News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Spot on - and the effect on the markets shows how little trust people have in them.


I wonder if you know that the WIG20 contains only Polish stocks, traded only in Warsaw...

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

The important thing is that Atch is right about speaking English (and also that native speakers of English are no better or worse at mastering foreign languages than others).

In Poland, people often assume that you don't speak Polish and even when you address them clearly in the language, reply to you in very broken English.

And Polish isn't even that difficult for speakers of English.

Now now, Poggers. You probably haven't met many people from abroad who've lived here - some of us speak Polish all day every day (and at a far, far higher level than your English).

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]


You have it right here on this forum, just ąbóvę thę yęłłów bóx yóu typę iń, Póggęrs.

UK, Ireland / The "Paracetamol Myth" - Polish people hesitate to visit UK doctors. [51]


Not usually and if they went home in it they wouldn't be wearing it on the next shift.

An interesting point about different cultures @Mafektis. A few times I've looked online for symptoms that have been bothering me and have found a massive difference between American and British sites. Basically the American ones say "you have a serious medical emergency and need immediate treatment; there is also a possibility that a doctor has misdiagnosed you and you may have a case to sue" whereas the British ones say "pull yourself together, take a paracetamol and remember that your local hospital is busy and your GP has patients who are really ill"...

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [335]


You've hit the nail on the head there, Dolno...

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]


Spot on. One issue about English is that it's possible to communicate adequately using just a tiny fraction of the huge and subtle vocabulary. Communicating adequately is far from being the same as mastering the language. In Polish, a language with far fewer lexemes even than French, once one masters the morphology the rest falls into place.

As ever, when talking about a language being hard to learn, the question is always "hard for whom".

UK, Ireland / The "Paracetamol Myth" - Polish people hesitate to visit UK doctors. [51]

I don't recall ever being prescribed paracetamol by a gp - I think they would only do that if the patient was a bit of a hypochondriac. Perhaps it's down to expectations; GPs in the UK tend not to prescribe unnecessary medicines and someone who expects a yard long prescription of unnecessary items is likely to be disappointed.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]


A bit like saying "end of story", on a par with "at the end of the day" and "at this moment in time".

There are similar habits in Polish that one can pick up; saying w każdym bądź razie (w każdym razie is slightly better) or kwestia jest tego typu (kwestia jest is a little less bad) that mark people out as being less well educated.

There are plenty of these in Polish and it's very easy to fall into the trap of using them if you hear them every day.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

And begs the question why he wants to discuss his "own country" and language in someone else's language then gets nasty when they reply.

Law / Police in Poland call me 3 days after i report an lost of Phone in a Bar [6]

Not really - they would just send you where the file is. No real need to go to the police again about this.

Especially since you haven't reported a crime, just lost property.

Life / I woke up in Poland's Hilton of Drunks after the Juvenalia party. Must I pay the 300zl fine? [49]


A lady successfully sued in the European court for that - quite a lot of compensation too.

See post #3 in this thread.


Public sector staff in Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe are not always known for personal integrity.


Yes, you could report a theft, however it will make no difference whatsoever.

Law / Police in Poland call me 3 days after i report an lost of Phone in a Bar [6]

They just want to close the paperwork. They would not expect you to return for this, especially as no crime has been committed.

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]

Looks like you don't follow current events here...

And certainly don't follow anything the current unpopular regime have been up to, especially concerning the media...

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]

To quote the late, great Mandy Rice-Davies "well, he would say that, wouldn't he"

GW, no matter how you dislike it since its editorial line is not far-right wing and it is still independent, is still the most respected news source here.

Now it will be interesting to see if the Kaczynski Cult try to compromise that, as they have elsewhere in the media.

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]

Clearly, you either don't read those sites or more likely expect that the people reading this won't bother to look.

Naughty.

I invite anyone to compare those things with Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's main news site or their excellent iPad app.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Exactly. So sad to see a few trolls trying to deliberately mislead people - I wonder if they think people are stupid enough to believe them.

Then again, 18% of people, pretty well all of them living out in the sticks, did vote for the discredited PiS party.

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]


For those sites, the 'news' function is secondary to the other things they do. Stop trying to mislead people.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Interpreting the constitution differently to pretty well everybody, including (most importantly) the judges on the Constitutional Tribunal.

Those who weren't appointed illegally by PiS and sworn in during the middle of the night, that is....

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]

I suspect by 'circulation' (a pre-digital age term if ever there was one) you mean the print edition. Your trolling is conveniently ignoring the fact that GW is one of the country's most visited websites and by far its most popular news portal...

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]

No poganin, they are all Polish and bought by many here. Outselling by a very long way those few publications that support the Kaczynskists.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Or just truthful and accurate. Most people here, especially the better educated, emphatically do not support the PiS regime, one that has caused the economy to dip, one which has attempted attacks in the constitution and one that has brought tens of thousands out in the streets to take part freely in the Polish pro-democracy rallies.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


They have no mandate to change the constitution, and their assaults on constitutional democracy have brought tens of thousands of people from all walks of life out onto the streets to attend the Polish pro-democracy rallies.


That government was Polish.


Do tell....

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Attacking the constitution, antagonising the country's neighbours, threatening to tax shopping malls for opening on their busiest day, compromising the independence of state media.

If something more 'serious' is yet to come, they'd better expand the departures lounge at Okęcie first...

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


So far everything they have done has been a mess.


They don't look after business at all, hence the soaring bond yields and lack of faith in the economy.


Respect them enough to give a spectacularly low approval rating and turn out on the streets by the thousand.


I doubt anyone, anywhere, would believe that.

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]


They are all Polish.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Yes, it's extremely sad - exactly the same way of thinking, absolutism.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Thanks.

For that's exactly what it is - their core demographic are above all over a certain age (and nobody gets younger), poorly educated, superstitious and short of money. And very negative in outlook.

When they were thrown out of office at the earliest opportunity last time (when the turnout was much bigger), one of the many popular campaigns was called "hide granny's ID card'.

And given their hatred of the health system, their attacks on the economy and their desire to make everyone poor one can expect their only demographic of loyal voters to have been dropping like flies before the next election

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


It was a strategy that some certainly fell for and one that was fairly obvious for the start but I suspect not actually that many fell for it - sadly perhaps just enough to get them a foot in the door. Looking at the election results per region, the 18% who voted for them were mostly their (dwindling due to natural wastage) core rural granny voters.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


The local elections will be significant here. The way things are looking, it will be a crushing defeat for them.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Check the figures. 18% of voters were daft enough to choose them and as I said, here in Warsaw you do not hear a good word said about them.

They have destabilised the economy, attacked constitutional democracy, broken into a NATO premises and compromised press freedom. All in a spectacularly short time. Plus alienating neighbouring countries. They are a gift for Russia who relish instability in Europe.