News / Arrests made in Poland for Hitler birthday celebrations [35]

I'm pretty sure that the people celebrating Hitler's birthday have zero connection to the politicians claiming reparations so it really isn't bizarre at all.

No doubt there will be people in the UK AND Ireland who would also participate in this twisted celebration.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [901]


I presume Norman Davies is referring to the 1946 parade if you bothered to read the rest of his article. How many victory parades were in London after the war ?

A snapshot of page 299 taken on your phone would be a lot less than 100kb so shouldn't be a problem for you to upload it here. Rather surprised you're not chomping at the bit to prove your point by showing us the article but then again it's easy to make claims without backing them up.

As I have already written, your link to the Hansard article only reinforces the point against you in that some of the Poles who fought in the Battle of Britain were invited to be part of the RAF contingent. Are you reading something else ??

How many times are you going to throw lines like "if you check page 23 from the Idiot Telegraph (Bognor Regis edition) then you will clearly see that I am right and you are an idiot" ??

@Atch the point is that the free Polish Army were not invited-I am not disputing that some Poles were invited.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [901]


I have the book at home so may check later. I also have his email address so might be tempted to see what he says about your claims in general.

Davies' article in the Guardian (see below) suggests that your black and white interpretation is off the mark so tone down your insults to others who disagree with you.

theguardian.com/books/2003/nov/08/featuresreviews.guardianreview2

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [901]


In all fairness if people in some areas did not volunteer for the DVL then there would have been implied pressure for the safety of the man and his family. These things happened in war. If we look at it in the cold light of day we can claim that he "volunteered" but in reality there would have been pressure on men in some areas to volunteer or else.....

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [901]


First of all I didn't realise that you are actually "Harry" though I did wonder where you had disappeared to. Is the new name to try and throw the mods off your scent ? :)

Secondly, I had no past form for lying on this forum. Are you trying to bait forum members again ? Can we not have a civilised debate without the same people resorting to throwing personal insults at anyone who dares disagree with them ?

Thirdly, you actually haven't proven anything at all regarding the claim about Anders. All you have done is made a claim that neither you or us can verify because you have been purposefully ambiguous with the details. Scan a copy of page 299 so we can see the context. You must have the book in your flat otherwise you couldn't be so specific about the page number.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [901]


Nope but let's not allow the facts to get in the way of your determination to prove a point eh ?

The way you frame your point is interesting e.g. "it is known that sets of Poles were invited to take part"

We are not disputing that some Poles or "sets of Poles" as you so eloquently put it, were invited to take part. We are making the distinction that the Poles who were invited were not part of the free Polish Army and these Poles were not invited to take part

Thanks for the link to Hansard (still waiting on your quote from Anders' book though). An excerpt from Hansard is detailed below. Thanks for reinforcing the argument against your own point...

"Let me be quite honest. We have not invited the Navy and the Army, but we did invite some of the Poles who flew in the Battle of Britain, to march past in the R.A.F. contingent. The action was not taken to please M. Molotov. The action was taken because we have to bring about some kind of balance between these governmental forces,"

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [901]

Well

I was just about to quote the same source.

The general consensus is that Poles who fought under Allied Command were not invited to take part in the VE parade of 1945. Reading casual posts of two people from this forum who disagree with that historical fact isn't going to sway me.

Taxpaying voter can easily scan a copy of the book he refers to so we can read the claim in the proper context (presuming the claim is correct).

For Jon to dismiss the dozens of historical documents as myth is really rather astounding and arrogant.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [901]

It's easy to dismiss something as a "myth" just because you want to disagree. Please back it up because Kaprys was correct with his statement......

Work / Business ideas for Poland [63]


I don't have any stats but Gdynia seems to be doing ok with designer shops

Life / Going to Poland in a hijab - Polish people and Islam [154]


Slightly more tolerant than Saudi Arabia's tolerance towards other religions.....

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]

A lot of Brits like the Poles but I find that generally it is the uneducated masses who have an axe to grind with Polish people. The sign in question is discriminatory and in my opinion makes it illegal. Whether Poles are guilty of the offence is irrelevant you cannot target a single nationality and expect to get away with it.

Chances are the lake management team have no idea whether someone is Polish or not other than the fact they might hear them speaking a foreign language.

Life / Poland's post. Lost parcel!? [4]

Sorry I can't offer any constructive help but my own experiences of using Poland's own postal system is not good. I've had items removed from parcels and parcels gone missing.

Your best bet (if it's an option for you) is in future to use private courier companies that specialise in deliveries to Poland. Here in the UK almost every Polish shop will have some link with such companies

UK, Ireland / Can anyone recommend private transport/courier for deliveries from UK to Poland? [25]

guys. Go to your nearest Polish food shop and ask there. Most Polish food shops will cooperate with private courier firms.

Life / Sports tv and UK tv channels in Poland ( via box connecting to TV and Internet ) [33]

I'd hazard a guess that watching content from Kodi is illegal in most parts of the world. The whole point of Kodi is that you watch content that you would usually have to pay for.

Kodi sellers are being targetted but whether the buyers eventually become the targets is anybody's guess.

Language / Good Polish Music To Help Me Learn? [41]

How about listening to Marek Grechuta ? His music style is very much poetry based so should be easy to hear the lyrics

Life / Your favourite Polish Music Album [25]

I hate Dzem. They have some kind of cult status that Poles seem to love yet when I listen to them I can't help thinking WTF is this crap ?

Life / Wszystkich Świętych (All Saints Day) // Dzien Zaduszny (All Souls day) [86]

If they stay closed during All Saints Day then I can see there being problems.....

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


Exactly and Merkel and the EU seem to be making rules up as they go along. I find this almost as worrying as the porous borders.

Travel / Gdansk Christmas markets [26]


Will you just shut the f*ck up Harry.

You're like a broken record. I have been to Poland many times, my wife is from Gdynia. If you keep spreading lies about me then I will start with you........

Message to the mods-if you want to ban me then do it but idiots like Harry who carry their poison from thread to thread get away with it. I replied in all helpfulness to the OP. I haven't baited Harry yet he can't stop being a d*ckhead.

Lisa, sorry for that but this forum has it's fair share of bullies who try to dominate threads by belittling the opinion of other members.

Now, as you are going to Gdansk in December I thought it was pointless in telling you that the "winter is cold" blah blah blah. I assume you know all of this anyway :)

I wasn't suggesting you don your bikini but children love beaches whether it's hot or cold and I still maintain Sopot and Gdynia have nice beaches that your child will enjoy. Yes, it will be cold but you'll be dressed warmly. There's a famous pier in Sopot that on fine days, (even winter days.....Harry) people promenade up and down taking in the view whilst kids love feeding the swans on the beach (took me a while to get used to seeing swans on a beach-here in the UK you only get them in lakes and rivers).

There is usually a skating rink just at the front of Sopot pier in December which may or not be your thing :) Kids especially love the chocolate bars, Sopot has one called Blikle or Wedel (always get them mixed up) where they serve an amazing array of hot and cold chocolate drinks....google it !

Gdynia also has a nice beach with it's own kids playground right on the sand. Polish winters can be harsh but Poles are used to it so if you're blessed with a sunny day in December then there will still be plenty of people walking around.

There is also an aquarium on the pier in Gdynia which kids love.

Life / The best online shopping portal in Poland? [41]

At the risk of stating an obvious solution but have you not tried google translating Allegro via your web browser. ?

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

@SigSauer

Don't let them wear you down Sig. You've only recently joined PF and soon realised the tone that some members adopt. I liken it to propaganda of sorts although I can't fathom out any viable motive for their determination to bad mouth Poland at every opportunity. Anyway, keep up the good fight.

Secondly, I feel I have an unpaid job on this board that whenever refugees are discussed it is my duty to raise a sign that says "do you mean refugee, migrant or asylum seeker" ? We should all refuse to accept one description without questioning it's veracity.

Should Poland be forced to accept refugees ? My answer is for Poland to be shown firm evidence that the people in question are genuine refugees (and not migrants) and then a debate can begin. Until that happens then Poland doesn't have a case to answer.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


You're being a little misleading with your suggestion.

By your own admission, Ireland has a small muslim community so you cannot use Ireland as a shining beacon of how muslims integrate into the wider community when just across the Irish Sea are plenty of examples of how they fail to integrate

Travel / Gdansk Christmas markets [26]

If you go to Gdansk then you should also go to Gdynia and Sopot. Very easy to get to by train. The three cities are very close to each other and have their own identity but Gdynia and Sopot especially have nice beaches which your child might enjoy.

Gdansk is great to explore too, plenty of gothic looking buildings etc

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


And this is it. This is the nail on the head. How on earth can Poland or Hungary be forced to accept an EU directive that seemingly came from the mouth of one leader without any public (or political) backing ?


Welcome to Polish Forums :)

There's a handful of members on here who are extremely motivated to contribute to the forum with a very definite anti-Poland bias. Read some of the other more popular threads and it will become self evident what is going on here.

News / Austria's swing to the far right on Poland? [214]


Migration has been a driving force of society throughout the 20th Century but they were nearly all legal migrants who applied through the proper channels.

What is happening today is that migrants are trying to gang rush vulnerable borders and that cannot be allowed to continue

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


@Lyzko On this point I am not disagreeing with you.

On a moral level we are all human beings and we should all get along, respect our neighbours and fellow citizens, integrate with people of other cultures etc etc. I would genuinely love to see the town and country I live in to operate at this level but the reality is sadly different.

I know I am repeating myself from other threads but showing tolerance and respect to a specific community who themselves are religiously and culturally hard-wired to be intolerant of people who do not share their faith is a recipe for disaster.

Cultural jihad is playing out right here and right now albeit mostly by stealth.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


Of course but that doesn't mean EVERYONE has a dangerous agenda just because they do not toe the liberal party line. Are we really living in a world where if you're not a liberal then you must be a racist ?


My family have personal experience of this.They spent years after the war in DP camps throughout Germany. They were moved from camp to camp at least 15 times and each time were told you could only take essential items with you. Rations inside the camps were worse than most people had to endure during the war years.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


First of all, I'm not convinced that Kurz is far right so your headline is misleading. Anyone who speaks out about Islamic segregation these days is automatically labelled far right and/or racist. Those accusations used to be enough to shut the argument down but not anymore as there ARE things wrong with the Christian-Islamic society that is evolving in Europe and it is only right that people are allowed to voice their opinions (especially those who speak from experience-which discounts some members from this forum !).

News / Austria's swing to the far right on Poland? [214]

Dirk

I only hope that the sentiments you express (in line with my own) will eventually trickle down to mainstream politics and all this PC liberal crap is just a "phase" we're going through.

News / Austria's swing to the far right on Poland? [214]

The problem is there isn't a credible "moderate right" party on the political scene yet-God knows we need one and the danger is that people will attach themselves to the far right as it's closest to their own views.