Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]


yes, I do believe in that - in a way it was pretty easy for me to believe in that as I experienced related things and the teaching I introduced you to is just a small part of large body of teaching I find reliable based on my personal experiences - but one thing should be said - believing in things is not enough - I can believe rock music is harmful to my soul but can still listen to it occasionally - simply believing is not heeding - they say even satan believes in God (and they also say even satan can be saved - it's a matter of revising some choices)

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]


yes it is - it's not me who came up with that - and I liked jazz before - the mechanism why rock or jazz music gives you pleasure is explained here:

the article is lengthy but the explanation is there (just be patient and read on)

ok I this is the most telling bit but I recommend you read the whole article

The basis for this new musical culture is music based on the syncopated beat, which breaks the rhythm of life. This forces the spiritual light into the lower chakras, where it is released in a violent action. As explained elsewhere, the chakras are designed to release light, and therefore it feels good when light is flowing through them. So even if light is forced through the chakras, the flow of light will still produce a pleasurable sensation. This is what causes people to feel pleasure during a violent release of light, whether this happens through rock music, certain forms of sex or other activities that force the light through the lower chakras. When a man is raping a woman, he feels pleasure, but I am sure you agree that doesn't make rape right.

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]

do you mean that RMF FM and Radio Zet are state sponsored? nah

btw contemporary music is overrated - the true Music is Mozart Haendel and Enya ;)

to be true actually I would have to state that off-beat type of music (most pop, all rock, jazz and blues) is a spiritual poison - if anyone of you are into spirituality

(I can give you hints where to search for into on that)

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]

the last decent Polish bit I heard was this ;)

youtu.be/mw-boSbDiKg

History / Polish conscripts to German army [132]

DP (displaced person) problem arose when the concentration and labour and POW camps in Germany (and not Italy) got liberated by Allies from what I can gather -

but maybe you are right about those Silesians though I seriously doubt it - I know from a particular book that some surely did fight after joining the Polish army in Italy - maybe you can find Bohdan Tymieniecki book or memoirs in English (the guy was a tank commander and he writes about Silesians who were transfered to his unit - one particular became his gunner as he had served as a gunner in the German Panzerwaffe before) - I don't know any English source on that (and actually no detailed historical Polish source) and I'm not in a shape to start a search now

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]


that actually sums up what a musical void Poland is - her best talent have to sing foreign songs and in foreign tongues - croggers you really should have chosen Bulgaria and not POland ;) (Bulgaria is a proper Slavic country)


well, it's a public secret that Violetta Villas was actually born Wilhelm Chałupa ;)

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]

I guess our Liverpudlian friend will now succumb to despair and move out of this musical inferno Poland is ;)

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]

the last Polish person who had an ear for music died 2 years ago (and she was very old already) ;)

I think it is now pretty clear for you why you have never heard of a Polish musical group never mind a singer :P

Life / Help me find this Polish band and song.... [117]


youtube.com/watch?v=f6wB4a98gmg

the video contains the melody you just need to wait for a while

it's siwy koń, siwy koń, malowane sanki, pojechał, pojechał do swojej kochanki (or pojadę ja nimi as they sing)

perhaps you can google the whole lyrics when you type 'siwy koń, siwy koń, malowane sanki' + 'tekst piosenki'

siwy koń - grey horse
malowane sanki - painted sleigh

History / Polish conscripts to German army [132]


After realising that a lot of Polish speaking Silesians who were earlier drafted into Wehrmacht (often as your dad being blackmailed to sign a Volksliste) were taken prisoner of war in Italy Polish army in Italy (forces under command of Władysław Anders) made an effort to offer these guys joining the Polish army and many eventually did (I can't remember but I guess it was more then 10 000 people) - and it is true that those who returned in early after the war to their homeland were imprisoned by the communists (even in the Auschwitz camp), often tortured and some even killed - some where also sent to Siberia

Language / How to overcome the difficulties on learning Polish consonants ? [5]

if there is a will there is a way

the thing is is it actually worth it to master Polish pronounciation to the point of not sticking out as a foreigner when speaking Polish? - I think it's not worth it most of the time - the reason is: I guess it is possible to perfectly imiatate Polish pronounciations even (if people can perfectly imitate birds and other fauna why not POlish) for an Anglophone but I'm pretty sure it requires loooooots of effort and and imaginative effort at that

History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [120]


an average Polish citizens knows kebab, remembers Turkish woolen sweaters and Turkish jeans (early 90's) and knows Turkey is a beautiful country with brilliant seaside and lots of historic places

some remember from history lessons that there were wars between Poland and Turkey

Language / Polish grammar made easy [23]

Polish grammar made easy - eh - you can't make Polish grammar easy - you can explain it more accessibly or transparently but making it easy? nah

Life / Gifts from Poland (I'm returning to my country after a year in Poland) [37]


again Solidarność cream fudges are the best - they are the most mild (ie not too sweet) - you won't find Śliwka nałęczowska solidarnosc.pl/index.php?option=products&task=list&cid=23 in discount stores - look in sweet shops and delis

Life / Polish comedies created by Bareja, are they understandable for non Polish people ? [12]

there is a one genial scene in the movie that happens when the main prothagonists drinks in a pub in Hungary and retells to some Hungarian lad he's drinking with (the Hungarian is already dead drunk) the story of Otello (he was at a 'Otello' spectacle in a Budapest theatre that day) - he grabs the waiter's neck to show how Otello strangled Desdemona and the panicked waiter (a Hungarian too obviously) gives back the change from the notes he just received from the Polish guy

... - the scene starts at 1:45 more or less

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]


Estonian? :)


they are petunias - quite commonly grown in Poland (I don't know about elsewhere) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petunia

Real Estate / Renting flat/apartment with dog Gdansk? [24]

but not in your day-to-day newspapers and their classifieds websites

Jars77 when you contact the owners just ask if it's all right for you to keep a dog (and state the breed and how big it is) - in some cases the owners will object, in most cases they won't

Life / Help with Polish address - the correct way of putting that on an envelope? [29]


yes line by line - and yes the last line is most probably a 'fake' postcode - it doesn't mean a thing in terms of addressing in Poland and there is already a postcode 25001

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]

i'm not into funniness in politics - well actually politicians could have a sense of humour but I'm not the fan of Mr Palikot's sense of humour

btw you were supposed to go to bed, pal - I don't need to get up early - you do - good night then

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


hehe good job - rather a big push from media - remember those who want to create a political movement in Poland and don't have a support of the TV's just won't make it - and if you think Palikot and his bunch are anti-establishment then think again

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


you like whom? Urban and Nie? well - de gustibus.. hehe - if you don't know what you like I will point it out for you - (if it is really Urban that you like) - it is cynicism - I wonder if you like Palikot too

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]

with doubts about what? about wethere he was a traitor of whether he was a hero? not being able to believe that people can act heroically? do you yourself feel betrayed by Kukliński? why actually if so? I pretty much think you have read or listened to Janusz Korwin-Mikke too much in your life - maybe you don't believe Kukliński was risking his life? or maybe you think he was a double agent? or maybe you think he was a genuine defector but the information he fed the US was false because it was fed by some Soviet intelligence cells? see a broader picture and what fits there

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


oh my - would you risk your life (and that of your family) for even a couple of million bucks - Kukliński had a pretty comfortable postion - higher officer in the center of Polish army staff - you may lack in belief in higher principles or possibility that people can sacrifice for others - just read up - and try to imagine yourself in the guys situation

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


can't you really see the analogy with mafia? or a company that covers their operations that are highly detrimental to the environment?

if these people who he worked with were deluded and believed in certain things and then felt betrayed it's actually only their problem - they haven't been punished because of his deeds - so what do you want

imagine yourself working in a company that smugles say radioactive waste to landfills - you didn't know that but you learn it step by step - what do you do - cover for those who you work with - not open your mouth because your friends tell you not to cause they don't want their company to get a bad name? - what is loyalty worth if you are loyal to evil???


then simply read up, pal - cause you just seem to know to little about the guy (or your imagination fails you)

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


what is not clear - do you think the guy sold Soviet tactical and strategic plans to Americans for money? are his not motives clear for you - communist Poland was no America - if found a traitor would be killed - noone of such an intelectual composure would risk his life for his personal gains - some facts may not be clear OK - perhaps we will never know the detail - but if you don't find his motives clear then I completely don't understand you

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


it's to offend

and no I don't mean to offend you - you offend yourself with your flawed logic

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


in what way are you loyal to Poland? because I can think of many ways you can be quite unloyal to Poland (btw loyal to Poland means loyal to the government or the Polish people well-being in your dictionary)

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]

this is called relativism in case you didn't know

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


if you betray mafia you are a traitor - and well you should be killed prefferably by the police - or sentenced to death for your filthy deed by an official tribunal - it's your own logic

btw I think you only have an opinnion on that matter because you're addicted to having opinnions :)

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]

and the guy had plenty of courage to do what he did - I don't know if I would ever be that courageous