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SeanBM   
16 May 2011
Life / New Polish generation prefers black culture? [145]

black culture?

There is no such thing as ''black culture''.

I believe what you want to talk about is "Ghetto African American black culture".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto#African_American_ghettos

Unbelievable that youz group so many people, so many lifestyles and cultures into one segment of one country's culture.
SeanBM   
1 May 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

Leviticus 26:1,

John 14:6

Yeah, you'd be hard pressed to find any mention of the pope in the bible too.
Fact is he was the head of the Catholic church, not a god as you are trying to make out.
Like Buddha in Buddhist countries, people have his image everywhere here, pray to him and respect him but do not think he is a God.

btw I'm atheist and it's by researching religeons that has made me such.

BTW I am also an atheist but this is not about me or you :)
SeanBM   
1 May 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

There are Polish and papal flags everywhere for the last week.

Even here in the relatively small town I live in they have erected a statue of the pope and a stage for the celebration.

I can't turn on the radio though, it's all they are talking about.

It's good to see Poles unite.

I'm confused is there not a bit in the bible about false idols?

He was the pope, the head of the church, I don't think that makes him a false idol in the eyes of practising Catholics.
SeanBM   
30 Apr 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

Who really wants their dead corpse on display? Death isn't a pretty affair and who likes to look like it but it is the truth.

I think one of the main things JPII would have wanted is people from different religions to join rather than fraction and I agree with this.
SeanBM   
29 Apr 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

I saw many people hitch-hiking, on the Zakopiańska during the week, carrying a board with the Vatican's flag on it.
Obviously going to the ceremony.

weaEWRFAS

I just thought some of you might like to know.
SeanBM   
23 Apr 2011
USA, Canada / To move back to Poland from the USA or not to move back....that is the question [119]

I didn't mean to sound like I'm putting down Poland,

It really is how it sounds.

some people still have to live there.

Actually people here can leave any time they wish, which means the choose to be here.

Please accept my apologies sean.

Ah here, I don't want an apology, it's just my opinion.

You could talk about some of the positive things about Poland from time to time, you know for some sort of balance.
SeanBM   
23 Apr 2011
USA, Canada / To move back to Poland from the USA or not to move back....that is the question [119]

we all know that “felt that I belong in Poland” is bunch of crap.

Does it really booste your ego to continusly put Poland down?

You harp on about the hardships you endured in Poland and how you are a self made man in America, a true blue, white and red.

But that's all bullcrap, you just try to justify your decision to leave Poland by putting Poland down all the time that's why you're on these forums.

Hope it makes you feel the big man.
SeanBM   
23 Apr 2011
News / Raising Poland's legal drinking age to 21 [95]

supposedly 50-60% of Polish 12-14 year olds get drunk on a regular basis.

So going on those statistics, raising the legal age will only make things worse i.e. more illegal drinkers.

It's good that they look at the United States and it's success with drunk driving (21 y/o drinking age and stiffer DUI laws)

I agree with this completely.

I agree again, the drug of choice is alcohol here.

Poland very much reminds me of life in Ireland growing up in this respect.
And what made most young Irish people afraid of drink driving was a very graphic and heart wrenching national campaign on the T.V.
There were horrific advertisements showing the full details of what happens when you hurtle a ton of metal, plastic and rubber down the road impaired.
SeanBM   
21 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]

I was brought up that way. Please, forgive me.

I will try to find it in my heart to wrench out a little forgiveness.

So if the brains are too small on a fish's head to eat, what exactly do you do with them?
I mean there isn't really much meat on them for eating.
SeanBM   
21 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]

the truth

This is the internet, I am not concerned with the truth in the slightest.
Give me an entertaining lie over a boring truth any day of the week :)

As you were saying: after dying, being reanimated and turning in to a zombie, you have had a thing for brains... ;)

Like wet spam, but not too bad.

Oh the Scottish know how to turn your stomach (literally) with weird foods :)
SeanBM   
4 Apr 2011
Life / Will the price of petrol/diesel reach 7 Zlotys in 2011 [58]

PLN 5- 5.35 per ltr

I have noticed the price going up but I have been too busy to find out why.

Is it really because of Egypt and Tunisia and Libya? Or something else altogether, I ask becuase I think I heard something on the news and it wasn't about that.
SeanBM   
3 Apr 2011
Life / Do you think women have the place they deserve in modern Polish society ? [31]

Out of my personal experience - 8 out of 10 married women I know, would happily stay at home
and rear their children, if they could only afford it financially. Of course, those who want to work
should, by all means, be allowed to do so.

It would appear the difference between the legal status of maternity and paternity leave in countries backs your opinion.

immensely beneficial to the state

Are you talking about?:

the upkeep cost of a single
crèche or playschool place, that a local gmina is paying, is 1500PLN/month; at that time the mother
of that baby goes to work in which she earns 1200PLN/month (as a cashier in a supermarket for example).
Why don't we just give the 1200PLN to her, so she can stay at home with her kid, and we'll still have
300PLN left in the gmina's treasury?

Or the benefit to society?

Probably both...
SeanBM   
3 Apr 2011
Life / Do you think women have the place they deserve in modern Polish society ? [31]

mothers could concentrate on keeping the house and rearing children...something that most women would be happy to do,

I am not certain about that, I really don't know.

so she can stay at home with her kid, and we'll still have
300PLN left in the gmina's treasury?

I found this about Poland:

Paid maternity leave-16-18 weeks 100%

Paid maternity (% of annual) - 35%

Paid paternity leave - 7 days 100% (14 days since 2011)

Unpaid maternity leave - up to 3 years, may be splitted

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave#Europe
SeanBM   
3 Apr 2011
Life / Do you think women have the place they deserve in modern Polish society ? [31]

gender positions

''Gender roles'' is an interesting idea.

These days both parents work to pay the mortgage, their kids are brought up by T.V. and nonrelatives in school.

I am not saying that women should stay at home and rear the children, that is for couples to decide but I think it is better if one of the parents doesn't work, at least full time, during their children's childhood.

Childhoods are just too precious.
SeanBM   
3 Apr 2011
Life / Do you think women have the place they deserve in modern Polish society ? [31]

Chivalry died when equality was born ;)

I find Polish women maintain their femininity without being some kind of subservient sex.

One of the main differences was Poland's communist era, when women were valued members of the workforce. Not like in other "Western" countries where women were repressed and hence a sexual revelation came about in many countries.

sfgdh

I think there has been a "return to family values" here in Poland after communism and while other "western" countries have gone through the sexual revolution, they now look at Poland and mistakingly judge it based on their own history and perhaps see women as they were once in discriminated against in the "west".

Poland had a female Taoiseach Hanna Suchocka, I don't know many countries who have a female for the most powerful member of state (but maybe that is my fault?).

I find that women in other countries like Ireland and Norway dress and act like men but are offended when they are treated like men. I guess they have yet to find themselves.

attitude of some employers towards women
who have babies and go on maternity leave.

In Lithuania, I have met women who want to secure full time contracts before they get pregnant, for the benefits, which didn't seem very fair either.

Polish women in the great nation of Poland tend to present themselves as sex toys.

A minority maybe but certainly not the majority.
Where have you been hanging around? ;)
SeanBM   
17 Mar 2011
Life / St Patrick's day in Poland [272]

Sláinte!!!

The Americans might find it curious that in Ireland on St Pat's day, it is not tradition to wear green (and be pinched for the offence of not wearing it), that is American made.

(Jesus it's all BS anyway - I mean , as I type, I'm drinking American beer and will be going out of my way to avoid all festivities later today)

Yes it is all BS but feck it, it's enjoyable :)

That is the legacy of Ollie Morgan AKA The Irish Ambassador.

I didn't know the full story, M told me years ago but left out some bits and added udders ;)
SeanBM   
16 Mar 2011
Life / St Patrick's day in Poland [272]

Just had a look at the site.

me too, it's not Irish owned and they made many basic mistakes on their site e.g. Irish Whisky (no"E")

A friend said she was going there tomorrow, so I will pass on your recommendation for Jimmy Bradleys, thanks for the tip!

Do you speak Gaelic? it sounds interesting.

Every Irish national in Ireland must learn Irish in school.
Unfortunately the way most of us were taught was using the "Latin method" which is probably the worst method there is but that is changing with Irish T.V. and radio getting better and the general attitude towards learning it.

One of the impacts Poles had in emigrating to Ireland was showing Irish people what they had and since then, there has been a huge upsurge in learning Irish/ Before there were very few foreigners in Ireland, like Poland is now. (no doubt the trolls will twist that but to hell with the begrudgers, it's all good!)

Ireland's official languages are English and Irish, every public servant and sign has to be in both languages.

There are areas that only speak Irish, I got extra tuition from a lady who had to learn English when she moved to Dublin.

It really is a beautiful language, you might think I am bias and I may well be but it still doesn't stop me from thinking it's a beautiful language.