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Posts by Lenka  

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Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

J. Korwin-Mikke

Please don't make me laugh. That guy gives me creeps and I would end up in psychiatric hospital knowing my vote went to someone like that

And it wasn't about parliamentary majority but general support
Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

They are not breaking the law but interpretting it differently.

Actuallly they are if those lists are not complete.

And A. Duda wanted to change the constitution but they realised they don't have thw support
Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

I'm not saying that PiS methods are clean.

And that says it all. How can you create clean enviroment when you start by shitti*g in the middle of the room?
If there is something wrong with those lists all the KRS decisions are under question not to mention that our head of state, defender of the constitution broke the law. And we are supposed to leave it to such people to create standards? No thanks.
Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

It doesn't have to be explained to anyone but half-wits,

So why the support list is not released? It's a legal requirement and suspending a judge for trying to see if it's ok is weird at best...
Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
News / President Duda rules out homo marriage in Poland as banned by the constitution [172]

@Rich
More and more people decide not to have kids or want remain single. And they are saying it loudly and clearly. Dropping birth rate would suggest that more and more people don't see having kids as their life's goal.

That is for sure a sign of hidden homophobia

I wouldn't go that far but if you add this to it:

Because it makes a mockery of marriage.

It starts to point in that direction
Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
News / President Duda rules out homo marriage in Poland as banned by the constitution [172]

civil and legally binding union!

Not in Poland.
And if it's all the same anyway why differentiate between civil union and marriage? What reason would there be for it?

It is a lot less than 10%

Of course. I was just asking at what point should the rights of minorities be respected. If I asked you if the only family in UK of certain origin or religion should have the same rights as the others I'm sure you would say yes. But suddenly when it comes to gay people their number starts to be as issue
Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
News / President Duda rules out homo marriage in Poland as banned by the constitution [172]

It doesn't disgust me. It makes no difference to me btw. And a lot of heterosexual couples do exactly the same thing as gay couples do.

As to being parasites- is having kids the only goal? Because if that's the case all those single or infertile or simply childless people are screwed...Unless of course that only somehow applies to gay people
Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
News / President Duda rules out homo marriage in Poland as banned by the constitution [172]

I thought marriage was mainly about having children

What about inheritance? What about medical info and the right to make decisions in case your spouse can't? What about tax breaks? What about legal protections in case of testyfying?

Somehow all that is available to straight couples even if they don't have and never intend to have kids.

What percentage of the population is 100% gay?

Seriously? We shouldn't care just because there is not that many of them? Does that apply to any minority? What treshhold should we implement- 10%?

Overwhelming majority of Polish society sees the question of what two adult men do in their free time as their entirely private business

Besides the time when they get beaten up for holding hands. Or are being bullied in school. Or many other things.
Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]

Central north London where many Greeks and Turks live you get the best kebabs.

I can easily believe it- after all it's the capital city but generally the standard is low with ready made sauces.
All the places I visited in Poland and Germany had their own recipes with great salads.

But in general I find most cuisine from the former Yugoslavia very appetising.

The food is good but I think their biggest asset is how they run the place- the way they treat their customers plus the atmosphere- great place to spend a nice e evening
Lenka   
5 Feb 2020
News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]

I'm quite surprised that so many of you think it's ok to put judges under political rule. Forget our political scene at the moment and think long term- you really can't see a danger in a political body being able to influence courts? Seriously?

And how can there be a good change starting with some questions about legality of KRS ( a judge is suspended because he wanted to look into support list legally required in the process? Seriously?)
Lenka   
2 Feb 2020
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]

Och I don't care and I don't intend to watch any of it. I was just giving European perspective. That kind of sports fever is reserved mostly for big, international football cups here.

We don't have that whole surrounding- adds and concerts etc. That seem to be almost as important as the event itself
Lenka   
2 Feb 2020
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]

In Europe we mostly hear about the entertainment. Who was wearing what on stage etc. As a sporting event- not so much.

Football World Cup is a different matter
Lenka   
2 Feb 2020
Life / A good Geriatric Doctor in Krakow [5]

Well actually that is often the case. With so many drugs doctors loose track of how they interact etc. Not to mention that old people are ofter under the care of few specialists, each doing their bit without asking about other drugs.
Lenka   
1 Feb 2020
Study / School Uniforms in Poland - not required? [15]

To be fair I don't think it makes much of a difference...
The material status is still clearly visible.
And I think it can be quite educational to learn what is appropriate for certain situarions.

They tried to introduce the uniforms when I started Liceum. There were two top schools in my town- one went for uniforms one didn't. Didn't make slightest difference in the long run.
Lenka   
30 Jan 2020
News / European funds - why Poland should refuse to receive them. [36]

to provide the needed 50% they simply take out long-term loans, so they end up paying off the sum closer to the 100% anyway

There are two pointa here:
-if you are saying that our governments are stupid enough to take loans on such a high interest then we are doomed anyway
- by that logic if the governments had to do this projects on their own they would spend close to 200% as they would have to take the loan for the full ammount.

they would think twice if they really need another acquapark or if they really need an airport

You are blaming the funds for the stupidness of some politicians? They are chosen by the society after all- sad but that is all up to us and we have only that to blame.

And who told you that they wouldn't just take a loan and making it even worse?

As to the farmers- the fact that it could produce so much doesn't mean that it would or that it would be profitable or smart.
Lenka   
30 Jan 2020
News / European funds - why Poland should refuse to receive them. [36]

you have to provide 50% of the money yourself.

Which means 50% comes from the founds. I don't know of course but it seems to me that it's easier to provide 50% than 100%.
And if you are young person starting some small buisness that makes a huge difference.

And I would like to see you convincing the farmers to give up theirs :D
Lenka   
28 Jan 2020
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

I know quite a few who still wouldn't see a reason to have it. And that is even if we forget your sexism- if anything women have more reason to want one as we have on average less physical strenght to fight off the attacker.

And even if we assume you are right- it doesn't change anything- still nore people wouldn't want more relaxed gun law.
Lenka   
28 Jan 2020
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

neither

I assume you made a mental shortcut as noone sane would object to not having mass shootings.

As to why some people don't want more relaxed law- probably different reasons but I would say that top of the list is that they don't feel like they need one and feel safer without easy access to guns in the society.

BTW- thank you for figuring out my sentence- I didn't switch my input to English and the auto fill did the rest.
Lenka   
24 Jan 2020
Law / Alimony and child support - Polish wife seeking divorce [15]

I wouldn't call it that wide. The only question here whether the court will trust him to take the kid back to Japan for holiday.

You have to remember that even if the mother will get the custody it doesn't mean the father's parental rights are removed- he still has the right to be involved in the kids life in resonable ways

But generally as cms said- it's better to believe the lawyer than people here.
Lenka   
23 Jan 2020
News / Coal-Powered Poland Refuses to "Go Green". EU Ain't Happy. [304]

@Johnny

The moment you will get the option to message me in private will be the day I get locked up in a psychiatric hospital.

As to the cleanliness- as Milo pointed out- that electricity comes from somewhere. In Poland that would be coal. If you add to it that it's not as good as other means of heating the cleanliness becomes a question.

However, considering that a lot of people will buy the cheapest coal and even burn things that they shouldn't it would improve things. Not enough though.
Lenka   
23 Jan 2020
News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Or we just shrink to a sustainable level

Possible but for that to happen at some point birth rate would have to jump quite significantly. How likely is it that at that magical moment becoming a parent will suddenly appeal to young people?

trivial problems as having to learn a local language or get used to different store hours

Why do people suddenly think that any problem on the way is a big no- no? Things worth having are usually not easy. Why not look at it as an opportunity to get to know different things about yourself, grow as a human being?

I generally don't think that governments can move groups of people from one end of the world to the other and expect they will fill the wholes left by the dying people (in the same way I don't think young people are simple replacements for their daying grandparents) but if people want to move and the society can use them being there there is nothing tragic or immoral about it.