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Or even the opposite.

A vote for PiS is a vote for a decadent and corrupt authoritarian Party.

The only good thing they did was introduce 500+.

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After all, Animal Farm (the book, not PrzelotnyPtak's favourite video) was based on the political bloc that Poland was in (where there's still thousands of people with immunity from prosecution) and 1984 would seem pretty familiar in a country with such a huge spook system even now (they read this forum, btw) and where you can't even activate a SIM card without giving ID.

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Who said thought police?

Nobody wants their society to be like America.

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To ensure a cohesive society in an environment where the far right go to great efforts to stoke hatred, division and violence.


Kaczyński's attempts at creating a theocracy failed.

Off-Topic / What is a woman? [693]




Cor blimey

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Good.


Religious symbols are great in the home. Out of place in public sector offices. The state is for everyone, religious or not.


Given the amount that r*SSia spend annually on online propaganda, you should have the barren ground well watered, well fertilised (with human bones) and the land inhabited by Homo Sovieticus.

Off-Topic / What is a woman? [693]


We know what you mean......

They're fine if you're visiting. Not if you're indoors.

Off-Topic / What is a woman? [693]


They don't do it at night except for a few days in Ramadan.

If you want constant noise, go to where I'm based in England. Less than100 yards from an 1100 year old church with a peal of 16 loud bells that they practise for 2 hours every Thursday evening.

At least the Azan lasts less than a minute.

History / Where did Poles spend summer vacations in the PRL era? [63]


Hard to know how, unless exploiters have suddenly started sharing their accumulated capital with the proletariat out of the kindness of their multimillionaire hearts.♥️

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]


They're in Doha. I used to buy hummus at the same shop as them and the Taliban 'embassy' staff.

Your take on them is right. It's less about, say, Gaza (however they do feel strongly) and more about money since they know what is or isn't a lost cause.

History / Where did Poles spend summer vacations in the PRL era? [63]

The R at the end explains that without needing to state the obvious.

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Do you know what's special about Manx cats?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

If you say so

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]


Probably worried, however so far it's just words and Iran is extremely vulnerable to ICBMs. It looks big on the map, however the population is concentrated in a relatively small area

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The Isle of Man?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Whatever.......

News / R. Trzaskowski, current mayor of Warsaw, future President of Poland [354]

Indeed, and it was the right thing to do.

For sure he had a careful reason for saying otherwise.

News / R. Trzaskowski, current mayor of Warsaw, future President of Poland [354]


Thank you whoever it was. It was a great deed and the right thing to do

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Prostitution?

By no means every hotel. In fact most, worldwide, do not.

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Why would anyone who's got far more than what most people dream of on tap be envious of such a leader if they existed and their sad and needy life?

Especially if ....

The rest is for political memoirs

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For Non-Polskoglots, the text reads: PiS, prostitution and pandering.

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So why is he making vague threats about suing for defamation at some unspecified point after the election rather than just sending his lawyer to the Election Court which is legally bound to give a verdict in 24 hours?

Perhaps because of reports that there are allegedly witnesses of good character who are prepared to testify that he did this.


And of course no egregiously homophobic political party would ever have a leader who was being fúcked by his chauffeur..

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There's a lovely election slogan appearing as grafitti and on hand drawn posters all over Poland. 'Scuse the lack of ogonki, it's due to being at work.

"Wole zgolic sobie wasa, niz glosowac na alfonsa"

It means "'I'd rather shave my moustache than vote for a pimp.'

News / 2011 Stats: 80% of Poles happy [60]


Equal pay is a 'sin'????


Did you know that average IQs rose by 20% during the 20th century? That surprised me too but makes sense. Probably since the advent of radio and improvement in schools.

USA, Canada / What kind of American food do Poles like most? [119]


Sort of the opposite of Poland.

In fast food places they used to say "Pepsi, Fanta, Sprite?" and if you said "cola", they'd reply "nie ma coli, jest Pepsi, Fanta, Sprite".


I wonder if anyone's tried putting it back in.

Sounds better than necking Vitamins B & C before walking into a roomful of people expecting to be entertained as well as trained. After all, prretty well every game show host pops backstage a couple of times during a recording and comes back dabbing their nose.

News / 2011 Stats: 80% of Poles happy [60]


Do you oppose equal pay?


They didn't take much convincing given that they fought to do this.

News / 2011 Stats: 80% of Poles happy [60]


It's not a binary choice. Communism is not the sole alternative to the evils and inherent immorality of capitalism.


Capitalism convinces (or tricks) men too. Tricks them into thinking that doing a job (menial or otherwise) where someone else is making more from your work than you are is anything other than near-slavery. About women though; did those who fought and fight for the right to work in any job, the right to equal pay and the right to be treated as they prefer need much convincing?

News / 2011 Stats: 80% of Poles happy [60]


Destiny? Or perhaps a wish to do more than stay at home.

Then again, most married women who work full time have to do the cooking and cleaning as well.

News / 2011 Stats: 80% of Poles happy [60]


You can if you want...


People (with Y chromosomes anyway) tend to forget this. There are apparently sound evolutionary reasons for that and for perceived negative behaviours of both sexes.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]


That may be true (and is a sign as good as any of how capitalism should never be allowed to dictate a country's manufacturing policies), however they were of course invented and first made by Sir Alexander Fleming in hospital bedpans.
Although there's not much profit in making them (hence US pharmaceutical companies buying from China), there are plenty of countries that can and do make them and there's only a relatively small number of antibiotics that can't be substituted for others.

They can but in the rarer ones, and set up not-for-profits or workers' cooperatives domestically to make the rest.

True also that there's a lead time in setting up production however Donald Trup didn't really think things through and is of course racing to do stuff before the midterms, after which he'll be a lame duck.