Study / Question about studing Polish history and culture [20]


Really?

lechpoznan.pl/aktualnosci,2,przepraszam-w-imieniu-zespolu,28212.html

Second paragraph contains an example of just that. First result I found on Google, but there are many more.

Polish allows you to start sentences with a single letter. Perhaps you are betraying having learnt Polish as a second language with such comments.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]


I've seen it suggested that this is what will make or break Tesla as a company. They need to be able to massively ramp up production without sacrificing quality, and I'm not convinced they're going to be able to do it. Anyone can create a niche car company, but mass production is a whole different story.

Life / Drugs in Warsaw [111]


I'm wondering the same. Clearly a class or six on reading comprehension is required.

Life / Drugs in Warsaw [111]


Yep, from what I gather, the supply of weed in the Czech Republic in particular is so decentralised that it's impossible for organised crime to get a hold of the supply there. In turn, there's no possibility for dealers to introduce the harder stuff.

Life / Drugs in Warsaw [111]


With weed in particular, it's far more effective to talk to the consumers to find out about the supply chain. There's little to no sense in busting someone for personal use of the stuff.

Life / Drugs in Warsaw [111]


Speaking of which, a friend of mine was telling me that celebrities in Poland have finally caught up with the excesses of the late 1990's/early 2000's in London and are behaving in an entirely similar way. Coke seems to be very much the drug du jour among the Warsaw jetset these days.

Life / Drugs in Warsaw [111]


It's not a crime in Poland to discuss the drug laws in different countries.

Again, stop trying to project American hyper-sensitivity onto Europeans.


I remember it well. His knowledge of the drug is certainly far beyond the average lay person.

History / 75th anniversay of Dr Janusz Korczak's death - a true Polish hero [26]


Not only of those years, but of the 20th century in general. Korczak was the very definition of a great Pole during his lifetime, and the country was far worse for losing him.

Life / Drugs in Warsaw [111]


Nope. Not enough under EU law.


Nope. The Polish government cannot revoke the citizenship of a Polish citizen.

Life / Drugs in Warsaw [111]


EU citizens cannot be deported, except in a couple of very restricted circumstances.

Life / Drugs in Warsaw [111]

There's a huge social stigma against reporting people to the police as well. Hard to imagine that 99.99% of people he knows would report them, unless he (to quote Polly) is exclusively friends with ex-SB snitches.

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [625]

It was sorted. It's Kaczyński trying to bring up a diversion from the fact that Poland has just ignored an ECJ ruling, which is unprecedented.

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]


How was Hungary towards Serbia during the Yugoslav Wars, Crowie?

I only know that Hungary was known for turning a blind eye to the UN sanctions so Serbians could at least somehow live.

News / Tusk turning his back to idea about Intermarium (New Commonwealth), seeing only EU as future for Poland [124]


A fantasy, to say the last. The Czechs want nothing to do with Poland, the Hungarians are out only for themselves (and they've just done a very dodgy deal with the Russians) and the Slovaks are always looking East.


Sounds like someone who is promoting the idea of Big Brother Russia looking after us again.


Yep, definitely a Russian sympathiser here.

News / Nuclear Power in Poland? Yes, please! Absolutely nobody disagrees! [73]

There's nothing to explain, because as we can see clearly, the situation never existed.

If it had, why isn't there a single investigation into it?

News / Nuclear Power in Poland? Yes, please! Absolutely nobody disagrees! [73]


When was the last poll on the matter, Polly?


It's very unlikely that PiS will fund such a thing. PO couldn't find the money for it, and PiS aren't going to spend untold billions on such a thing. The only possible alternative is for the neo-colonial Chinese to pay for it, but that would come at huge political costs.

News / Will America send troops to fight a Russian invasion of Baltics and/or Poland? [283]

I think the US would intervene if it posed a serious threat to those countries, but it's hard to see them intervening over a sparsely inhabited territory, especially if they don't actually invade Suwałki or Marijampolje. Creating a UN protection zone there would suit Russia perfectly, and the inability of Poland to respond would be a massive coup for Russia.

News / Will America send troops to fight a Russian invasion of Baltics and/or Poland? [283]


Depends what the objective is. If the plan is merely to seize the Suwałki Gap, then it's likely that the Americans will agree to a UN-supported ceasefire with free passage for all sides rather than confront Russia head on.

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

Yes. Even if he wanted to "understand" it, he could have done that without acquiring top grades in the subject.

It was a point of honour among many people in universities studies to get a 3 from the subject, just like in Russian classes in school. I struggle to understand why Jarek would want top grades from the subject.

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

Top grades, as well. I know a couple of dissidents from back then, and they did exactly enough to pass and no more. Hard to imagine what kind of person would willingly obtain top grades in such studies.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


As would everyone else.

Polly, of course, supports corrupt local businessmen over the Polish Nation.

History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

Could you perhaps provide some proof of your allegations, rather than making a random post that contains nothing but jealous accusations?

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Things are getting worse, much worse for PiS.

rp.pl/Polityka/170729244-Sondaz-Polacy-uwazaja-ze-demokracja-jest-zagrozona.html

The latest poll shows that 56% of respondents agree that democracy is in danger in Poland, with the most notable part being that 71% of those aged 18-24 believe that it is. This is the same group that came out as being 82% opposed to the government, and anyone interested in Polish political history will know that it was the youth vote that destroyed PiS in 2007.

Interestingly, the same poll showed that 35% support PO/N. together, as opposed to only 32% supporting the United Right.

In short, good night PiS side.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Fantastic news. The forest is safe for now from the maniac who declared this morning that he wanted to log an additional million trees from there.

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

Oh look, another Russian troll trying to divide Poland and Ukraine.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Rather confirms that PiS don't know what they're doing if they can't get the money spent.

By the way, that's only the cohesion funds. You've forgotten about the CAP and other fiscal transfers.

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]


Absolutely. It was by far the biggest failing of the Euro that it should never have been extended to many of the countries. I can only count Ireland, France, Germany, Benelux and Austria as really being ready in 1999 for it. Maybe Finland, but it's a judgement call after the collapse of their economy in the early 1990's.

Even today, who else really belongs? Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Malta, that's about it.

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]


I wouldn't say no cultural power, but the cultural influence rapidly diminished after 2004.

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]


Let's not forget that they were occupying Berlin until 1990 as well.

In fairness, the British hardly cared from the 70's onwards, but the Americans and French certainly took their occupying power status seriously.

History / Film "Wałęsa" - historical reality vs myth - controvercies [110]


Basically, it's not a commemoration. It's a political rally, which many families are against as they won't let the dead rest in peace.

The disruption of the event is in protest against the way that Krakowskie Przedmieście has been turned into a political rally grounds monthly.