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Ironside   
9 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Despite Ironside's claims, the Tribunal must be complied with - there is no possibility of simply ignoring judgements that you don't agree with

There are three choices:
- It can be ignored (bill)
- comply with
- TK dissolution
Ironside   
9 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Thinking... wouldn't that overturn the idea that the TK is just doing POs bidding?@ mafketis

This is immaterial, first of all lets go back to basic. In Poland Constitution is nothing like American Constitution, secondly nobody cares about constitution in Poland nor voters not a legal system nor politicians, it is not respected like in your country.

Hence this call about throwing way constitution do not have a such a devastating effect as would in your country.
In Poland all those slogans about constitution about doing way with democracy, about dictatorship,xenophobia and other alike are just a hysterical cry of a crew that used to have monopoly on ruling in Poland and they are unable to reconcile and come to terms with a fact they have lost an election.

Thirdly Poland still is dealing with consequences of the 40 years rule of Soviets, being colony and so on, and being in a way divided society along the lines and in the ways which are often confusing even to a Pole let alone to a foreigner. I could go into lengthy explanations and if you are really interested but I sense you don't give a damn.

Fourthly
I see it as majority of Poles that voted for changes and anti-establishment parties that TK is a part and a last ditch of defense of the old system that need to be changed. Poles voting for anti-establishment parties and movements gave their consent to decisive actions for a new government as long as it seem to be doing its job i.e. doing way with the old regime and their posts (TK rightly or wrongly is seen as such).

All those hysterical loops and vibrations we can witness in the press and those pathetically weak in support KOD's and all those denunciation on Polish democratically elected government to the foreign press or to European commission and whatnot is counterproductive as foreigners here (PF) seems to painfully unaware off.

Poles seeing that onslaught aimed at Poland do side with PiS government even if they were/are skeptical as to these party abilities or will to deliver promised changes, in other words those actions are buffing support for PiS or at least for current government.

If as it seems those demonstrations will consists from a few family members of PO, some left nutters and foreigners plus paid "heads" they will become a laughing stock for poles.

I suspect that organizers do realize it but then those demonstrations are not aimed at the Polish public opinion but for the foreign press. In this way those empty claims of denouncers of Poland in the foreign institutions would seem a tad more credible.

Verily I tell you don't mind my yesterday posts as I have no been myself and do go attend those meeting, do not forged to take your passports with you as well as your best pinks outfits, t-shorts with "Che" will do.
Ironside   
9 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

That's called rule of law.

No this is called BS. Why you insists on maintaining an illusion that in Poland rule of law stands?

Would you support what PiS is doing (now) if PO (or any other party) were doing it?

Somebody found out that during PO rule they have ignored TK ruling about 50 times.

That is, are you supporting what PiS is doing because they're PiS or because of legitimate rule of law considerations?

Neither, they are issues at play that you are either unaware of or you are blatantly ignoring them.

Poland needs a law outlawing parties that serve foreign interestsSays the foreigner.

I second that!

Did you learn English from a 1920s phrase book?

As a born and breed American (who choose to identify with Poles) he learned that phrase during his studies, a concept which is entirely alien to you.

edited
Ironside   
8 Dec 2015
News / Should Poland exit the EU immediately? [377]

Its maybe already too late for Poland to abandon EU

Alone maybe you are right but there are few countries which would go along with Poland.
Ironside   
8 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

PiS is moving towards the second

Moving? Everything what is living is moving but to make a claim like that you need facts and fact is that PiS have four years before another election. What you implying is your subjective feeling and serious people need more than that to act in the matters of state.

Making unfounded allegation basing it on your guts is calling BS at best and lies or slander at most.
If that concern your country and you are telling lies about your country government it is considered disloyalty at best and treason at worsts. Which one are you?>

It's taking over courts and mixes state with Church.

You must be mixing something strong and illegal to spout such a language fantasy. Would you care to provide examples of aforementioned transgressions?

That's why it's called Pislam

Nope that is called hysteria of losers, people who cannot believe that have lost democratic election and are throwing a hissy fit.

Islamic countries are known for mixing state, religion and courts.

PO supports are know for mixing drugs, alcohol, dilettantism and a heady disregard for democracy.
Ironside   
8 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Why is everyone opposed to PiS "clueless" or "biased" in your eyes?

I'm not talking to you anymore boy, you are repeating that all the time when you have nothing to say. Which is very often indeed.

When you say "our", which 'us' are you referring to?

People who have no respect for (edited) supporting them.

thus will be opposed by the overwhelming majority of Poles

Blah blah , overwhelming majority of Poles do not support you and your little cronies anti-Polish actions, combined with ratting on Poland to foreign countries and institutions. Traitors!
Ironside   
8 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

The only enemy is you, given that you've repeatedly expressed the desire to murder people for their views.

I'm merely advocating for a system where punishment fits a crime. Alas you are enemy of independent Poland.

There's nothing wrong with protesting a "legtimiate government" if people disagree with their policies.

I wouldn't say this is an accurate description of what is going on at the moment. I would even go that far as to say to you are either clueless or biased.

From my point of view, the ones actively working to subvert the rule of law are the enemies.

Your point of view seems to be very limited and narrow, personal connections perhaps?
Ironside   
8 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

You don't even live in Poland

Allegedly.

so your threats are laughable.

Alleged threats. Although nobody is a lone island.

Obviously not,

You got it! ? Go mingle and demonstrate, as a prefect prove who is in fact an enemy of this country.
Ironside   
8 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Just wait, Ironside. We're not going to lose this ;)

If PiS is gone then it will be our turn and this time it won't be ballot and bill but more direct means.

I love the fact that there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.

Question is do I want to do anything about it? now.:)
Ironside   
8 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

The sight of pro-government thugs

Said a foreign thug aiming to protest against legitimate government.

There's already a petition for him to be fired from UJ, and the legal profession in general seems to be very upset with him.

Establishment's last stand - good their are digging their own grave.
Ironside   
8 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Interesting to note that the EC are already talking about the process of suspending Poland's EU rights, isn't it

Traitors run to them crying they have lost an election - help big brother prison sentences awaits for us for being your loyal lackeys.
F the EU! Europa commission full of scum.
Ironside   
8 Dec 2015
News / Should Poland exit the EU immediately? [377]

The last credible poll suggested a majority wanted to stay.

Credible? What make it credible that you like its results?
Ironside   
7 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

I rarely talk about what I've done for Poland and I don't even like bringing it up in public

Fair enough but on the other hand you imply that you are doing something you are not talk about, I call that rubbish.

I love the way that you think that anything that isn't PiS is "left extremist".

No, I think that anyone connected with this nutter you posted link to is indeed deluded left extremist and should be sent to the North Korea.

Not really.

Is that because you are not going after all or is that what you hope for?

Perhaps it works like that in your head, but PiS have no interest in random people attending a protest.

Hmm, perhaps not but than on the other hand .....:D

He'll always have a place at the perpetually angry table of those who are incapable of being happy about anything going on in Poland (like Polonius, Ironside etc) but he's rapidly working himself out of the mainstream.

Need I remind you that contrary to what you might believe majority people in Poland are not happy with what has been going on for the last decade and they expressed they preferences in the recent election voting for antiestablishment parties.

However, what gets me is that PiS have gone back to their old childish ways.

Rather PO is going bonkers in their hysterical and total denial of the fact that just have lost an election, they behave like a petulant child stumping their feet in an impotent rage. No more public money for that herd of swine !

The percentage of practising Catholics in Poland

Makes not difference and doesn't make them atheists or supporters of your progressivism crap. I'm not practicing too - boo!

Most women want to work even if their husbands could make enough to support them.

Rubbish
Ironside   
7 Dec 2015
Life / Can someone tell me about the reason behind being gay in Poland being wrong [148]

If what you are implying is true, nobody cares, and an assumption that if somebody is gay he/she automatically has to embrace all that nonsense that is associated with a political gay movement is not only wrong but erroneous.

If you think that rumors that he is a gay would change the way he is being seen, you don't understand Poland. If anything he would gain sympathy.

Anyway all that chit chat and gossip makes no difference, gay-parades as well as privileges for gays are utterly redundant.

So basically just like anyone else.

Well, bimbos don't form political movements and don't demand privileges,.
Ironside   
6 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

If you're going to get into this game, what's your contribution beyond writing rubbish on PF?

You started it, you and your pal Harry, incessantly going about how much you are contributing to Poland and what a great assets you are and so on and so forth until you ask for specifics.

Then it comes to light that your BIG contribution amounts to being a native English speaker making living in Poland due to that fact.. Unless you are counting as a contribution a fact that you are siding with some sideline left extremist and nutters in Poland and writing rubbish on PF in those moments you aren't trolling or stalking people.

Harry told me that his contribution amount to not claiming a tax rebate he could have claimed. Brilliant. I couldn't make that up.

I've got permanent residency and it can only be withdrawn in very few circumstances

Yes but if you are taking part in the anti-government demonstration and associating with extremists that can constitute one of those rare circumstances.

Clutching at straws.

Well, that demonstration in Warsaw you are going to, max attendance, I say between 30 to 300 people, do you think it will be difficult to identify all participants if comes to that? What if it'll be known that half of them are foreign nationals? Some of those foreign participants might have their residency papers revoked being considered a potential threat to national security.
Ironside   
6 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Fortunately, Poland realises that there is no harm in granting citizenship to hard working individuals that contribute to Poland

Aren't you painting quite unashamed a rather faltered picture of yourself. I would argue that your contribution to Poland is rather questionable.

So Delphi do you have Polish passport or not? If Poland or Britain or both leave the EU you will find yourself in the pickle without it.

Pretty much. PiS may be abusing the Constitution now, but they're not going to change the law in this respect.

They could make an exception for an individual of foreign extraction who seems to be amendment in overthrowing a legitimate Polish government.
Ironside   
6 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

LOL ! Who wrote that crap ? My bet is on someone from G(ó)W(no).

Who wrote it?
MOST newspapers and magazines use bylines to identify the journalists who write their articles.

Ironside   
6 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Take your pick. I couldn't care less.

That is a prevalent theme while talking about fall of the Soviet union - Germans took them down. did you know it? You are behind the times maf.
Ironside   
6 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

How many Polish people do you want to kill to make a better Poland?

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood.

This is a pretty damning report about the new government I must admit:-

Lies:
1" It has violated the constitution to replace the previous government's appointees on the constitutional court".
2 "The populist Law and Justice party "
3"put partisans in charge of the intelligence agencies"
4 and 5 "purged officials and backtracked on Poland's commitments to the European Union."
6"The new culture minister threatens to purge the public broadcasters."
Some BS and meaningless blah blah:

a-"Poland's economy has been the flagship of the EU's eastward expansion, proof that democracy and the rule of law can spread. Its stability, prosperity and pro-European orientation have won it respect and diplomatic clout"

b-"The conspiracy theories that PiS favours play on Polish feelings of victimhood which are deeply held-and deeply self-indulgent."
Really? Would that excuse me if I put a boot up your hmm ...behind?

"PiS's animating drive is hostility to Poland's liberal, secular, urban elite."
Rather to the motley of dilettantes, hypocritical, corrupted, criminal, post-communist, parasitical mob sucking out all the wealth from Poland and sidling with foreign companies doing the same. While leaving general population living in squalor.

"Catholic nationalists, Eurosceptics, anti-corruption zealots, conspiracy theorists, protectionists and agrarians."
Generally people who think that being a German colony in Europe and being ruled by a clique of criminals and hereditary post-communist oligarchy/establishment is not a best way for Poland to progress and develop.

" Antoni Macierewicz, one of the worst plane-crash conspiracy theorists, is now defence minister"
How he can be a conspiracy theorist when a cause of the crash haven't been found out. His theory is as good as any.

"PiS opposes gay rights"
Gay privileges -and kudos to them to stop that madness.
"President Andrzej Duda has vetoed a sex-change law for fear that pregnant women might become men before giving birth."
That is a clearly a mockery - I expect that people who doesn't know first thing about Poland will be fooled.
"Mr Kaczynski warns that Muslim migrants "carry diseases"
Which is a fact that has been confirmed and only to be expected but I guess it wasn't very diplomatic on his part to say it, well he is old and clearly not a diplomat.

"There are murmurs of putting Mr Tusk, now president of the European Council, on trial."
Dealing in gossip now? A magazine for professionals, put some naked women on your pages.
"This lurch towards populism will hurt Poland"
Oh? Is a democratic election populism? Only a right option in power is truly democratic? I hate to burst your bubble you are professing totalitarianism.

"The European Commission's plan for redistributing migrants across the union faces dissent from Hungary and two other members of the Visegrad group, Slovakia and the Czech Republic" - yeah and Britain, Denmark flatly refused to take them, is that hush hush?

Anyway guys you are behind the times even Swedes say it is enough.

"The plane crash in Smolensk was an accident."
Loo and behold we have a prophet in our mist!

"Good relations with Germany benefit Poland, especially in opposing Russian aggression in Ukraine"
Err what? Come again....
"The new government has only just started its vandalism."
That sir or madam is a slander are you ready to face charges in the court of law?
"In normal times Europe could afford to wait (...) But these are not normal times(...)Countering them will be much easier with Polish partners who are part of the solution, not part of the problem(...)Its citizens should tell PiS to stop now."

Hell, that is serious that is incitement against a legal government, foreign legal government it could create diplomatic crisis.

Who wrote it?

MOST newspapers and magazines use bylines to identify the journalists who write their articles.

ah cowards?
By the way articles warning against PiS in the New Yolk Times sorry York Times written by Rick Lyman in cooperation with Joanna Berendt from GW.

Traitors?
Ironside   
5 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Your support for PiS couldn't be any more obvious.

Actually I would support anybody who would pull down the system, but for the record PiS is too much to the center and too soft in few key issues.

The lust for revenge is incredibly similar to how the Communists behaved in the 40's.

Stop ,delph I understand that you are only trying to learn how to pull strings but you are so obviously clueless that it sounds pathetic.

Six? Blimey, Ironside... you really are completely out of touch with what's happening in Poland.

I know what is happening in Poland, if those clowns as it inevitably happens annoy enough people supporting change they will have their mugs smashed in, then they would be unable to jabber very loud.

With Poland's history where so many innocents were murdered in such a way you really should be ashamed of that remark. Disgusting.

Run to your mama in the old blighty and tell her that those Poles are so afoul not at all like noble Britons. That is your constant theme in here innit?

Don't try to lecture me what is appropriate and what not, this is my country and my people and you have little sense and no manners.
Ironside   
5 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

As Mafketis says, this is all about the fact that the TK will stop PiS from abusing democracy and democratic processes.

They are living and breathing abuse of democracy and mockery of the nation.

Perhaps you might not be, but people do care about it, hence why people are on the streets today and hence why there's going to be a huge crowd outside Jarosław's house on the 13th.

All six of them? In their shoes I would be worrying what will happen if supporters of the government meet them in numbers.

Care to argue otherwise?

Anybody can cut and paste in color, it doesn't prove anything.

Actually I should have also included Lithuanians and Ukrainians.

Everybody know that Soviet union was brought down by three German flunkies.

Four years of this nonsense?

Questioning results of democratic election eh?

They wont succeed and will be fought every step of the way by those who matter

By the low scum who should be rounded up put against the wall and summarily executed.

edited - no arguments please

the PZPR ideal

Don't talk about something you have no clue about!
Ironside   
5 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Polonius is repeating the same lines found in the PiS-controlled media.

Allegedly PiS controlled media. You have no proof only allegation and gossip.

Rather we're just amused that PiS are appointing members of the PZPR to the highest court in the land.

Your amusement derives from ignorance or you feigning being amused by that here in order to use that argument borrowed from PO crowd, They do not realize being dunces that by saying that they admit they holing PiS to higher standards than them by default admitting their are a low scum and drifters.

So you support the subversion of the rule of law.

What#? Rule of what? Are you another jester here?

There is no illusion that the TK is above politics, or that the short terms of its judges can be expected to result in anything other than partisan decisions.

Indeed.
Ironside   
5 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

I think you're really struggling with the Constitution

What are you talking about delph, I know what I'm talking about, you seemingly are just showing off for fun.

The TK exists to settle disputes

TK lost all the respect and reason for its existence has passed together with the martial law.

it is empowered to rule as to whether the actions of the Sejm were legal.

You seems to be struggling with understanding of the issues here, theoretically TK is there to rule whether or not bills passed by the Seym do not go against Constitution. Somehow whatever PO, SLD and other post-communist parties of the system for the last 25 years done have been always legal according to TK even if people who make a living by practicing law were certain it wasn't so.

Coincidently only acts and bills going against interest of the system and post - communist establishment are allegedly illegal according to TK.
I call it BS!

PiS are desperate for absolute power

PiS wants to be able to rule and there is noting wrong with it! After all PO was ruling unimpeded for the last few years and you have never uttered a protest.

So they need to control it too in order to exercise absolute power over Poland.

No they don't, absolute power exists only in your head. They need to be able to act if they are to deliver on promises and expectation and most of Poles don't give a damn about all that TK issues where PO and others twerps have gone hysterical when it sunken in that TK won't be controlled in toto by the PO cronies /nominees.

If they fail, then PiS will have a TK made up of a majority of opposition-appointed judges which will put the brakes on any attempt to institute unconstitutional measures.

Quite the contrary my dear Watson, even if those five nominees of PiS will be appointed still PO nominees will have majority in TK.

the Constitution says.

Nobody is bothered by what Constitution says, noPO no PiS and neither all those cretins that are whining about destruction of democracy just because a party their supported lost in democratic election; it was supposed to be temporally solution before a proper Constitution could be introduced, something Kukiz opting for.
Ironside   
4 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Ironside, what part of the Constitution would you like sent to you?

Supreme power belongs to the people, who are acting through their representatives and TK cannot rule in its own case. If there is a doubt as to competency or other functions of the TK it is up to the Parliament to solve it, not TK. It is easy enough to understand.

If you don't respect that, you should give up your Polish citizenship because you're obviously the worst sort of traitor.

I can life with that. :)
I'm curse though do you understand issues involved and stakes at play or you just meddling for a share hell of it?
Ironside   
4 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

According to who ? The sidelocks club ?

Nay, according to the wonderful trio of jesters.

The decision of the Constitutional Tribunal is final and must be respected.

No it is not. There too many shady deals and BS on part of the TK to let them get away with that this time. After all judges are nominated and Seym is elected.
Ironside   
4 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

No-one has ever openly defied the TK before,

Given that it was Jaruzelski who established TK during the martial law your words do sound funny.

I'm just amused that people like Ironside cry so much about Communism and yet support PiS in using anti democratic methods against the State

On the other hand I don't know whether you play slow or simply are slow.
Ironside   
4 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

No-one has ever defied the Constitutional Tribunal before

High time to discard that old commie institution.

It looks to me like Duda is lost.

wrong

Yep, he's caught between loyalty to the party and loyalty to the country and constitution. something tells me he's not made for such pressure and will probably break soon (or be discarded by the party and forced to resign, who would be president then?)

Nope mister you have no clue.

Duda is a Phd in Law, and he knows full well what he's doing.

Indeed.

He will act like nothing happened and move on

That what I have said yesterday in here.

You overestimate how much average Poles care about politics, Constitution or not.

Well, those who bother to vote, they care but they voted for changes and against the se, their are not going be bothered if PiS will use hammer to dismantle the system.

PiS was playing by the rules last time and they lost big time.