Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]


I see... I've often heard/seen the opposite opinions from such students though, people living in Poland or just visiting, or that, at least, the racism in Poland isn't as bad as they heard from the news/thought it would be... 🤔

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]


Why do you think that?


I agree.

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]


No, it doesn't :O


I think so... 🤔


WTF... lol o_O

History / Polish Army Day [82]


It doesn't mean that you can treat them like crap. And, unlike human soldiers, they didn't make the choice to join the military.


Yeah, true, although I'm not a veterinarian, so I won't pretend to be an expert on this.

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]


That's patronising. I'd rather think of them as brothers and sisters, if anything.


I don't know, maybe your comment is tongue in cheek, but I'd be pissed if I were reading this as a Belarusian, Lithuanian or Ukrainian. Not funny...

History / Polish Army Day [82]


Yup. Not on camera, obviously :)


Yes and some say that this is what they signed up for and not for parades in scorching heat on the day of their supposed holiday...


Listen, I personally don't have anything against military parades and I think it was cool that they've included military dogs in a parade, because I don't remember that happening before.

Obviously, soldiers are usually tough people and are accustomed to difficult weather conditions and for many it is a pleasure and honour to take part in such an event. It doesn't change the fact, though, that it s*cks when a military parade is taking place during such weather. That's all. Soldiers are human beings too :) So, I'm just sharing the sentiment of some soldiers - I've never taken part as a soldier in full gear in a parade in hot sun and I can only imagine what it's like :) Take it easy, Kania :))

History / Polish Army Day [82]


Yes, some argued, for example, that they could put doggie shoes on them, so the dogs wouldn't have to walk on hot asphalt "barefoot".

According to the Armed Forces General Command they were being taken care of:

"We took care of the doggies' safety. Before the parade they were cooling off in the shadow with cold water, the asphalt was cooled off* for them before their march and the veterinarians, who made the decision to allow the dogs on the parade, were present there all the time and were watching over them."

*Water was poured on the asphalt street a few times before the marching started.

polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2023-08-16/awantura-o-psy-na-defiladzie-dowodztwo-generalne-odpowiada-na-uwagi-internautow/



Admittedly, it wasn't a good day for a parade not only for dogs, but also for soldiers in full gear... 🌞🥵

History / Polish Army Day [82]

@pawian, I didn't look too carefully, but I remember seeing those pennants with other colours too on those military vehicles. If that was some kind of gesture of solidarity with Ukraine then all vehicles would have blue and yellow pennants, but it wasn't the case.

Also, all mechanized units in the Polish army have blue and yellow as their colours.

History / Polish Army Day [82]


I don't want to be a party pooper, but weren't those colours of particular units?

History / Polish Army Day [82]


I wouldn't go that far, but those reenactment groups are defenitely more colourful and an interesting addition to such parades :))


lol

History / Polish Army Day [82]

The commentators on Polish TV said that apparently some Ukrainian TV channels were going to show this parade too. Here's a coverage of the parade with Ukrainian translation and commentary:

youtube.com/live/mSrWw0DJSRU?feature=share

History / Polish Army Day [82]

I liked that idea with GROM soldiers "gliding" in the air on parachutes with Polish flags attached to them - that was cool :)))

Pity there were no reenactment groups on the parade though :/ They're usually the most fun to look at, especially for kids...


Awesome! :D Did you make videos?

History / Polish Army Day [82]


What "clients"? What are you talking about?


I think you overestimate the level of preparation of Polish politicians for such TV shows in Poland lol Poland isn't the US (or Australia). Also, you can't possibly predict every single question the host will ask or how the discussion will evolve. And this "important TV show" is an everyday morning political show, every big TV station has it and politicians attend them on regular basis. It's not like it's some kind of important election debate.


I think you actually lied. You made it look like PO officially announced an all PO party boycott of the parade, which is simply not true. Your "conclusion" is just a guess - nothing more and that's how you should've have portrayed it the first time you wrote about it.


Gajewska isn't a senior PO member and she said she won't take her son to this parade. So she was talking about attending the parade as a private person. As for senior PO politicians - are you talking about them being on that parade officially or privately? Because if you mean an official attendance then they would have to be invited. Were they invited?

I'm guessing there's going to be one PO politician for sure - Tomasz Grodzki - because he's the Marshal of the Senate and he's going to officially represent the Polish Senate at the parade. He should get an honorary spot together with the Prime Minister and the Marshal of the Sejm. Both the Marshal of the Senate and the Marshal of the Sejm are going to be there to represent the Polish Parliament - all the MPs and senators.

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


I'm not being "hysterical". I'm asking you pretty simple and straightforward questions :)


OK, then let us take a look at what an international sports body has to say about this issue:

apnews.com/article/transgender-swimmers-new-rules-fina-world-governing-body-c17e99d3121fa964336458b57ae266f7

"FINA members widely adopted a new "gender inclusion policy" on Sunday that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women's events. The organization also proposed an "open competition category."

"This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It's what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair," James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press."

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


Sportspeople - people who are being affected.


Learn to think by yourself. What is your opinion about the fact that Lia Thomas was allowed to compete against women and share a changing room with them?


That's not what I wrote. I wrote that sport doesn't belong to those organisations. Sport isn't their property. It exists for people, not for governing bodies. Not to mention that those organisations can be far from perfect or even corrupted (FIFA comes to mind).

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


You could say the same about sportspeople.


What about your personal opinion? Don't you have a mind of your own?


No, it isn't o_O

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


So, if gay or transgender people are being treated badly or in an unfair way, I shouldn't get worked up about it, because there aren't that many of them?


So you wouldn't be against, for example, banning Lia Thomas from competing against women?


Sport isn't something that somehow "belongs" to sports governing bodies with others being some kind of "outsiders" that have no right to speak their mind. And, yes, this issue should be taken care of those responsible for sports - the question is how it's going to be settled. There was already some bad precedent, so I'm wondering in what direction this will go.

And it's not just about sports, but more serious issues, like transgender prisoners in female prisons.

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


So is the number of transgender people. So?


You behave like a Soviet/Putinist RuSSian: "But they beat black people in America!"

The fact that there are big injustices happening somewhere else doesn't mean we should allow "small" injustices happening in our countries.


Oh, so, if it's not such a big deal, according to you, then you should have no problem with transgender males being banned from women's sports! :)))

Travel / Being Transgender and visiting Wroclaw [467]


It doesn't matter that the number of people affected is "small" in your opinion. Injustice is injustice. One could also say that the number of transgender people is small - so why should the majority cater to the "whims" of a minority? You're being hypocritical.


There are rules, laws and punishments for match fixing, doping, etc.

History / Polish Army Day [82]


I already did that.


You surely mean sexy! :)


How do you know? Do you know her personally?

History / Polish Army Day [82]


Gajewska said no such thing. She only said that she won't be there at the military parade, she didn't say anything about the rest of PO or any "boycott". The host asked her if she's going to attend and she said that SHE won't. You've drawn some wild conclusions based on that.


...said that she will take part in the celebrations in Lublin.


You're lying again. She didn't say that "only" authoritarian regimes have nice military parades. She said, I quote:

"Don't you have an impression that the more authoritarian the government is, the bigger military parades it organises?"

She does have a point. Besides, not everyone has to be into military parades. Not everyone in the army is a fan of military parades and "military demonstrations" for politicians either, btw.

Also, Anna Mucha is in Polska 2050 now, not in PO.

History / Polish Army Day [82]


Where did you get that info? I tried to google it and nothing comes up - not even on TVP sites.


Or amiga500 is. If PO was intentionally boycotting the parade this news would be all over TVPiS.


I was wondering about that...

News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]

@GefreiterKania, have mercy lol

After WWII industry, farming and science developed to levels unreached before in many countries lol 🤦 The same with population growth:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-20th_century_baby_boom

I'd say that the development in Poland happened despite the "alliance" with the Soviet Union and not thanks to it.

USA, Canada / Netflix's The Witcher TV series [39]


Ciri and Renfri don't look "anorexic" in those TV series.


My sentiments exactly.

USA, Canada / Netflix's The Witcher TV series [39]

@Novichok, I don't know what they looked like, but my grandma is has been always very slim and she chopped wood all her life. If you can chop wood, you can chop people too, I guess.

USA, Canada / Netflix's The Witcher TV series [39]


But women fighting with swords against men isn't something that never happened in the history of mankind :):

rp.pl/archeologia/art10205051-kobiety-tez-walczyly-w-szeregach-wikingow

And already ancient Greeks were creating stories and myths about warrior women - the Amazons:

national-geographic.pl/artykul/amazonki-legendarne-wojowniczki-mitologii-greckiej-czy-istnialy-naprawde

Those stories were based in reality (a quote from the article):

"Around 450 BC Herodotus and other writers described Scythian women fighting on horses next to men"

USA, Canada / Netflix's The Witcher TV series [39]

@Novichok, how are stories like this anti-women? lol This is a fantasy story where there are all kinds of creatures that don't exist in the real world and where people do magic. Are those stories anti-men, because men can't do magic in the real world? Men are smart enough to know that they are simply not capable of making magic lol


Noone fights with swords these days anymore lol These days we have guns. Guns are quite an equaliser - even kids can use them. And women can use guns as well as men. So get over yourself and stop worrying so much about fantasy stories that are supposed to be entertaining. If you were to write novels they would be terribly boring and... very short, I imagine lol

USA, Canada / Netflix's The Witcher TV series [39]


Well, Ciri was trained by witchers in Kaer Morhen, you know. That could give her some advantage in comparison to an average teenage girl, I suppose :)

USA, Canada / Netflix's The Witcher TV series [39]


Ciri's sword was a gwyhyr made by gnomes. It's blade was very light :):

wiedzmin.fandom.com/wiki/Gwyhyr

USA, Canada / Netflix's The Witcher TV series [39]

@Novichok, more popular among people like Strzelec35 maybe. Ciri in the books was 16 years old, you sick f*ck.