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hague1cmaeron   
27 Apr 2010
News / 2010 Polish Presidential Election [39]

Sikorski i

Have you seen his interview on Hardtalk by the way? Unfortunately he got soundly beaton in one of the debates with Komorowski.

Putting JK in as President would only be a sympathy vote and that's never a good thing.

Yes, lets hope people's heads overcome their hearts.

The mohair beret brigade

lol.

He also knows Poland is on the verge of going to hell in a handbasket

That is total rubbish, quite the reverse is true!

German-Polish relationships will go down the drain again when JK get's voted in...

Hopefully not, Angie and her crew are more in contact with Tusk and his crew, so it should be OK. It was a pretty nice gesture from the German gov, to send the Berlin philharmonic to the funeral, in the end i am not sure if they made or not due to the ash cloud.
hague1cmaeron   
26 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Let's discuss Polish and British, only constructive (though we will digress) [60]

He was born here, raised here and was educated here..how else would he see him self? God am I supid or are you ?

Well the article suggests otherwise, but you presumably know better though?

your response to your last pargraph

I tend not to respond to myself, again a total failure to follow your own reasoning, seriously you should she some one. Logic seems to be your weak point or is it that time of the month?
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

It is a very good speech overall, you can access it by looking for Edward Werner on google, scrolling down on his page and clicking the link below. WIKIPEDIA THAT IS. didn't have it on before thats all.
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

You would be pleased to know that Scots have a very good reputation it seems according to this, a speech by Edward Werner to the Empire Club of Canada.

"Another example is less far-fetched. Polish troops are stationed also somewhere in Scotland. At first, Poles disliked the weather in Scotland. Later they wrote to relatives in the United States: "If the weather in Scotland makes the people as they are, we wish that that weather would prevail all over the world."

It is a very good speech overall, you can access it by looking for Edward Werner on google, scrolling down on his page and clicking the link below.
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

choice

well with war you don't have much in the way of choice though

good deeds and don't thank you for them. At times it is shocking for me!

I must say I am very disappointed to hear that, i hope it isn't something ingrained. I also have to say that within the immediate community I move around, quite the reverse is true, same thing among the gorale from Malopolsaka, just my personal observations.
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

Do you know there is a really great documentary on the war, it is old but still one of the best in my opinion, narrated by sir Laurence Olivier (i think) it's called The World at War, i think it is on youtube.

Another good more recent one is, behind closed doors: world war 2.
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

It doesn't make you a hero because your grandfather or grandmother opposed or even fought the Nazi's. It doesn't make you a better person when you hold a teenager from today's Germany responsible for the second world war either.

No it does not you are right, and i doubt there would be many who hold a teenager from Germany responsible for the war. However just because you were not involved in the war, it doesn't mean that your life wasn't altered by it in some way.

Poland had to cope with German foot soldiers and, let's face it, Britain could hardly have put troops in place in time to help them. It just wasn't an option.

No worries, matey. I'm watching the whole series now.

You are right, there would have to have been a hell of a lot of coordination and cooperation and it just did not exist, and i guess that the French and British were not quite mentally or physically recovered from the first war.
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

the Allies

yes they did, Poland on the other hand did not, even though she was an ally.

Thanks for the videos by the way.
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

"pom"

What is wrong with the term Pom?

What are you on about?

Learn your history
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

answering a simple question.

Why would i when i already have the answer?
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

Well I am a Pole, and I care, so you see you are not alone. And yes there is hardship, but than there is also hardship. Did the UK lose a 1/5 of its population during the war? Were its best and brightest liquidated? Was an alien regime imposed on them? What you don't understand is that the war ended in 1989 for the Poles not 1945.
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

The Irish were the ones who got fired, but their mate had more talent though...lol

A lot more than the Irish who were content to let Hitler do his best, and Sinn Fein were actual Hitler supporters!
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / The Polish Blame Culture! [330]

It is something you will never understand so don't even try!

Let me give you an example, if you get fired from work for no particular reason-and all the consequences that go along with that, and the mate next to you who you know had no special advantage over you keeps his or her job (and this was like your dream job by the way) would you moan and complain and be a little bitter? I suspect yes, until you find another job. Well Poland hasn't found another job yet, but it is getting there.

60 years

Is a very short time in world history, only two generations ago.

Take the Irish for instance, do they still moan about the past? Are they still bitter? Yes and Yes after all look at N.I. Even though comparatively, arguably they suffered a lot less.
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
History / Poles in the Napoleonic era [224]

Napoleon didnt order the charge, it was against his express orders actually.

Well it happened anyway

Which is why he lost 8000 more men than the attacker?

Better artillery placements, so simply luck of the draw or terrain to be precise.

Because you say so?:)

yes, along with the vast majority of historians, for the reason mentioned.

Actually the "stupid russian venture" had every chance of succeeding and did not mostly due to bad luck and Napoleons illness that severely impaired his judgement.

Again I don't believe that is the conventional view amongst historians
hague1cmaeron   
25 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Let's discuss Polish and British, only constructive (though we will digress) [60]

Can you back that up with proof, because all the Brits I know that went to Aus did so to go to jobs equal or better than they had here i.e. all professionals - not to clean toilets or cleaning houses.

You are looking at it! These aren't my words they are from the article I posted.

Borysiewicz, a Welsh-Polish doctor by training,

Again not my words read the article! (So he's British then?) How on earth would you know what he consider himself to be? (What it does show, is that earlier generations integrated and did well) Indeed and that is precisely the purpose of my post, so stop nitpicking!
hague1cmaeron   
24 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Let's discuss Polish and British, only constructive (though we will digress) [60]

Anyway, another salient point is that we both excel in science. Information sharing and working for the collective benefit of mankind is a noble pursuit when discussing this area. Let life not be a competition but a collaborative project.

Here is a perfect example Seanus

guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/22/obituary-olgierd-zienkiewicz

The eminent Anglo-Polish civil engineer Olgierd "Olek" Zienkiewicz, who has died aged 87, devoted his distinguished career to using a computer-based method for the design and analysis of engineered systems, such as dams, automobiles, aircraft, medical and electronic devices. The "finite element method" (FEM) of computer-aided engineering breaks down complex and apparently insoluble problems into pieces for which equations can be used to arrive at approximate solutions. Those local solutions can then be combined to arrive at global approximate solutions.

Olek was born in Caterham, Surrey, the son of a Polish father and an English mother. When he was two, the family moved to Poland, where they remained, mostly in Katowice, until the beginning of the second world war. It was in Poland that Olek received his early education, with an emphasis on the sciences and mathematics. In 1939 he was in Warsaw preparing for admission to university when the war began. He participated in the early defence of Warsaw, but returned to Katowice when the family received visas to travel through Italy into France. Eventually they joined a Polish ship sailing to Plymouth. The family settled in London, where Olek was provided with scholarships for his university studies at Imperial College.
hague1cmaeron   
24 Apr 2010
News / Michał Kamiński - referred to not by name on the UK Leaders Debate but ... [47]

Yes, it is a bit hard to believe today.

compulsory schooling, a ban on child labour, health and safety at work regulations, a national minimum wage, sickness benefits, free healthcare, the right to divorce, equal pay for women and . The other party fought against and tried to stop all of those.

Schooling was first introduced under Salisbury! (a ban on child labour) by a Conservative! Lord Ashley Cooper.
From 1833 he led the factory reform movement in Parliament and effected passage of the Mines Act (1842) and the Ten Hours Act (1847), known as Lord Ashley's Act, which shortened the working day in textile mills.

sickness benefits: introduced by the Liberals and not Labour.

open access to university education: again none of Labour's doing

right to divorce: look what a load of good that has done to the UK, the highest number of broken homes in Europe.

You really should know better than to spout socialist rubbish. The only thing Labour knows is spending other people's money!

keep in mind off topic posts will be removed
hague1cmaeron   
24 Apr 2010
News / Michał Kamiński - referred to not by name on the UK Leaders Debate but ... [47]

If you read my post you will see I included the three parties, please answer my question what is your interest when you are living in Australia.

I use to think of the UK as beacon of hope, sadly my perceptions are changing and i don't wont that to happen.

And than there is my thesis.

African mammals?

That is also one of my interests. There is no better continent on earth for mamals, apart from the natives who are hell bent on poaching them out.
hague1cmaeron   
24 Apr 2010
News / Michał Kamiński - referred to not by name on the UK Leaders Debate but ... [47]

it's only natural: after a period of Labour governments, ppl want Tories. After a period of Torie governments, the ppl want Labour. It has always been like that and it will never change.

Yes, but every time when Labour exits, the economy is worse than when they first came in!
hague1cmaeron   
24 Apr 2010
News / Michał Kamiński - referred to not by name on the UK Leaders Debate but ... [47]

M-G (I would suggest simply deny the fact that a Labour party exists)

I can't. On a more serious note my thesis is entitled: Labour demise and Conservative endurance, the Tories were 20% up when i thought of the title, i need them to lose so badly!

like Rothschild, Ashcroft, and so many more.

You do realize that Labour gets more out of None Doms than the Conservatives, As a proportion of what both the parties receive as a whole!
hague1cmaeron   
24 Apr 2010
News / Michał Kamiński - referred to not by name on the UK Leaders Debate but ... [47]

Have you ever considered professional help?

Friend, the best help I can get is an absolute kicking for Labour on May 6th. If that happens I will be a very happy man.

So if you can vote or know those who can, please pass on the message and you will be contributing to my treatment.

Their insane economic, foreign and immigration policies will destroy the UK.

So why do you want them to win?
hague1cmaeron   
24 Apr 2010
News / Michał Kamiński - referred to not by name on the UK Leaders Debate but ... [47]

Much as I hate the Tories and hope they lose

Why the fock would you want them to lose! the government is beyond contempt, see my previous posts about Labour. The name Labour cultivates my hatred, it gives me a reason to live, can't you see how absolutely base they are! Every morning i wake up, i think to myself thank God, today is another day i can hate Labour.
hague1cmaeron   
24 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Let's discuss Polish and British, only constructive (though we will digress) [60]

Yes but that wasn't my point. My point was perception and Brits will almost always see themselves as superior.

I am sure there is plenty of room for cooperation. Here is a good example.

Cambridge appoints top doctor as new vice-chancellor
Leszek Borysiewicz, who was instrumental in developing the cervical cancer vaccine, will take over in the autumn

Leszek Borysiewicz, Cambridge university's new vice-chancellor

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, one of the country's most respected medical researchers, was today nominated as the 345th vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

He will succeed Alison Richard, the current vice-chancellor, when her seven-year term comes to an end next autumn.

Borysiewicz, a Welsh-Polish doctor by training, was instrumental in the development of the HPV vaccine, which is now offered to all girls to reduce the risk of cervical cancer. He is head of the Medical Research Council, the main funding body for medical academia in the UK.

guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/26/cambridge-appoints-new-vice-chancellor

same thought as Ortega y Gasset's

Interesting, i think i will take a closer look.
hague1cmaeron   
24 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Let's discuss Polish and British, only constructive (though we will digress) [60]

always see themselves as superior.

They use to be, until they developed a fetish for a party that couldn't elevate the ordinary, so it decided to pull down the 'extraordinary'. Good old social engineering, what Stalin did not manage to do to the Poles, Labour has managed in Britain!

What about all the scumbags here then??

They must be exporting them, if you actually have seen them around.