News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]


Indeed. Youtube is full of crap, quality commentary is usually found elsewhere. I ccopied those photos from JasonDmz's online news.

Can't say I've ever noticed likes or dislkes on Youtubs. Seems odd to go looking for them on the computer screen, or for that matter caring what the educationally disadvanteged click like or dislike about. Still, I suppose it's good that people like you have something else to do with their finger...

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

Here's a fairly typical picture
bbc.com/news/world-europe-43514965

That Youtube video is from something called 'righ wing internet', 'PrawicowyInternet'

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News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]


This is why all those thousands of women came out in Warsaw today; to remind people that their bodies are theirs alone, not anyone else's.

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]


That's the whole point.


And that is up to the woman, how many kids she wants or whether she wishes to be single or partnered.


Yes. It certainly shows the strength of opinion about the issue.

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]


No you don't.


Say that to them, and they'll pull your beard off.

News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]


Yes. That was a time and place where very few people had enviable choices.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


Jammed full of people probably. I suspect Saturday evenings will be quite busy from now on too.

P.S. I can't send you a PM, it said your inbox is full. Perhaps as full as Arkadia Mall next Sunday.

Travel / Warsaw weather in april? [13]


The weather tends to turn nice during April. It's cold there right now (a late winter) so it might not be an especially warm April. By mid April you should be OK with a jacket in the evening. Bring some teeshirts to wear under your shirt just in case.


Or obfuscate; it's common sense.

News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]

No; Slonim is just that bit too far north. It was in the southern part (Generalbezirk Weißruthenien) of Reichskomissariat Ostland.

News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]


Formal ones, and the German prosecutors have confirmed they're looking at others.


It looks like there were plenty of exceptions to the rule in that chaotic period. Certainbly the events at Slonim are very well documented, with eyewitness accounts.


I don't think there's anything suspicious here, any agendas. Just the prosecutors finishing off their jobs before time makes it impossible.

Personally, I think there should be a moratorium now, whetrher the war criminals are German, Polish, Ukrainian, whatever; they're all (the few that are alive) past 90 years old and it's time to move on. War crimes prosecutors should concentrate oin the American baby-killers of My Lai now, before that becomes too late.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre

News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]

He was an auxiliary policeman, as I recall.

News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]

Indeed. I hope further reporting of the issue will make it clear that he is a Pole who was accused of war crimes. The prosecutors say there are other cases that they are investigating, which (given that age means they could be among the last people prosecuted for war crimes during the Holocaust) will receive a lot of opublicity, whatever their nationality.

History / How much Poles trust to France? [130]


Fewer.


Yes, it is that by a long chalk.

News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]


I think he's dead now, though the article said that they were looking at more people. Wasn't it in Slonim?


They were tactful about that - and described him as a British citizen.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]

Zoo is/used to be an odd station (due in part to its post-war history, legally belonging to East Germany but physically in the West, hence). Friedrichstrasse, Alexanderplatz and Hauptbahnhof all have decent-ish supermarkets.

I wonder if this would be possible in Poland; there's a supermarket in the underpass at Dworzec Centralny (every bit as grimy and noisy as the Berlin ones) that could make a lot of money on Sundays if they are exempt from the ban.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


Yes, Maf is right; Germany is quite old-fashioned on Sunday shopping; it's allowed with certain conditions only.


I had the same about currency exchange once. Everywhere was closed, even the exchange booths in large hotels in the area we were visiting.

As for the supermarkets in Berlin stations, these are open (as are small/medium sized shops), and sometimes the station ones are the best. I noticed a little while ago that they've started locking spirits up in glass cabinets. A nuisance since you've got to find someone to unlock them. I always come back from Berlin loaded up with German liqueurs and wine so this means it adds time to the shopping at the station. Travellers to Warsaw should remember to allow a bit longer to do this.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


There isn't a case to close, except in your mind.

Anyway, the thread's about the current fiasco around Sunday shopping. One unintended beneficiary is going to be shops across the border in Czech; people in border areas will just drive over as they used to when currency exchange rates and lower alcohol tax made it favourable to do so.

Another beneficiary will be online food retailers; there are several already.

Those who lose most will be families where retail work, especially Sunday overtime, is financially important to them.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


It isn't a debating society, and you're asking for something that is off topic. Stop stirring things.

Perhaps you should go and do some Sunday shopping instead, providing you can find somewhere that's legally open.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


Exactly. All loopholes have been looked at very carefully. The wife of the PiS posel was breaking the law.


I found references to it in under a second. Perhaps you should up your game online.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


A reality. It isn't 1965 any more; some families have very very busy schedules.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


In this case, the newspaper in question considered it a significant enough breach of the new regulations to report on it.


A glaring example, since the posel in question wants the existing laws to be even tighter so no trading can happen


Since this isn't a debating society or an academic forum, there's no responsibility to do anything at all, as well you know.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]

It turns out that the wife of a PiS posel opened her shop all day (with hired staff). When a journalist who went there phoned up for comments, first she denied it had been open, then she claimed it was open for 5 minutes for a 'special customer' only, then when the journalist told her she'd bought things there, she said it was actually open for 15 minutes, and then when challenged, refused to speak.

Her husband is one of the strongest proponents of the ban on Sunday trading.


In this case yes. I'm surprised you don't remember.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


Really? It certainly did have one, quite well publicised at the time. Corruption.

You can always pretend it didn't.

Personally I rarely go shopping on Sundays, however for busy families, especially where they have to be elsewhere on Saturday, Sunday shopping is a good thing.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


Wasn't there a scandal about that organisation?


Pretty hard for some families who work through the week.

News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]


It's the type of flour used. Works well in soup.


Sometimes even bad situations have their dry comedy...

Genealogy / Polish and gypsy traditions [140]

Only the ostentatious would, Dolno.

There used to be a bar in the middle of Park Skaryszewski, one that had a big summer-only building next to it with a bar and dancing. Sometimes at weekends the clientele would be mainly Polish Gipsy. Always dressed up very well, and plenty of dancing to modern and traditional music. It was a great place to go; I wonder if it's still there.

Genealogy / Polish and gypsy traditions [140]

Yet oddly enough, never have. Perhaps you look like a target.


If it was as simple as that...

Genealogy / Polish and gypsy traditions [140]

Not a bad song (though I prefer the obvious Krawczyk one). They do know how to party, and to be invited to one of their celebrations is a delight and an honour.

I know a few Poles with part gypsy roots.

Genealogy / Polish and gypsy traditions [140]

Some look identical to the rest of the population. There's a long and rich tradition of music.

Despite being often marginalised by other groups who live in the same territory, they hold fast to their traditions. They can often be very welcoming people, less dour than some of their neighbours.