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Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]
Well, not a single shop was even entered by the young people rioting in Warsaw on 11 November. Nothing whatsoever got stolen, though the opportunity presented itself. Won't you agree that in this case, the Polish nation demonstrated a very high level of moral integrity?
Over 50% of the rioters in Warsaw were German.
Sure, the reason is simple: a lot of people, given the opportunity, will lie and cheat.
It still does not make it acceptable, this is the problem as a Pole you are justifying lying and cheating as being a norm, as a Brit I am saying it is not a norm should not be considered a norm and those that practice it should be considered outcasts.
Well, not a single shop was even entered by the young people rioting in Warsaw on 11 November. Nothing whatsoever got stolen, though the opportunity presented itself. Won't you agree that in this case, the Polish nation demonstrated a very high level of moral integrity?
Over 50% of the rioters in Warsaw were German.
Sure, the reason is simple: a lot of people, given the opportunity, will lie and cheat.
It still does not make it acceptable, this is the problem as a Pole you are justifying lying and cheating as being a norm, as a Brit I am saying it is not a norm should not be considered a norm and those that practice it should be considered outcasts.
I am afraid it's you doing the squirming. You still haven't provided a single example of Polish dishonesty from your personal experience, an example which would prove once and for all that's it's really typical of Poland.
Almost every week I encounter Poles lying in business, personal situations I firmly believe that the increasing lack of morality especially in the young in Poland is partially to do with the dwindling numbers of practising catholics, I have met some Poles over the years who are so moral due to their religious beliefs. Now I am witnessing that moral backbone slipping away here in Poland. I also believe the school system in Poland is failing the young there is so much pressure put on good exam results and getting into the best schools, many children will cheat. A recent story I was told of a child at Batory in Warsaw, this is a School that turns out many of Polands future lawyers, there was a boy who had a hate list of his co pupils, he was planning to do something bad to them, all the children on the hate list were the ones with better grades than him. These children are the future they should be nutured, the Polish system fails them and is turning out students intent on getting to the top at any cost, they do not know how to work as a team they are individuals and their emotions are suppressed.
