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Posts by Nathan  

Joined: 13 Feb 2009 / Male ♂
Last Post: 24 Aug 2014
Threads: Total: 18 / Live: 4 / Archived: 14
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From: Lviv, Ukraine/Toronto, Canada
Speaks Polish?: yes
Interests: languages

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Nathan   
1 Jun 2011
History / Tuchola in Poland - roots of Katyn? [220]

Yes, Well there is a reason I hate Germans & Not Russians

Poles & Russians should both be united against German slime.

Aren't Poles Not-Russians? ;) How do you unite with people you hate?
Nathan   
7 May 2011
History / Where did the power of Poland vanish to, since... let`s say, some 300 years ago? [180]

Poland was defeated in many battles with the Cossacks and Ukrainian peasants who chased the Polish army with sticks and brooms and no imaginary tactics of yours helped it :)

advanced law regarding such issues as divorces, as for advancements?

Who cares about divorces when there is the decadence of the state is at stake. 300 years after Poland is still the most conservative catholic state with divorces practically ending in excommunications.

Poland for most of its history and especially reinessance was one of the most innovative

It was copying from Germans, French and Italians - this is not an innovation.

what it lacked was industry

It lacked civilized government, clear-cut decision-making machine, militarily it was backward with moronic generals leading the army for the Ukrainian Cossack's lunch-time appetizer. It fought with everyone and wanted to be everything. The intestine happened to be too thin.

The problem is that you have no idea what you are talking about. At least, learn your own history! What you said is that there were no flaws in the RP. And there were multitude and Koala named some of them which are generally accepted.

Mark you untill late XVII century Poland has the most advanced artillery in the world with mortars, falconets, organ guns, the works.

;))))) Oh yeah. What else? Did Poland fly to the moon in the XVII century too?

Also Poland is the country responsible for squad and division military units since it was their inventor

What??? I thought you invented the legions and then the Romans borrowed it.
Nathan   
1 May 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

To become a saint, the Pope needs to confirm a second miracle.

Catholics still run with spears and sleep in caves.
Nathan   
1 May 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

Could you please point out the made up fairy tales you claim we believe in?

Condoms, sainthood, priesthood, confession, communion, mass elaborations, holy relics,...

a religion is a specific belief system for a group of people

There are so many religions as people. Just many are grouped into herds of dumb followers who even don't know what they follow

That's what I said.

Whats blind about being a Catholic? We believe in a benevolent God, we believe in equality, freedom and loads of other good things

You said it yourself - a Catholic is someone who believes in a fairy-tale and this is where it stops: belief.
Nathan   
1 May 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

Unfortunately, there does not exist anything approaching a consensus.

Why should there be? Religion is like a lifestyle, each has its own, healthy or not.

you're an uneducated ape attempting to have an opinion about a subject you're aboslutely clueless

What subject? Sainthood? Baseless invention of the church bureaucracy. Religion? There are so many religions as people. Just many are grouped into herds of dumb followers who even don't know what they follow. Look at yourself - you are a hyper-devoted Catholic and it is most colorfully expressed in your posts - you are a part of this blind herd that goes in the opposite to the barking direction. More made up fairy-tales than a simple rational logic.
Nathan   
27 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Ham with cloves? Nice combination.... Were they stuck into the peel or inside ham?

I didn't really see the traces of the cloves, but you could taste and smell it. The meat was impregnated (?) with it. But it is a really powerful spice and should be used really carefully - a bit too much and it spoils everything.
Nathan   
25 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Here what you can do with it: the most delicate stuffing or cold meats

It looks tasty. I had a ham yesterday. It is something I wasn't really exposed to in my childhood and frankly didn't like it a lot, but it was something unbelievable. So nicely made. With cloves.
Nathan   
25 Apr 2011
Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [305]

I haven't mentioned MJ in ages, I let it go long ago.

You couldn't then. And talked for ages. This person posted just a few and here you go.

What I typed are words of wisdom.

When I hear a claim like that, I draw my conclusions...

Report it to the cops and let them take care of it but don't let it ruin your experience. If it's that bad, why stay?

His wife is from Poland for Christ sake. And as you see for now he is not planning to stay there, but shares his experiences as a foreigner.
Nathan   
25 Apr 2011
Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [305]

There's racists like that where I live, they are everywhere. You have to put these negative experiences behind you and focus on the positive ones. Otherwise you will stay bitter and never have any fun.

PP, do you remember as you fought me here on PF about Michael Jackson? You couldn't let it go with your "pedophile" remarks. Why didn't you let it go? And this was just about a musician whom you haven't even seen in person. Here, the guy tells about physical attack on him and his wife. Don't be a double-faced ...
Nathan   
23 Apr 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

Wait...will beatification be a drinking...strike that, "celebratory" occasion, or a fasting occasion?

I think it will be a remebrance of someone who left something behind. I am a Catholic in a way, but it is not about faith, just seeing that a man is recognized. Beatification the same way as an Oscar award doesn't change a thing. Nevertheless, it is something that makes the feeling of the many official, in a way uniting. That's all. One can get drunk, go on a banging spree or hang oneself - it is a free world.
Nathan   
23 Apr 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

What now is happening in the RCC is partialy his inheritance...with priests molesting kids etc

In what way? Was there a bull about molesting kids or any even slightest suggestions in that direction either due to the lack of stern control and oversight? This problem bugged the Church for centuries, but came to the surface comparatively recently because of mass-media, knowledge and human rights progress. It is the same thing as to say that Wikileaks is an inheritance of Barack Obama. We simply now see what was going on for ages behind our backs. It is the system in itself that brought these consequences, not a person in some remote future.
Nathan   
23 Apr 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

JP is absolutely worth beatification. He brought some unity to the religious side of the world's life. He softened the tensions which existed and still do but to a lesser degree among various religious groups. His trip to Israel was quite outstanding in all its significance. When I think of him I always see that image when JP spins a walking stick in a funny way for an old person, which showed his vigor and youth on the inside. He had enormous charisma and of course, did much for Poland and in a way to other Soviet-controlled states.

He had extremely conservative ideas about society. Women in the church...peadophile scandals...Forget about it.

Women in the church... It takes time, man. Women received voting rights in Switzerland in 1970s - the heart of Europe! Black people - on the back of the bus in the US in 1960s - the most democratic as many say state of the world. We just got out of the Middle Ages in our lay life, so what do you expect of the Church - religion was always highly inflexible to innovations.

Pedophiles... I just hope the Church finally make itself a favor and gives its priests ability to marry, because to force someone against his body, make him fight all the time with himself will sooner or later end in disaster. JP couldn't possibly change all these traditions himself even if he tried - it was built for centuries and is harshly supported today. Important is the spirit of resistance and fight against the bad tidings, faith which where important things which JP profferred
Nathan   
22 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Beans a la Bretogne - my fav

Pawian, you cooked it? It looks delicious and I bet tastes even better.
What do you think about eating.............. ??
I will have cooked potatoes with mayonnaise with red marinated beets sprinkled with tofu and freshly ground black pepper and sip on my favourite tomato juice.
Nathan   
21 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

ah, how i miss bób... :)

Me too :) Do you eat them with skins or without? When they are hot or cold?
I like them cold and I eat their skins and the "intesines" like crazy. Almost like a cannibal. It is such a delicious bean family. Damn, I haven't had them for ages. Once I bought dried ones in a store, but it is nothing in comparison with garden-fresh (true for everything).
Nathan   
7 Apr 2011
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

I'd like to know the origin of my maiden name LAWRUK

Lawruk comes either from "lavr" - "laurel" in Ukrainian, or "lavra" - which is a religious place where monks live in a separate kelias (cells). Since there is an old Bernadine church and monastery from 1610, it might well explain the origin of the name and its possible roots in this little town. Husiatyn in Ternopil region (Ukraine) is a very known historic place. Trypilian settlement was found there by archeologists and very diverse community lived in Husiatyn over its history: Ukrainians, Polish, Jews, Austrians.

Was there a historical significance of why they escaped?

Years 1891-1914 are considered the 1st wave of Ukrainian migration to Canada. The conditions in Galicia, especially in regards to the land, were harsh and this forced many to look for a better life on Canadian soil. It was a lucky time to move because the WWI followed and then Ukrainian-Polish-Soviet wars which destroyed much of Galicia.
Nathan   
7 Apr 2011
Off-Topic / Being a Slav: a blessing or a curse? [199]

there's another Slavic thing, I forgot: worship of Slavic women

Absolutely. A true Slav admires Slavic women not only for their beauty, but their heart. Slavic women - unsurpassable.

I am not a poet. Not currently

If you are a Slav, nott, you are a poet, because admiring Slavic women one even being silent tells everything and they will understand.

She's a politician and not intersting at all.

I mean ... man, what politics has to do with appreciating beauty? Post a photo of any Slavic woman, politician or not, and I will show you the features to admire and thank God for being a Slav.

Language, belief in Slavia, worship of true women. Irrational enough to be immune to reasoning. Unbreakable bond :)

Agreed 100% :) I like that "Irrational enough to be immune to reasoning". And you say you are not a poet ?! :)
Nathan   
6 Apr 2011
Off-Topic / Being a Slav: a blessing or a curse? [199]

Fk sake, stop it! Got some clear thinking to do...

I barely typed it myself :)

Thing is, she looks more like Italian on the first pic, innit? :)

I agree.There is something, mostly dark hair and eyes and fine features, but the nose, cheeks and look are unmistakable, nott :)You are powerless to deny it :)

Show some REAL specimen if you understand what that term means.

What do they show in Serbia, sascha? Mladic? Come on.

Ancient apotropaic magic, to ward off idiots.

Exactly, but, unfortunately, doesn't work through internet as you can see, though, and in politics.
Nathan   
6 Apr 2011
Off-Topic / Being a Slav: a blessing or a curse? [199]

you mean this specimen

She is Ukrainian through and through. Typical delicateness of a Ukrainian woman face. Unrepeatable. Deep eyes... and perfect lips. The turn of the filigrane brows drives you nuts. It is absolutely Ukrainian, nott :)))

But anyhow, I was talking about men being blonde, moustached and gayish irises ;)

Well, seems the closer we are, the more differences we see inside the nation. Slightly aside, and some more or less vague generalisation emerges

There wasn't a wall between Poland and Ukraine and the mix was a normal thing, but we definitely buried more than brought to this world together, historically. Now, it seems the other way around, which is much better. Still, I am trying to capture what might be the uniting element for the Slavs, because I feel that there is.
Nathan   
5 Apr 2011
Off-Topic / Being a Slav: a blessing or a curse? [199]

What is that even supposed to mean?

could someone tell me what a gay eye looks like

Ladies, I said "iris are more gayish". Gay doesn't necessarily mean homosexuality, it also means happy, exuberant, cheerful. Can iris - so-called "eye-color-carrier" - be cheerful and happy? Yes, it can.

The Ukrainians call them Lvyiv,Kyiv,Kharkiv etc but I use the common english names

This is not what the Ukrainians use - it is internationally accepted norm of English spelling. For example, here is something that cannot be more English - BBC. What common names they use for the above-mentioned cities?

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9429433.stm

or UEFA:

stadiumdb.com/list-of-uefa-euro-2012-stadiums.htm

So, unless you are claiming that Pietukhovo in Russia sets the English standards of spelling other nation's city-names, I would suggest to use this, which is used in the English language world.