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jon357   
8 Feb 2013
News / Predictions about Poland for 2013 [85]

There's something in that, however the elephant in the room is the Roma issue. Bulgaria and especially Romania don't see them as part of the nation, give them a very bad deal in society and would be very happy indeed if they all left for the UK.
jon357   
7 Feb 2013
Language / POLISH 18 - 30 years old know MUCH BETTER ENGLISH language than their own native language! [102]

I've only met 1 person who spoke English really well,

I've met a few people who speak English very, very well indeed in Poland. I was surprised onece to speak with an elderly neighbour in her 90s. We'd only spoken in Polish before, however she surprised me by speaking faultless English with an almost perfect accent. She'd never lived in an English-speaking country either.

I don't think being able to say a few things in English means they know it better than their own language.

Agreed. It's linguistic pedantry to say that these forms of numbers cannot wither away naturally and must be learnt.
jon357   
31 Jan 2013
Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]

You can see that in every modern, multicultural and open minded country .

I've never seen people ********* in the street.

I heard in Poland people have serious problems with homosexuality.

Generally people in Warsaw don't obsess about the subject.
jon357   
30 Jan 2013
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Citizens of all countries must be allowed to own firearms. That's because governments tend to bloat themselves up and become corrupt

Better for 'citizens of all countries' to strive for democracy, rather than have guns lying around. Not that a large government is a bad thing per se.
jon357   
29 Jan 2013
Travel / Hard Candy - Krakow, Poland - reviews? [131]

We ordered some drinks (my two friends and the other girls) and it came with the bill.
500zl !!!!!!

A clip joint.

You need to post on Wikitravel, Tripadvisor and Virtual Tourist.

Poland doesn't have many of these places (compared to Paris, hardly any). But tourists should be made aware that such scams exist, and bad publicity is the only hope of getting it shut down - that is what happened to the ones that used to fleece tourists in London.
jon357   
29 Jan 2013
Language / POLISH 18 - 30 years old know MUCH BETTER ENGLISH language than their own native language! [102]

POLISH 18 - 30 years old know MUCH BETTER ENGLISH language than their own native language polish!

It sounds insane, but it is just the truth, and of course polish people will find a lot of justifications
for this, but this is not happening anywhere else in the world... but only in crazy Poland :)

That does indeed sound far fetched.

I wouldn't say that being aware of the very straightforward system of numbering in English and making mistakes with the over-complicated Polish system means that they know English better than their own language.
jon357   
28 Jan 2013
Language / Dupa - what a beautiful Polish word [103]

Now that's something I can tell you in a week or two. I'll get the guy concerned to remind me of the rules. You're right though - the person who loses does have to do something. It's at least a couple of years since I played, so I can't remember what.
jon357   
28 Jan 2013
Language / Dupa - what a beautiful Polish word [103]

I'll have to check next time I play it - all I remember is that cards below 7 are not used and cards are discarded from the hand into a circle. A fairly simple game.
jon357   
28 Jan 2013
Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]

I can't understand why foreigners want to see Poland as fundamentalistic country. Does it give you a scent of exotica?

Interesting that you use the word "you". Some of us, me included don't see our home that way at all. I'm not even sure I know more than a handful of churchgoers.
jon357   
27 Jan 2013
Genealogy / Want to find a person [773]

Is it Peter or (much more likely) Piotr, and do you know his surname?
jon357   
25 Jan 2013
History / Judge Tuleya mother was in SB [74]

I like his stuff too.

? The SKOKists are financing the whole Polish extreme-right, and with radio maybach combined

Spot on. They really do believe that everyone should think like them. Hence making issues about public figures due to who one of their relatives was - as if Judge Tuleya has any control over that whatsoever.
jon357   
24 Jan 2013
Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]

These so-called religious societies have always had laws on the books regarding crime

As do all societies.

But practices which involve coercion (such as conversions, arranged marriages, etc.) or worse the mutilation of body parts must be banned by the state and enforced by the rule of law.

Very true.

I'd add that nobody should be forced or even officially encouraged to practise a religion (or celebrate rites of passage according to the beliefs of a religion) unless they personally choose to do so.
jon357   
21 Jan 2013
History / Judge Tuleya mother was in SB [74]

I think all apples fall millions of miles away from apple trees.

Most do.

backs needed scratching, favours returning

I doubt that makes much difference.
jon357   
21 Jan 2013
History / Judge Tuleya mother was in SB [74]

"hot" judge Tuleya who accused Polish Central Anti-Corruption Bureau of stalinist methods was raise by a mother and father who worked for communist political police

Not very relevant to his activities today.