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jon357   
31 May 2016
Life / Stereotypes about Polish people being stupid? [281]

their Polak Joke

Just an American thing - and about other Americans of Polish descent rather than Poles. Ironically in 'All in the family' (their adaptation of 'til death us do part') the most sympathetic and down-to-earth character was of Polish descent; the partner of Archie Bunker's daughter (a copy of the role played by Tony Booth) was a Polish American and just as in 'til death us do part the joke was on the old bigot Alf Garnett/Archie Bunker.
jon357   
25 May 2016
News / URGENT: Chechens refugees found a Islamic State in Poland [37]

a video.

So what? we all know you're afraid of Muslims; you rarely post about anything else. Knowing very little about Poland, it looks like you don't know much about the long-standing and settled Chechen community in Warsaw...
jon357   
25 May 2016
Law / Statistics of crime rates in Poland [44]

not sure why the entire legal system does not get a proper overhaul to remedy this

They'd have to admit they've been getting it wrong since 1920 - and have you often heard Poles admit they're wrong?
jon357   
25 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Attempted coup of the highest law in the land

Basically, they're getting desperate - the opposition against them at every level is so large.

You have NO respect in Western Europe and they are laughing at you and your sort. And no, you do not behave decently in any meaning of the word

In fact, slowly becoming a pariah state.
jon357   
25 May 2016
Law / Statistics of crime rates in Poland [44]

I wrote above that minor crimes like a DUI

It does not result in a

very harsh sentences.

- in fact if the person is just a bit over the limit, they don't even lose their licence.

weed

Getting more and more popular here at the moment - there are shops in Warsaw openly selling seed and doing a roaring trade,

the court system and police i

Both very ineffective, corrupt and incompetent.
jon357   
19 May 2016
Law / How do I verify a Polish company's existence? [249]

That web address is in various directories so has certainly existed for a little while at least. The other address that ends with .eu is a bit odd - it seems to be selling nasty shoes in German.

Might be worth asking them about that and ever in business, don't pay upfront for goods and insist that any contract is under the legal jurisdiction of your country and not theirs.
jon357   
19 May 2016
Law / How do I verify a Polish company's existence? [249]

It was registered as a company in 2008 and advertises extensively online as a food wholesaler. The owners are Jakob and Marek Scholz.
krs-online.com.pl/kms-food-sp-z-o-o-krs-1369486.html
infoveriti.pl/firma-krs/Kms,Food,Krakow,Raport,biznesowy,KRS,0000522406.html?language=en
jon357   
19 May 2016
UK, Ireland / Any Polish Muslims in London? [30]

3 minutes in front of the Warsaw Mosque at Jumuah prayers and you can see that basically EVERYONE that goes there is NOT polish

That's actually the opposite of the truth. Most are Polish. Worth remembering that this thread is about London, not Warsaw, anyway. Plenty of reverts in both places.

Interesting that this is a very old thread resurrected by a known racist troll.
jon357   
18 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

More respected than him?

Yes, very much more respected than him; Macierewicz is a figure of contempt and a laughing stock.

You seems to be brushing elbows with the most unrepresentative crowd in Poland

Only the 'crowd' that you yourself come from; the urban, educated, established.
jon357   
18 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Actually, bog honor ojczyzna is an unofficial motto for Poland.

More an unofficial motto for football hooligans and assorted extreme-right misfits. The expression doesn't ever cross most people's lips
jon357   
17 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Oh? another fallacy. ~What does it matter dozen or a score?

What fallacy - politicians far more distinguished and respected than him (not very hard since he is neither) who have held that role before him have said to him publicly "enough is enough". His approval ratings aren't great either. He should go.

Far right parties and anti-Muslim demonstrations

Something all decent people must fight against, not just in the ballot box.
jon357   
17 May 2016
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [583]

We do however know the facts of Polish emigration on the telephone vote in years past, and no reason to think that millions of Poles around Europe have suddenly stopped voting for Poland.
jon357   
17 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

And when six former defence ministers sign an open letter to the PiS incumbent (yes,the same nutcase that had keys cut for the NATO office in the middle of the night) to quit his post the alarm bells that have been ringing since PiS crept into office suddenly become louder...
jon357   
16 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Adrian seems to mistake

We aren't exactly talking about the top of the gene pool here, nor even anyone remotely emotionally stable.
jon357   
16 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Catholic 87.2%

You fail to get the point of course. And also fail to address the fact that religion in Poland is declining at a massive rate.

If Poles didn't want a conservative, traditionalist, nationalist government then they wouldn't have elected PiS.

18% voted for them, and most people in Poland aren't 'bog, honor, ojczyzna' clowns and never have been.
jon357   
16 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

These non church-going Polish youth though aren't picking up LGBT banners instead and demonstrating for gay marriage.

Strange you've mentioned that issue. It is only one of many areas in which PiS are getting things wrong. The collapsing economy, the interference with the constitutional system and worsening relations with friendly states are more significant.

And people both old and young are staying away from religion in Poland in droves - it seems the conservative, traditionalist and nationalistic paradigm in Poland appeals less and less.
jon357   
16 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

the priest acts with no detectable compassion or Christian (or human!) feelings. A very poor example, he sets.

And when this is repeated thousands of times it explains why religious atttendance has haemorrhaged over tha past decade or so = a whole generation who feel hostile to the church and cynical of Polish politicians who attempt to use tht for their own ends.
jon357   
16 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

devil

An Xtian construct, however since you mention it, it's very worth pointing out that so far every single thing they've done is aginst the basic precepts of the religion they shout so loudly about.
jon357   
16 May 2016
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [583]

Do you have some evidence to back up that theory of yours?

Looks like you much don't read the Polish media or listen to music radio stations - there was a big push here to encourage people living abroad to vote, printing the numbers to vote in various countries, asking people to remind their friends and relatives abroad, etc.

Maybe because it was crap?

It was a dire song.
jon357   
16 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

There is no way that the priest in question should call himself a Christian...

Absolutely - and the same with PiS as a whole, trumpeting Christianity but in fact practising a faith much darker and older....
jon357   
14 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

The 4th of June is a Saturday, and gatherings are planned all over Poland to celebrate the restoration of democracy to Poland

Basically another attempt to stifle lawful opposition...
jon357   
9 May 2016
Food / Is brain-damaging vegan fad growing in Poland? [176]

True. But there's something nice about humans: we have moral/ethics.

This sums it up really. Whether you like meat or you don't, animals are raised in appalling conditions to be slaughtered.
jon357   
7 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Looks like a handful of PiS nutters:

More than 1,000 Polish nationalists and followers of right-wing Catholic groups gathered in Warsaw at midday Saturday to demonstrate against perceived EU interference in national politics.

were upstaged by the moderate majority:

Counter rallies by backers of the 28-member bloc attracted around 240,000 people, according to the city administration, in what has been the largest public demonstration since Poland's national-conservative government came to power.

en.europeonline-magazine.eu/1st-leadgovernment-opposition-united-in-240000-strong-pro-eu-march-in-warsawby-eva-krafczyk-dpa_454224.html
And the Polish pro-democracy movement goes from strength to strength...


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jon357   
7 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

That must rank as one of the stupidest comments ever written on this forum

Spot on. Never, in all the decades I've spent in Poland (coincidentally ones which IS has spent outside Poland) have I heard anybody, eve suggest any such thing.
jon357   
2 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

The same kind of sources that write about the EU having plans to mandate the micro-chipping of all newborn babies?

Pretty well. Since there's nothing good to be said by the regime and their seedy supporters, they can only come out with Wii like that