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Posts by irishlodz  

Joined: 19 Oct 2009 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 23 Feb 2016
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Posts: Total: 135 / Live: 12 / Archived: 123 		From: Poland, Lodz
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irishlodz   
15 Jan 2010
Love / I love my Polish girl! Wanted to share my story. [55]

I'm married to a Polish girl and living in Lodz. Personally didn't have any problem with my family accepting her, wouldn't have tolerated it for a second if there was. Her mother and Granny were concerned that I would drag her back to Ireland though. We now live in Poland, jobs not easy to find though without language. Locals have excellent English so being a native speaker is little advantage.

The fact is that Poland's economy is the best performing in Europe at the moment and UK/Ireland among worst. What advantage has the girl got in going to UK. As an EU citizen she can go where she wants when she wants, visa argument bullsh1t and Poland is not as poor as westerners think. Just because they don't spend a fortune on pretty houses and gardens like we do in the West people think the place is impoverished. Well my friends did when they landed first.

You would want to have a serious sit down with your family and straighten them out, in my opinion.
irishlodz   
11 May 2010
History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

Topic formed by Moderator

I also said earlier on that Poles and Jews are kinda like the same. They both suffered tremendously

Fair enough. This thread like many others could drag on forever. If we're accepting the wiki facts on this, the majority of victims were likely non-Jews and the majority of the Jews were Poles. That means clearly Poland and its citizens were the main victims (but far from the only ones). This country was extremely ethnically/religiously diverse pre-war, today it is one of the most mono-cultural countries in Europe. Yes the Jews were just selected to a man for this horrible fate, but did it matter who you were and why once you were selected. Even in the exclusively Jewish Lodz Ghetto there were dozens if not hundred's of Christians among the victims (Jewish Maids, spouses of Jews, second/third generation Christians etc). Attached to the Lodz Ghetto was a "school" for the children of parents the Nazi's decided were undesirable. They suffered the same fate of slave labour and starvation, and were taught by Jewish teachers from the Ghetto. What's the difference.

Maregaea you don't appreciate the anti-semite shite some go on with here, don't belittle the suffering of some people families and call it whinging.

If it annoys you move on to a different thread.
irishlodz   
12 May 2010
History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

One could, if following absolute figures, easily point out that the Soviet Union was the biggest sufferer in WW2.

If you use that logic how many British, French or North African victims had the Nazi's. For that matter New Zealand, Canada, the USA, India, Nepal....... Now we're splitting hairs. The borders of Europe were very different at the time. If you want to get into military causalities you're talking a totally different story. I'm well aware of how the Nazi's treated the "occupied" civilian populations.

This thread is about whether the use of the word holocaust should be used exclusively to define Jewish victims of the Nazi's. Nothing you have said defeats that notion, in fact I think you have endorsed it.
irishlodz   
12 May 2010
History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

Actually, that is not correct. Holocaust = Jewish, Porajmos = Gypsies.

I think you didn't understand what I was trying to point out

Ditto.

I'm trying to stay on topic. Unlike your original assertion above, you are now agreeing that the term holocaust is not exclusively a Jewish term. That's what the thread is about. I'm not arguing anything else.

As I've said people of all religions and nationalities died under the Nazi's and should be all counted as victims of the Nazi holocaust.
irishlodz   
13 May 2010
History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

And as for on-topic: I'm on topic as can be.

And you say I don't understand! The thread started as a discussion that the holocaust was not exclusively a word for Jewish victims of Nazi's. It's not. You assert in one line that it is exclusively for Jews, and then say that I must include Soviet victims. I am happy to include any civilian that suffered under the Nazi's. You are just being inconsistent.
irishlodz   
29 Jun 2010
UK, Ireland / Moving from Ireland to Poland [39]

skubus: The Goverment and Banks here have destroyed our way of life

That was a great reply to the question, concise and informed as ever. Everything he needs in there!

Don't worry us Irish intend to crawl back under the nearest stone and put on our Leprechaun suits. Forgive us for trying to better ourselves, mistakes and all. What were we thinking, we should know our place and accept it right?
irishlodz   
16 Jan 2011
UK, Ireland / Polish and Irish people are related? [137]

I can't think of any influence the government has from the church here unlike Ireland's long history.

Little Christmas (on Jan 7th) now a bank holiday in Poland from this year. makes no sense at all except church got a petition together and Govt too frightened to reject it. .
irishlodz   
5 Apr 2012
Life / Lodz vs Wroclaw - difference in mentality of people? [53]

Haven't visited Wroclaw yet so can't compare.

I choose to live in Lodz so that says something. I'm sure its not as pretty as Wro.Lodz is an industrial city that is less than 2 centuries old, Wro is originally a Germanic city nearly a 1000 years old - big difference. Therefore its buildings and skyline will be nothing alike.

Lodz has a great bar scene and I've never witnessed any trouble here on a night out. There are many excellent, cheap and varied restaurants. There are a lot of social activities cinema, theatre, concerts etc. I wouldn't say it has many good museums. It has good shopping in Manufaktura and on Piotrkowska. It has excellent national transport links.

the cities massive varied cultural history is fascinating to me. A century ago it was a mix of Russian Orthodox, German Protestants, Polish Catholics and Jews. I find the graveyards fascinating. They are segregated and have some of the biggest/flashiest graves you will ever see.
irishlodz   
2 Nov 2012
Love / Should I forgive my cheating Polish girlfriend? [73]

Or am an idiot for even considering it?

Yes.

Endless fighting and then she cheated. Whatever the reasons I would say you are both better off apart. Harsh but true, a clean break likely better for you.
irishlodz   
12 Apr 2013
Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]

Anyone reading this and wanting to exchange a significant amount of money from EUR to PLN or vice versa should know that you can get within 1gr of the interbank rate if you exchange at least 25k EUR. Best I've seen was 0.75gr, but there was room to negotiate on that if the amounts were higher and regular. All available from your local friendly bank.

Which bank is that with?
irishlodz   
23 Feb 2016
News / Poland to return to Catholic tradition? [177]

in one future war,

Why does there HAVE to be any future war? What strange world do you live in that wars are acceptable/desirable/necessary? Why do national/races have to be fictionalised by your or any definition? Are you incapable of have a discussion or disagreement without resorting to violence to get your way?