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5 Dec 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

Or it could be widened to a discussion of free speech in Poland in general.

However having that discussion seems to mean that if you are generally a liberal live and let live person; that you should be held accountable for the actions of some rapist taxi drivers in the UK many of whom arrived in Britain even before you were born.
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4 Dec 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

@sig

I agree that is a worrying sign of bigotry. Interestingly the figures for Poland a very similar - especially in rural areas. There are several polls available on the Internet but this one says 48 percent of Poles view Homosexuality as reprehensible.

rp.pl/Spoleczenstwo/170519348-Sondaz-Pew-Research-Center-48-proc-Polakow-Homoseksualizm-jest-naganny.html
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4 Dec 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

I was at Oktoberfest and I ate an overpriced Haxn- same as every year. Christ only knows where you get this tripe from.

No uneducated Americans are not detonating bombs in the subway. But they are not absolved from blame - they elected Bush who started an illegal and unnecessary war that put the region in flames. I'm not much of a climate change fanatic but it is a contributing factor to migration - again the US pulled out of efforts to control it - due to Trump who was elected by uneducated Americans. Now by pulling out of the sensible migrant compact he is unwilling to help clean up the mess.

If you get on with your neighbors in Saudi then fair enough - but what would they think of you calling all Muslims 7th century barbarians ? It's nice that you like gays and minorities but it does not sit easily with your call to hang all communists without trial.

I don't know how much time you spent in Czech but politically it is very different from Poland and Hungary. There is no religious wing, no pandering to expat Czechs and Babis' party votes with the centrists in the EU parliament. They mostly want a quiet life, a stable koruna that will support their exports to Germany and they are an extremely liberal, thoughtful and laid back people - the political culture is more like Ireland than Poland.
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3 Dec 2017
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2590]

Heavy buffet lunch on the krupnik again ? If you are talking about Sig then the fact that he does not speak Polish might be a slight obstacle. Cushy jobs pay far less than he earns now and in any case they are dished out to small town Soltys and other PiS cronies.
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3 Dec 2017
News / Should Poland traitors face the death penalty? [105]

What is a position of power ? Sports minister ? University rector ? Museum director ? Head of an oil refinery ? Trainee prosecutor? Should they all be executed?
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3 Dec 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

There are many cases of catholic clergy abusing kids - all over the world, and with victims running into the thousands. The question is whether this means that all Catholics are barbarians? That abuse is part of the culture ? etc - because you are making the same generalisations about Muslims.

I am not radical, I am certainly not left-wing. I certainly have as much integrity as you do.
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3 Dec 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

Well Polish Ultra is testing the desirability of total free speech.

Sig - have you been following the case of the Polish child abusing monk given shelter in a British monastery for years ? Many victims and a huge cover up. It has many parallels to Rotherham. I'm a catholic - does that mean I am a child abuser too ?

In both cases the police are involved, criminals are being locked up and questions asked about why it happened. What more comment do you want ? You are clearly obsessed with this.
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3 Dec 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

I doubt it - in Britain the prosecution is brought by the crown not by the govt. unlike
Poland of course where Ziobro decides who goes on trial. So an independent monarchy does have some value. He defrauded his mortgage company and that is a little less heroic than going to prison for his beliefs.

I agree that the hate speech laws were too hasty, not thought through and counter productive. I don't think that is a justification for extreme racism howeve - it's a symptom not a cause.
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2 Dec 2017
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2590]

fakty.interia.pl/polska/news-co-polacy-sadza-o-dostepie-do-broni-palnej-sondaz-cbos,nId,2454512

There you are. You can google the other countries yourself. You probably need to argue with the other 33 million poles to oppose gun liberalisation. For myself the evidence is obviously so overwhelming that guns equals more murders.
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2 Dec 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

I used to hang out a bit in Wembley in the 90s - most of the Asians there are Hindus from Uganda and Gujarat and they are an extremely successful wealthy and generally peaceful community, grateful to have been take. In as refugees by the British. There are some great restaurants there if you want some cultural enrichment
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2 Dec 2017
News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]

There are only a few children at this daft march. Given that most Babcias won't let their grandkids out without 10 layers of clothing they are hardly going to be keen to expose them to thousands of unruly and drunk football hooligans. Only a few thousand are hardcore racist but probably 20000 are football ultras. The families there are a mix of mohair and odd looking adults.
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2 Dec 2017
News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]

Sig - Next year when you are here you can walk there with your Polish family and see how safe it feels. For about10 years it has not been a pleasant march but an excuse to take cheap amphetamines and smash things up. It's not particularly racist apart from a few nuts but it is often very threatening. That's why many families now leave Warsaw for the duration.
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2 Dec 2017
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2590]

But people commit more murders if they have access to guns. Your statistics about Britain are right but the level of crime is tiny compared to the US. If the U.K. really were the 51st State it would be more than twice safer that then next best (Maine).

Czech, Norway and Switzerland do not have free access to guns. Ammo is strictly controlled in all cases and automotive weapons are banned. In any case there is little difference between the murde rates in Czech and the U.K. Norway and Switzerland are safer for the simple reason that they are richer.

According to a CBOS and TV republica survey then 86 percent of Poles are against any liberalisation of the gun laws. I hope that is a source you can trust !

And there is nothing leftist and it gun control - all parties in Europe favor it . I reckon the Spanish laws were probably put in place by Franco. The issue has only been raised once in my memory in Polish politics by Kukiz - unfortunately he chose the day of the Las Vegas shootings to do it and end3 up humbling the usual nonsense about how triucks can be just as dangerous.
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30 Nov 2017
News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]

Most stores are not closed on Sunday - all Major chains open 7 days a week and the only places where stores close are small town high streets.

The law has so many holes in it that it will soon be scrapped - people should be able to go shopping whenever they feel like it. If any employees really object to working Sunday there are plenty of other jobs going
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30 Nov 2017
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2590]

I don't know what an FOID card is but we don't have them in Poland and even if you have a 3D gun you could not get ammo. Which is good because guns are dangerous and the vast majority of Poles don't want them on the street.

The U.K., France and Germany all have far lower murder rates than the US.
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30 Nov 2017
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2590]

Wouldn't it take about a week to print it though ? Plus a lot of power ? Can you print the ammo too ? By the time you do that you might have calmed down and decided the best way to deal with your noisy neighbor would be to call the Straz, rather than shoot him.
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29 Nov 2017
News / Eggs in Poland paying for the 550+ [8]

Nothing to do with PiS -there have been some scandals in Netherlands about chemicals used in battery farming and it has caused a big shortage and a price increase everywhere. I think the price in Germany has almost doubled so Polish eggs are being exported there.
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28 Nov 2017
Work / Is it possible that a Moroccan get a job in Poland? [7]

In fact there is w strong demand for French speakers. I have tried on several occasions to recruit them and the pool is very small.

Not only are they needed in almost all ssc businesses but the French are also he third biggest investors here and big French corps are prominent in pretty much every sector.
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28 Nov 2017
News / Goodbye Sunday Shopping in Poland - Hello Electoral Reform [246]

I think the reason they went for the 2 closed days is to see how the tax revenues drop. In Hungary it did not put much of a dent on the foreign retailers market share (big retailers had big car parks and were more able to handle the Saturday extra sales). It did however cause a big fall in Vat as people had less time to spend on discretionary and fun items.
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28 Nov 2017
Work / Is it possible that a Moroccan get a job in Poland? [7]

A good place to ty might be the Moneygram SSC in Warsaw or a similar SSC. her French and Arabic would be a good asset so they might be prepared to go through the hassle of getting a work permit