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Ironside   
8 Dec 2013
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

I wonder if they were Polish or German. Daberkow probably comes from the village name.

If you are talking about DNA there are not discliy Polish or German DNA. If you are talking about they identity that probably changed in time and if they have been your ancestor you should know better then anyone here were they Polish or German.
Ironside   
8 Dec 2013
Life / Conflicting views about life in Poland? [45]

At times it seems they are, especially when I glance out from a tram or bus at the line of cars adjacent. The cars look to be new or just 2 or 3 years old.

Majority of cars in Poland are about 12 years old.

When I went viewing to rent, the owners seemed like 'ordinary' Poles every time.

Foreign investors as buy and sell -to make money not long term investors. At one time in 2007 prices of apartments in Poland piked by 1/3 of their previous worth due to activity of foreign short term investment funds. Some of those investors have been buying from developer for all crop and selling with profit to individual customers be it foreigners be it /Poles (mostly Poles)

If somebody have bought an apartment for inflated price right now will not be hasty in selling especially if negative equity is lurking.
Yes, it is relatively expensive to rent apartment in Poland but that is not what I have been talking about.

Well, not sure which part of Wro you're in, but seems even when I go to the 'poorer' areas' blocks, the cars in the car park outside seem to resemble the stock of a new or nearly new car showroom

Could be that what you are talking for a new cars are cars after serous accident in the west, bought for next to nothing by Polish mechanics and restored to their former glory. Look nice but it is not real McCoy,
Ironside   
8 Dec 2013
Life / Conflicting views about life in Poland? [45]

Indeed so, yet I look out on to the streets here and see new car after new car,

Surely they are not majority.

How is this possible? Bank loans? Family money? The cost of living here is not so cheap when local wages are taken into account. So, frankly, it's a mystery to me.

Poles discovered credit and bank loans.Plus there are few people that can afford new cars. As for apartments developers are hoping for takers and their greed has been whetted when foreign investors and foreign companies upped Polish estate market.
Ironside   
8 Dec 2013
Life / Conflicting views about life in Poland? [45]

thank you for giving me your time , waiting for real answers .

I think that is yet another poster in long line of real trolls.

my question is WHY

Because Polish government and ruling class is derived from Soviet scum and they do not care about this country but about their scummy businesses, in fact that know no better, In effect Polish average decent citizen is being scammed three times a second everyday. Government, rules and everything else is hostile towards Polish decent citizen. The only thing Government provide is employment for its voters.

I check about the economy of Poland all I can see is growing country and it has fast growth !!

How did you check Polish economy? Cause that is clear BS.

Most poles that I chat with are sad and depressed of being in this country

#
Small wonder.

are a lot of countries that have lower life standard and ****** social life than Poland is like middle east !!

How would you know?

Poland is member of European Union since long time

It is not the same EU Poland aspired it changed into yes-boy machine for European corporations and Banks. Not long time about ten years.

and all I know it keeps growing especially in technology field !

How could you possibly know that?

! I have noticed that people keep looking to live in expensive countries like west

Expensive is a qestion of perspective, for most Poles Poland is expensive and they are looking to live in all those countries because there is nothing for them in Poland. Those countries with aging populations welcoming young work force especially they didn't paid for costs of their rearing from kids to adults.

That's often because they wanted all the benefits without any of the risk or the stress.

They wanted decent wage not benefits.
Ironside   
3 Dec 2013
News / Are the Germans taking back Świnoujście? [22]

I'm sure they are. I think that practice of buying properties in somebody else name should be exposed and punished.

I would like to ask who that article implies that Poles expelled German alone after 1945 and why commie newspaper have been presented as a Polish newspaper?
Ironside   
30 Nov 2013
News / Poland and Germany should unite, says Lech Walesa [113]

Serbs are less popular than Egyptians, even Russians. They like GERMANS much more than Serbs

They don't care about Serbs and heard about Germany. Given a fact that pro-German propaganda is on full blast in Poland and that 89% of the press is in German hands it is hardly surprising.
Ironside   
26 Nov 2013
History / Differences between Poland and Russia [78]

Does the United States also use the example of Polish expansionism as a case against imperialism?

Stop that nonsense.
Ironside   
26 Nov 2013
History / Differences between Poland and Russia [78]

So to answer your question: almost nobody in Australia or the USA gives a hoot about German, Polish or Japanese history - unless we talk about WW1 and WW2 of course.

OK?Tell me something /i don't know. I mean to say - so what?
Ironside   
26 Nov 2013
History / Differences between Poland and Russia [78]

es, but I'm quite sure that early Polish history isn't taught outside of Poland unless it is somehow interconnected with another country's history. Like the Hanseatic League for example or the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. If you think about it, why should it? Australian history is probably not part of Polish history classes either.

Interestingly though, except when talking about WW2, Poland is never mentioned in history classes in the west as far as I know. Spain, Britain, France and some other old nations, yes ... Poland, no.

So what are you saying?
Well, is early history of Germany taught in Australasia? If Poland history is not taught in history classes about history of Europe on Uni it means that is a poorly prepared and not nonprofessional courses. Anyway lately Universities are mostly interested in propaganda especially on courses classified as Art.
Ironside   
26 Nov 2013
History / Differences between Poland and Russia [78]

You mean in English speaking countries. There could be several reason for that. Firstly Anglo countries where never interested in this part of Europe and expect say Renaissance they had a vague idea what going on there. Secondly once England became a Protestant country they have been budding their identity in opposition to Catholic countries in that climate some cultural influx or exchange of ideas have been rather stifled. They knew a lot about Prussia and England has been supporting Prussia for a long time, naturally Prussia has been Poland's enemy and has been viewed in the light of Prussian anti-Polish propaganda (Thorn).

Last but not least was the fact that most of 18th century (about 1730) Poland has been Russian protectorate. On the top of it Poland didn't existed as an independent country during XIX century, that century which seen formation and birth of new nations and new states like Italy, Romania and Germany. Also XIX century have been a peek of European imperialism with colonies all over the world. Poland missed all that due to partitions.
Ironside   
26 Nov 2013
History / Differences between Poland and Russia [78]

For starters Poland is an European Country while Russian is not and never were. Poland has been an old European nation Kingdom on the European continent a power along with Spain, France and Hungary constituting a core of mainland Europe.

Asking about Differences between Poland and Russia is like asking for Differences between France and England.
Ironside   
23 Nov 2013
History / Royal Family still in Poland? [79]

On the other hand a head start for hypothetical Polish throne would have Czartoryscy or Zamoyscy. If Zamoyscy would get back their land they would be quite wealthy.
Ironside   
22 Nov 2013
Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]

Merged: Major corruption case in Poland.

CBA called this case "the biggest corruption case in Poland's history," and has already announced that further arrests will be made in connection to the case.

wbj.pl/article-64380-twenty-suspects-arrested-in-major-corruption-case.html

The case involves corruption in IT tender processes
Poland is on the verge of losing millions of euros in EU funding for IT projects after an official was charged with corruption.
thenews.pl/9/7/Artykul/96752,Poland-to-lose-EU-subsidies-for-IT-after-corruption-scandal

Great government and great ruling party. Any takers?
Ironside   
14 Nov 2013
Genealogy / All Future Polish Genealogy Researchers: Please Read before you start a thread [45]

Also where do you get off claiming it is nonsense to say that Poland is not the only country that suffered in Europe?

Oh come on get real, First of all I do not claim that only Poland suffered that what delaph said; how do you measure impact? I would say that events of yore have less impact than recent ones.
Ironside   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

In my opinion beating takes the cake-

you missed my point again - my fault or you are busy.
I'm not talking about beatings, that already bad situation. I'm talking abut the fact that feminist biased and ideological outlook clouds the issue not helps to get to the root of pathological relation.

Until relatively recently half of our species was largely excluded from contributing to this store of shared wealth because few people saw the value in educating women

That is not true, until recently only fraction of population received education and women have not been excluded. If you are talking about 19th century educating males over female were of an economical nature which not longer applies.

But often men are economically and socially more able to get themselves out of abusive relationships, and also physically to defend themselves.

What it has to do with anything, my point is that feminism do not help anyone and just creates new divisions. Society is not perfect but giving more and more power to the state is not an answer.

Think how much the lives of all of us can be enriched if we get better at harnessing the genius of women, which isat least the equal of men's.

I haven't been saying anything against women. I like women, but in terms of rights they have everything. What we are or rather what feminist are talking about are privileges not rights, I don't thinks that women should be privileged and all problems between couples shoudl be dealt with from the point of view how to help relationships, married couples, families to deal with problems and how to solve them.

Not by creating laws and talking about equality but helping men and women to realise their differences and similarities and make a best of it living in harmony.
Ironside   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

the attitudes of some men towards women is the root cause, in that they think it's OK to take out their anger or frustration on the women they live with.

that is just an assumption that is the point, women can be aggressive as well

Is not only about physical abuse, often relations between man and woman in relationship are screwed, it is more complex than somebody beats somebody else up,

The qestion is what to do with that? Should the state intervene even if woman or a man in qestion do not makes complain, should it be probably investigated and a root cause of the problem discovered?

That all good questions and shoudl be addressed. However they are not because all is blamed on men and religion and patriarchal society. That was feminism is all about biased ideology who trove on dividing people not on finding solution to the problem
Ironside   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

Oh no Iron, I'm not. I

you are, instead of watching pictures you should listen to what they are saying.
I posted it somewhere:

Well that film is an answer to feminist propaganda but crux of the matter is that domestic violence should be addressed in a proper manner, not blaming everything on men and their alleged attitude. That not science that ideology - that the point of the film and it is hard not to agree with that.

Ironside   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

Oh, what's the point, Iron? :) You clearly made up your mind already.

What is the point on posting on forums then if not exchange of arguments? trolling?

As I wrote it's a bit more complicated than that, imho.

Nothing complicated about that, women are free to vote for anyone be it a woman be it a man.

What jobs exactly? I think any job that involves using your brain is suited for women.

Now you are being sexist, seen the men as fit better for physical work.
To answer your point - brain is distributed evenly in both sexes but both genders differ in psyche and priorities and the way they approach problems. In my opinion fewer women than men make are a good material to be a boss. Those who do are in minority and hence their problem - that all but that would be a natural selection.

As for voting for men - women can also be part of the problem, as I wrote, because that's the way society brings us up.

Ah so women vote on men and all this big hallo feminists are making is to brainwash them into voting on women just because they are women.

Pretty name just to say - hey we know better and you are stupid slave to a convention - our convention is better cause it is #(befits us few).

Women can be also convinced that a man must be a better candidate because... well, "because" :) Because that's the way it's always been. I think women are more likely to don't believe in themselves in such case, because that's the way we were brought up.

Sure another case when you are telling to people that their thinking is wrong and not-modern and they should listen to you. Why?/ just because.

In that case if they do not their ass from their elbow why do they have the right to vote?Shouldn't that be restricted to only those citizens who know what they are doing not some morons. The problem is who is going decide who are those wise people.

Who said anything about dividing? Quite on the contrary.

so far its all about women so how is that not dividing.

I don't know what you're talking about in this sentence, tbh.

do you know what social engineering and cultural revolution are? If not look it up.
Ironside   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

If you say so, Iron lol I'm sure you know everything better :)

If you disagree with me tell me why.

Well, I have some issues with that film but it's too hot, so I won't bother today.

Well that film is an answer to feminist propaganda but crux of the matter is that domestic violence should be addressed in a proper manner, not blaming everything on men and their alleged attitude. That not science that ideology - that the point of the film and it is hard not to agree with that.

It's a bit more complicated than that.

Why? If women in Poland wanted women to rule them and women in Sejm - they are majority they would voted them no problem.

I do too, but the sexist attitude also exists.

What do you mean? Maybe women are not perfectly suited for every-job?

Why there haven't been a woman president in an entire history of USA, for example?

Maybe because most women are not interested in politics and if they are they are voting men, simple.

You see, it ain't that simple. Attitudes have to change too, mentality, not only law. I don't think we're quite there yet, even in the US. Maybe more so in some Western European countries?

I don't think that there are some widespread common mentality which need to be changed or addressed. I think that dividing people along a line of sexes is wrong.

After all it is nonsense? How you gonna do it in practice? After all those Democratic countries that want Presidents or PM to be women can do it in no time by the overwhelming votes of either sex.

All that changes and stuff is just social engineering and cultural revolution both things ugly if you look at them close up.
Ironside   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

It wouldn't make much sense then

So called equality as seen by feminist and all that philosophy do not make sense Paulina. (that video-link posted by zimmy makes a lot of sense).

Parliamentary or government quotas are nonsensical nonsense if i may say so. After all women have the right to vote and if they wanted to vote on women they would, nobody force them to do otherwise.

Because women have different physique than men

Women have also different psyche as well. All that for a good reason and both sexes should compliment each other.

The problem with high positions in Poland is that buddies (

Really? Don't you think that goes beyond sexes? peculiar view you have on the issue. Would that be all right if buddies were women? so blame buddies system not men or sexes differences.

Perhaps suffragists wanted the right to vote because they hated men that much

so there is the right to vote, to be elected, women can do what they want really. Somehow and out of the blue it is not enough and not fair and it is men fault.

Paulina are you serious?
Ironside   
19 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

That would be because the EU makes life in Poland easier.

Is that right? All for free? A Good old uncle the EU.

Care to quote me saying that? Oh, no, you can't, because I didn't say that and you are very simply lying, yet again.

you said that other work for the keep whereas priests are taking money from gullible?Is that not the same?Of course it is the same as saying that priests do not earn their keep.

Do feel very free to argue against any of the facts I posted.

I have already argued all those claims, few times already.
I cannot be bothered to do it one again just to be ignored and then after few weeks or days you or somebody else would reaper with the same old dish as if nothing ever happened.

Both taxes and the way the church and priests are taxed and the reason for government payments are easy to find. Do your footwork first if you really don't know.

I suspect you don't want to know.