History / Interactive map of Poland 960-2004 [43]

Nice, as they say the rear view is always 20/20.

Now, would you please post your desired maps for 2020, 2030, 2050?

News / Amber Gold and other Poland's suspicious institutions [139]


Does it mean that all cases that Michnik won are examples of kangaroo court?

Are all government systems broke? Is it an example of a failed state, dangerous to neighbors and continent stability?
We heard all this before, haven't we?

Life / A rant about "patriotism" in today's Poland [60]


Dear Bieganski, as much as I like your talk about education and Polish patriots, I must disagree regarding English.
English (and I mean American version not original English slang) is the business language of the world, and will be relevant for
many, many decades to come and ability to use it will be extremely important especially that computer programming is in English.
Of course priority for Polish children should be Polish language, then history of Poland in XX century, then math, physics, and then foreign
languages like English which should be the primary language. Latin, Spanish, German and Russian should be also widely thought.
I hope you agree.

News / Kaczorowski should be reburied at Wawel [15]


wrong!
Kaczorowski was a president of Poland, retired, but when he died he was performing very special representative duties.
I am sure you all know the history(?):
the official and legal government of Poland during WWII in London requested Red Cross investigation after graves of Polish officers
were discovered in Katyn in 1943. Stalin used this as a pretext to break up formal relations with this government and forced
governments of GB and the US to follow later. The pretext was that the officers were murdered by Germans which was a lie known
almost immediately in the West. Then Stalin installed puppet communist government in Poland and again US and GB gave it its
recognition and legitimacy.
During Soviet occupation of Poland, the London government was the real government of Poland for Polish people, except of course
the communist thugs that learned Polish and were running the puppet government.
Therefore President Kaczorowski was a very important figure and should be buried in Wawel. Actually the room where President Kaczynski
is buried should be converted to 'Smolensk room' and all victims of Smolensk murder should be buried there. It will happen.

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]


What a spin. How does it fit the story that the owner of the newspaper decides to return to Poland the day before publication, then decides to call Tusk spokesman at 1 AM, then meets with him in person at 1:30 AM (interesting connections, ain't they... or just a normal way of doing business). Then next day the owner decides that the article is less than professional....much less, so much less in fact that famous reporter with 20 years of experience must be fired on spot.

One more. The prosecutor office knows about the publication day ahead and can make a statement at any time since the article is so explosive it can take down the government but instead decides to wait until late afternoon the next day... waiting for... yeah, what were they waiting for? Certain politician to make a statement? Worked beautifully, the whole thing.

News / Poland's Ruch Narodowy - should it be banned? [62]

rybnik


Pssst, it's not so bad, democracy is only for the little ones, it's you know like a cover. The common folks in order to keep working hard for the crumbs from the masters table and not rebel but keep following 'the law' need to believe in democracy, that they are the ones (of course through 'representatives') that make the law. So even if they start feeling that the law doesn't suit them, they are easy to convince that yes, it doesn't suit them, but suits the 'majority', and they have to accept the sacrifice for the common good, the good of all people (or most of them, or is it only some, few?). This makes sense to the little ones and they work hard and do not rebel.

Only once a year they walk, because it is Dzien Odrodzenia.

Interesting case in study, I got into discussion about recent election, and someone asked a question if what some congressman did was legal. My answer was that the question was all wrong, how could you ask if a lawmaker, the person who makes the law and tells others what the law is, can break the law. No way (unless they do some stupid little things like tweeting photos of their body parts, but nobody is that stupid, right?). So THEY DO NOT break the law, they are above it. They can spend endless time debating nuances, they can always divert any problem into 'we need to establish what the meaning of the word IS is'.

Of course we should have courts, yeah we should.
Enough said before I get accused of conspiracy theories.. or is it too late?

Law / How to renounce citizenship of Poland? [7]

All he needs to do is to renounce it. Sign a little paper at the consulate, send it, and he is done. That easy.

News / Poland's Guy Fawkes [88]


work?


Did they find TNT six months ago? If not, they lie, it takes six months to determine what it was, it could have been tent, cosmetics, etc.

News / Pokłosie - should the film have received funding from Polish state coffers? [37]


Sofi, no need to add nazis anymore, we use the correct term German, and that's it.
btw, nobody was fighting nazis during WWII, there were no nazi war crimes, this term was invented long after the war, I suspect due to some dirty deal.

Life / How a Pole can contribute to the homeland? [27]

changing the government will be a start.

there have been many serious non-partisan debates organized by main opposition party, PiS.

News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]


I'd like to know who are 'we'.

Obviously we didn't have them (the prosecutors) when Wajda was tweeting to the world that they were going to shot conservative reporters 'like dogs'.

News / Grzegorz Braun's firing squad? [39]


the famous liberal compassion and inclusion

as always Kali (from W Pustyni i Puszczy) philosophy: you include us (good), we exclude you (also good).

News / Krakow, Poland considers co-hosting the Winter Olympic in 2022 with Slovakia (UPDATE) [30]

I think they should go for it! They can pull it off without any problems.
Finally build a freeway to Zakopane. There is plenty of hotels in Krakow already, they can also use Student Miasteczko.
People will go along, Poles like to party!!!

News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]


This hate makes me want to work hard for PiS and Kaczynski.

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]


Same to you.

I think the idea behind frequent marches is that marching together brings solidarity, shows people they're not alone, and projects power that everybody in the march can feel. I remember years ago going to the anti-Iraqi war demonstration in Hollywood. There were several thousand people marching and it was very cool. I also remember on one street corner there were maybe 20-30 people with at least that many Israeli flags. They had pro Israel and pro war signs. I was very surprised.

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]

No, I wasn't surprised because some people had different idea. If they just demonstrated for whatever they wanted would be fine.
I was surprised that they had to show they were Jewish (or at least pro Israel), it was like they were showing that they wanted the war

because they were Jewish. I didn't think Israel needed this war so I was surprised. Everybody here thought it was a war for oil.

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]

When nothing to say, manipulate other people words. Nice.
And I must ask is that what the English DO do?

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]

Thanks for confirming.

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]

That English being not a free people but subjects do not see the need to march for democracy.
And yes, they like to manipulate other people words.

p3undone are you asking how often can PiS lose elections?
Good question, I started being interested in Poland's affairs less than one year ago, so I cannot answer.

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]


OK, so 'free subjects', another language twist. Anyway you have a headache, why you still typing?

[quote=p3undone][/quote]
I think they can ask whenever they want, but they will only do it once. Not to win, but to show to the public that the SLD/RP 'opposition'

is not really an opposition. That's what I think anyway.

USA, Canada / Can a Canadian Female Drive in Poland?? [31]


I consider myself an average driver, but never get goose bumps when driving in Poland. Generally I don't like driving,
never had any problems in Poland. It is funny how Polish drivers make sure they don't even smell any alcohol before driving while
in CA driving after a beer or a drink (one....) is no problem. This summer I was driving a rental with California DL,
got stopped because of not turning lights on (at noon in June), had a conversation with police and was quickly on my way after
exchanging pleasantries.
The only problem I see is with increasing number of radars (my GPS was good in picking them out though).

Good luck.

PS. Why do you get goose bumps when driving in Poland? Because of handsome drivers?

Law / Can I obtain Polish citizenship by birth instead of the one I have, by naturalization? [10]

There is new citizenship law in Poland, and right now you don't need to fulfill any requirements regarding place of birth, parents, place you live, nothing. All you do is to apply for citizenship and president Komorowski will be more than happy to grant Polish passports to your children. I hope they will enjoy and appreciate them. You not planning to move to Poland, are you? Because if you did, then your children would get citizenship in Poland.

News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [532]


Will be be able to take the dog to prison (jail, więzienie, ciupa) with him? I think he should, dogs can have great influence on re-education.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Yes, 17 years old girl, member of AK (Home Army) murdered by a gunshot because a firing squad was unable to kill her.
Who, what kind of people are bordered by this monument to the point of desecrating it?

News / Poland's John Paul the Great canonisation this year [177]


Ever heard of 'okna zycia'?

Off-Topic / ING Bank and PROGRESSIVE Insurance [6]

Thanks Grubas for sharing, addeed these companies to my 'no business' list and will spread it around.

Work / Why are so many PF member in Poland working in education? [19]


Please share some of the stories if you can, very interesting. From what I know most young people just want to graduate and leave. They don't see any future for them in Poland. Is that what you mean by 'right-wing pseudo Poles on PF are not going to like'?

News / Gazeta Wyborcza of Poland losing readers [301]

To everybody that is at least 1% impartial?

Do you really believe that brother was/is not helping brother, do you?
Or just trolling?