should not assume that people in the Global south are any different. If anything they have far less agency in this.


And this is one issue that governments aren't addressing wll.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

Cheerful of you.

And meanwhile, despite your constant whinging, migration only continues to increase.

Could they stop it? Despite all the political huffing and puffing, they haven't and there's no sign of being able to do so.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


They don't. There are razor wire fences in some countries, armed guards on the French coast, but it's happening, isn't it...

And it's increasing.


And the only way it can be mitigated slightly (it won't be stopped) is to increase opportunities in the Global South.


Culture is never static, traditions are never unchanging.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


Quite.

And migration from the Global South will only continue to grow this century.

Language / Polish in 4 Weeks CD-ROM [46]


Much of the stuff there is out of the shops or hard to find.


They aren't torrents and in any case, antivirus software is important, especially for windows users.

Language / Polish in 4 Weeks CD-ROM [46]


Try VK.com

They have a lot of such resources.

You may need to use autotranslate on the site at first if it's not apparent how to switch it to English.

Law / Changing my name in Poland while living in the UK? [6]

@BardsAndWitches

This is a link to the previous thread. Hopefully it will be useful.

https://polishforums.com/usa-canada/using-maiden-name-middle-88073/#msg1925550

Law / Changing my name in Poland while living in the UK? [6]

There was a very similar thread about this recently; the search box may turn something up that's useful to you.

The consensus in that thread as I remember is that a lawyer may help, however there aren't that many lawyers with experience in sorting the PL name change to match the UK change.


It would, however name changes in Poland are fussier and require a court decision.


That shouldn't make any difference, not least because people in PL who've transitioned often change their name. TransFuzja, the organisation led by Anna Grodzka may be able to advise.

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]

Or that Strachan is Strawn, or that Strabolgi or Andrewatha are old British names.

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]

No. We have tonguetwisters too. Those are just surnames/places.

There are some surnames there that are difficult for outsiders. It's not easy to explain that the surnames Dalziel and Dalyell are pronounced identically.

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]


Because as many Britiish can pronounce Matyjaszek as there are Poles who can pronounce Threaplethwaite or Cholmondely.


Not unusual for work reasons regardless of the countries/nationalities involved. In politics too. The mayor of my city was from Poland but had an English surname.

Can you imagine some small town folks many years ago choosing the one name on the ballot paper that they can't pronounce?


This is certainly true, however a far as pompous and conceited goes, he's off the scale.

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]


Dr MacShane speaks Polish as well as both English and French and certainly knows how to choose words carefully in all three languages.

His name as a child, by the way, was Josef Denis Matyjaszek.

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Are there any now?

Real Estate / How much is rent in Katowice? [15]


I suspect so too, espcially that nice uphill are behind the station with the 1920s buildings.


Me too. It was just my home that I planned to return to one day.

Now the situation with landlordism and buy-to-letism has become absurd and toxic, with individuals and companies exploiting society's assets (for that is what housing is) for profit. I read about the disturbing situation in Berlin and hope the city council there intervene.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [595]


In the UK, it tends to imply residence for tax purposes, banking, voting etc.

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Is there another sort?

History / November 11th, what does it mean to you? [24]


I'd say that as many or more people in the West understand the difference than those in the East.