News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]

What the speaker meant : We should have law that punishes treason with death using firing squad. Then few dozen of reporters and other traitors should be investigated and 10% of them would be found guilty and sentenced. (and I may not be precise in English, he believes those 10% are guilty , and that few dozen are not random, there is nothing random in it just the way justice should work and amount of people suspected and probable ratio of the ones really guilty). If there in no punishment for treason people will do whatever they want.

What dziennik.pl says : For example we take 12 GW journalists , 24 people who work at TVN , not to mention other traitors and execute every tenth. If that doesn't happen it means you can do anything there is no punishment.

Imagery in my head : we take those who are believed to be traitors, random dozen journalists and random two dozen tvn workers count to ten and every "number 10" is killed.

Maybe it is just in my head, that is what you get after living too close to "place of execution" (Meaning a wall with a list of people executed there during WWII).

Of course "fakty" said this the way Politicians would have to answer: this should be investigated.

News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]

I would not comment on my surname.
It's possible I said it to strongly. I watched bit of that video, and it didn't feel so strong. Reading excerpt out of context often makes things worse than they are.

And in fact this whole situation makes the idea of journalists as traitors more clear to me.

And when I said "Nazists" I meant "hitlerowcy".
And the words create disturbing image of taking random people from some group that is claimed guilty putting them in line , counting to ten and execututing publicly every "tenth". And maybe that is not only Hitler-ruled Germany thing. But it's what comes to mind of a Pole

i just read what I wrote before, and I can see the mistake I made. when I wrote "stupid hate speak" I meant this is a stupid way to say "hate speak", as in my opinion it put opponents as victims not threat.

and "hate speak" was too strong words

Life / Good account of Poland's Andrzejki? [23]

So today is "Andrzejki". Are you going to celebrate Andrzej's nameday and the last days before Advent? Are you going to predict your future?

News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]

Ok I don't feel comfortable discussing in English niuances of speech said in Polish.

What I can say is the wording was unfortunate, reading just that article it felt very strong. Listened to get more context it feels less strong but still a bit disturbing.

And no, after consideration I don't think he should be punished.

And I didn't say misinformation is not deed. I did say you do not execute people just because they work for company you believe is a traitor.

News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]

I would take a dozen of reporters from Gw and from two dozen from TVN and traitors and execute every tenth.

I can see how it is more along the lines of having execution as a penalty for treason.

But a penalty should be for deeds.
I feel that I would take a dozen from this group and a dozen from that and execute every tenth feels like a random "threat to everyone".

News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]

What makes "rozstrzelać co dziesiątego" worse is the language. and history.

But it's stupid hate speach - you put yourself as Nazi and other as occupied Poles.

News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]

execute? every 10th? Some people are insane. The message is disturbing.

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]

I do live in a town with two S John the Baptist Cathedrals at the Katedralna street("Ukrainian" and "Polish"). I know both types of people I spoke about, and they have tendency to make an issue bigger that it is.

But then I'd say let it happen. Ukrainians won't come to poor ,full of unemployed, east of Poland, where their ancestors lived peacefully among Poles before the II WW.

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]


If that happens I can foresee many Polish "hudsonhicks" talking about Ukraine like him about Poland :(

I fear for Poland and Ukraine to have too big Ukrainian diaspora, because
- some Ukrainins will start we want this or that bit of Poland it has more Ukrainians than Poles.
- some Poles will be even bigger on the whole "Poland for Poles" issue.
We will get in something like Polish/Lithuanian Wilno/ Polish language thing.

Life / Good account of Poland's Andrzejki? [23]

"andrzejki" is for girls and "Katarzynki" is for boys to "predict future". And mostly the last Saturday before Advent is called "Andrzejki" and is an opportunity for a celebration. For kids at primary schools, teenagers , young adults and up to elderly people on "dancing".

UK, Ireland / Polish Ophthalmologist in UK [28]


Isn't that important for a person, who needs advice and doesn't know too much English. And you can know every day English and what your job requires professional English and still not know too much about medicine.

Would you be comfortable with a doctor who doesn't speak English?

Food / Goose meat anyone in Poland? [20]

To be honest in my 28 years of living in Poland I only heard about traditional Polish St. Martin's Day was when they started this campaign. Before that it was only about Poznań and its area.

Google search tells me goose at Martinmas is more Western tradition. Nothing wrong with mixing old traditions with Independence Day and pro goose campaign.

That said, only place I saw goose meat and duck meat is freezer at Tesco's. Not sure they were Polish birds.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [574]


And there are at least 5 bars at Rynek and and another few nearby.

So what attractions are there in Przemysl?


We have beautiful views, WWI fortifications, castles , railway station that looks more like a palace, many beautiful churches including two St John the Baptist Cathedrals (Roman-Catholic and Byzantium-Ukrainian-Catholic) . We have nice buildings in the Rynek and surrounding area.

przemysl.pl/english/549/558/

And we have a ski slope with cable car and car-slope thing.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [574]

I was joking too :)

And I like our Rynek too. And as my town needs as many tourists as possible, bring them here.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [574]


I'll stay on the language part of forum then.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [574]

Hi. I'm Polish living in Poland all my life. I'm as Polish as possible with Galicja flavour.

/are Polish people who live in Poland allowed here?/