jon357
18 Dec 2012
History / Lefties honour Narutowicz [5]
You come across as suggesting that the great man somehow shouldn't have been honoured.
You come across as suggesting that the great man somehow shouldn't have been honoured.
jon357
15 Dec 2012
Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]
It varies from family to family. Very often it isn't the same from tear to year - people do sometimes like a change.
I have never heard about other number than 12 traditional dishes at the Christmas Eve in Poland
It varies from family to family. Very often it isn't the same from tear to year - people do sometimes like a change.
jon357
4 Dec 2012
News / Goodbye Rzeczpospolita, Goodbye Uwazam Rze! Killed by Tusk. [25]
Ask Mr Polanski.
Like Poland?
Ask Mr Polanski.
jon357
3 Dec 2012
News / Goodbye Rzeczpospolita, Goodbye Uwazam Rze! Killed by Tusk. [25]
The allegations in the Wikipedia article are barely the tip of the iceberg. There are good reasons he doesn't go anywhere that has an extradition treaty with the USA.
The allegations in the Wikipedia article are barely the tip of the iceberg. There are good reasons he doesn't go anywhere that has an extradition treaty with the USA.
jon357
3 Dec 2012
News / Goodbye Rzeczpospolita, Goodbye Uwazam Rze! Killed by Tusk. [25]
As far as I know it can't be sold by the Scott Trust - all they could do is go web only.
That's nationalism for you - they'll get into bed with anybody as long as it suits their purpose, like the SNP back in the Thirties.
One wonders if The Guardian might not be bought in a similar manner to The Independent and be used as one's vehicle of protection.
As far as I know it can't be sold by the Scott Trust - all they could do is go web only.
One wonders why the listeners/readers tolerate the financing of their media outlet by known Nazis.
That's nationalism for you - they'll get into bed with anybody as long as it suits their purpose, like the SNP back in the Thirties.
jon357
3 Dec 2012
News / Goodbye Rzeczpospolita, Goodbye Uwazam Rze! Killed by Tusk. [25]
Nothing unusual. In the UK, the Daily Express and The Guardian are both running at a huge loss and likely to lose their print editions within the next year or so. Both formerly popular and so politically different that only a fool would suspect political interference.
In PL, nobody would bother interfering with Rz, whose readers are well able to make their own minds up, or Uwazam Rze which is one of many (too many) news magazines and has an expensive glossy format and tiny print sales.
There's no political interference and to suggest so is trivial and vexatious trolling.
Worth mentioning though that Nasz Dziennik doesn't make much on cover price or advertising revenue and Gazeta Polska only exists because it is bankrolled by very shady sources outside Poland.
Nothing unusual. In the UK, the Daily Express and The Guardian are both running at a huge loss and likely to lose their print editions within the next year or so. Both formerly popular and so politically different that only a fool would suspect political interference.
In PL, nobody would bother interfering with Rz, whose readers are well able to make their own minds up, or Uwazam Rze which is one of many (too many) news magazines and has an expensive glossy format and tiny print sales.
There's no political interference and to suggest so is trivial and vexatious trolling.
Worth mentioning though that Nasz Dziennik doesn't make much on cover price or advertising revenue and Gazeta Polska only exists because it is bankrolled by very shady sources outside Poland.
jon357
29 Nov 2012
News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]
What a bizarre thing to say. Evidently you can't handle the truth.
Absolutely spot on.
the famous liberal compassion and inclusion
What a bizarre thing to say. Evidently you can't handle the truth.
I also notice that you have that homo sovieticus trait in you Polonius. When faced with facts which compromise PIS and cannot be defended, you dig up some old story which in your mind outweighs the former. Typical soviet approach.
Absolutely spot on.
jon357
29 Nov 2012
News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]
If you need to ask that question, you're on the margins of our society anyway. I quite liked Wajda's comment - better than Braun's.
I'd like to know who are 'we'.
If you need to ask that question, you're on the margins of our society anyway. I quite liked Wajda's comment - better than Braun's.
jon357
28 Nov 2012
News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]
A bit of both. It's a dramatic expression of feeling and more droll than anything else, but at least we still have prosecutors that people can report things to, should they be so minded.
Is that yet another example of today's 'five minutes of fame syndrome'? It has certainly created a buzz round a none-too-prominent film-maker. Some say he should be reported to the prosecutor.
A bit of both. It's a dramatic expression of feeling and more droll than anything else, but at least we still have prosecutors that people can report things to, should they be so minded.
jon357
25 Nov 2012
Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [382]
It's usually done to save money or if they need a very quick turnaround.
It's usually done to save money or if they need a very quick turnaround.
jon357
24 Nov 2012
History / Pokłosie (film on Jedwabne) [36]
You mean you disagree with it. Would you rather the only viewpoint presented was yours?
You mean you disagree with it. Would you rather the only viewpoint presented was yours?
jon357
23 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]
Worth checking out the difference between genocide and democide.
genocides
Worth checking out the difference between genocide and democide.
jon357
23 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]
My point entirely. We only use the polite form.
BTW, some of us are from the North.
I really don't think one can say that there is a familiar or singular form of 'thee/thou' in Modern English - that is just misleading
My point entirely. We only use the polite form.
BTW, some of us are from the North.
jon357
23 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]
Spot on. You move to a new country and you don't actually have to like every character trait of the people. You just accept it and get on with life. Moaning won't change it - better to smile.
Spot on. You move to a new country and you don't actually have to like every character trait of the people. You just accept it and get on with life. Moaning won't change it - better to smile.
jon357
23 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]
You get the feeling that he's unhappy and frustrated with his lot in life.
His opinions are very casual on the surface observations
You get the feeling that he's unhappy and frustrated with his lot in life.
jon357
21 Nov 2012
Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]
His book popularised it among doctors.
I wonder how many people can answer a question like that.
there is a huge difference between some famous surgeon who think that cutting is good, and the surgical procedure that is seen as standard
His book popularised it among doctors.
If you are an American - is your grandfather circumcised?
I wonder how many people can answer a question like that.
jon357
21 Nov 2012
Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]
Wikipedia says this:
Peter Charles Remondino was active in the last couple of decades of the Nineteenth Century.
Wikipedia says this:
Circumcision has only been thought of as a common medical procedure since late Victorian times. In 1870, influential orthopedic surgeon Lewis Sayre, a founder of the American Medical Association, began using circumcision as a purported cure for several cases of young boys presenting with paralysis or significant gross motor problems.
Peter Charles Remondino was active in the last couple of decades of the Nineteenth Century.
jon357
21 Nov 2012
Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]
I think before. They also used to perform clitoridectomies on unruly women.
I think before. They also used to perform clitoridectomies on unruly women.
jon357
21 Nov 2012
History / Khazar migrations to Eastern Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine [106]
Google the latest results of DNA analysis.
I have read that a lot of Jews are not Khazars from other sites.
Google the latest results of DNA analysis.
jon357
18 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]
Even less so ;-)
Even less so ;-)
jon357
18 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]
To a point. But it's hard to imagine an Englishman saying "Zajęty" in an abrupt manner to a stranger, or a shop assistant saying a brusque "nie ma".
It's silly to compare the language nuances and accuse others of lack of manners.
To a point. But it's hard to imagine an Englishman saying "Zajęty" in an abrupt manner to a stranger, or a shop assistant saying a brusque "nie ma".
jon357
18 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]
It's very rare in English too. Only in certain parts of the country and even then, not often.
In Britain, most people usually use the polite form 'you' even if they're speaking to only one person (Wy, vous, Sie etc) and never the familiar form 'thee' (ty, tu, du etc). This has been the case for so long that the 'ty' form is almost forgotten.
British politeness.
Why Britsh people scarcely use kind forms of refering to strangers like sir, madam. In Polish we have Pan and Pani
It's very rare in English too. Only in certain parts of the country and even then, not often.
In Britain, most people usually use the polite form 'you' even if they're speaking to only one person (Wy, vous, Sie etc) and never the familiar form 'thee' (ty, tu, du etc). This has been the case for so long that the 'ty' form is almost forgotten.
British politeness.
jon357
18 Nov 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Where I'm from they're either run by the state or by not-for-profit organisations.
As for 'snuffing' out a life: doctors are not in the business of murder - a foetus does not think, does not have memories, is not a person. A computer is a computer even before the software is loaded. But can it be used?
abortion clinics are not in it for the buck.
Where I'm from they're either run by the state or by not-for-profit organisations.
As for 'snuffing' out a life: doctors are not in the business of murder - a foetus does not think, does not have memories, is not a person. A computer is a computer even before the software is loaded. But can it be used?
jon357
18 Nov 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
True - but the impetus for legal termination (and for that matter euthanasia) comes squarely from within the profession. The suggestion that there's a financial incentive is bizarre - especially since many performed the operation on women from low income households for free, in the dark days before legalisation; not to mention that in the UK, Scandinavia, Holland etc many, if not most, doctors are salaried.
True - but the impetus for legal termination (and for that matter euthanasia) comes squarely from within the profession. The suggestion that there's a financial incentive is bizarre - especially since many performed the operation on women from low income households for free, in the dark days before legalisation; not to mention that in the UK, Scandinavia, Holland etc many, if not most, doctors are salaried.
jon357
18 Nov 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Obviously you're entitled to hold whatever opinion you like, but I'll stick with the opinions of the medical profession.
Unfortunately your logic doesn't quite work here. People who are pro-choice are not forcing you to do anything or imposing any opinion. They are not stopping you doing anything; nor are they forcing you to do anything. They are merely expecting that they do not have to follow your particular set of personal rules.
no one has clearly determined when a baby is alive in the mother's womb
Obviously you're entitled to hold whatever opinion you like, but I'll stick with the opinions of the medical profession.
don't you realize that you're doing just that, you're imposing your opinion on me and people who feel like me?
Unfortunately your logic doesn't quite work here. People who are pro-choice are not forcing you to do anything or imposing any opinion. They are not stopping you doing anything; nor are they forcing you to do anything. They are merely expecting that they do not have to follow your particular set of personal rules.
jon357
18 Nov 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Or why would you force a woman to continue a pregnancy she doesn't want, especially when doctors agree there is no reason for the procedure not to be carried out?
If people don't want to have pregnancy terminations for whatever reason, religious, cultural, whatever, they don't have to have one. Their convictions a for them - and not to be imposed on others, especially in the face of medical evidence.
And by the way, where healthcare is concerned, your country is very much one of the least developed of the richer parts of the world.
Or why would you force a woman to continue a pregnancy she doesn't want, especially when doctors agree there is no reason for the procedure not to be carried out?
If people don't want to have pregnancy terminations for whatever reason, religious, cultural, whatever, they don't have to have one. Their convictions a for them - and not to be imposed on others, especially in the face of medical evidence.
And by the way, where healthcare is concerned, your country is very much one of the least developed of the richer parts of the world.
jon357
18 Nov 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
That depends if you consider a body that doesn't think to be truly alive. By the same logic nobody's life support machine would ever be switched off nor feeding withdrawn.
By the way, healthcare in your country may be all about money. In more developed societies there is less hysteria and more rational social policy.
That depends if you consider a body that doesn't think to be truly alive. By the same logic nobody's life support machine would ever be switched off nor feeding withdrawn.
By the way, healthcare in your country may be all about money. In more developed societies there is less hysteria and more rational social policy.
jon357
18 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [168]
Exactly. Worse happens in Warsaw a thousand times a day.
Exactly. Worse happens in Warsaw a thousand times a day.
jon357
18 Nov 2012
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Most doctors and medical ethics specialists have no problem with it at all.
Most doctors and medical ethics specialists have no problem with it at all.
jon357
17 Nov 2012
Life / Poczta Polska Is Killing ME! Transit time. [28]
I just got an important letter. 22 days from London to Warsaw! You could walk with the letter and deliver it by hand faster than that.
Poczta Polska aren't fit to be involved in deliveries within the EU unless they're administered by another countries postal service!
I just got an important letter. 22 days from London to Warsaw! You could walk with the letter and deliver it by hand faster than that.
Poczta Polska aren't fit to be involved in deliveries within the EU unless they're administered by another countries postal service!