History / An American studying medicine in the PRL 1978-1985: my story [142]


Or did your daddy supervise for the party the production of the machinery the regime needed to crush the democratic opposition and then hightail out of Poland just before the regime fell?

Or did you answer a request from the Polish government to come to Poland and help the country with your special skills? And have you been paying tax here ever since?

If the answer to the second set of questions is yes, don't bother posting here: you're the kind of scum PolishForums doesn't need.

History / Insoluble Judaeo-Polish imbroglio? [44]


And why are the likes of you lying about seeing a single priest apologise?

If you want to talk about $$$, how about you pay your taxe$$$?

Study / Considerations for US Family Moving to Poland (esp. Int'l Schools) [36]


Way to talk shiit about people you've never met and have no idea about: exemplary behaviour, congratulations.

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [533]


Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that to you yellow people aren't actually humans and so they do not have human rights. Pity for you that ten of thousands of these people qualify for Polish citizenship. What excuse is Poland going to use for refusing to allow its own citizens to write their names in their own language?


Much as Poland will do for refusing to allow British and Irish citizens exercise their EU rights.

Study / Considerations for US Family Moving to Poland (esp. Int'l Schools) [36]


It would very quickly turn into a nightmare world scenario if she believed some of the lies which are told to potential recruits by the shiittier school owners!

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [533]


Some minorities. The tens of thousands of Vietnamese in Warsaw are not allowed to use Chữ Quốc Ngữ when writing their tiếng Việt names: they are forced to use only the Polish alphabet.


Poland should put its own house in order before attempting to tell others what to do.

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [533]


Tens of thousands of people in Poland are denied that right.


The actions of Poland with regard to some of its minorities are the same as the actions of Lithuania towards Poles in Lithuania. Perhaps people might be less likely to view Poland's stance as hypocritical if Poland gave minorities in Poland the same rights as it wants to insist Poles have in other countries?

Study / Considerations for US Family Moving to Poland (esp. Int'l Schools) [36]


He does seem to have hit the nail on the head when it comes to one particular career.

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [533]


So you agree that Poland is abusing the human rights of tens of thousands of people in Warsaw alone by not letting them use their language for writing their names? Interesting.

Study / Considerations for US Family Moving to Poland (esp. Int'l Schools) [36]


It was indeed a good overview.


Yes, but you are very simply not going to find a position that enables you to support a three-person family and pay school fees.

News / America's Tea Party like Poland's Solidarnosc? [59]


I'll call bullshiit on that site. Looking at their figures, somebody earning $50,000 pays $1,325 in ZUS per year. In reality ZUS is 23% of gross salary (and the same amount again paid by one's employer. That is if you are an employee. If you are self-employed, you pay 850zl per month which is about $4,000 per year.

And that site doesn't take into account the fact that sales tax in Poland is 22% on pretty much everything but in the US it is far lower (if it even exists).

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [533]


That's not strictly speaking true. The problem is that many registrars take the view (which is to a certain extent supported by Polish law) that while any name can be used, it must conform with Polish grammatical rules, i.e. girl's names must end with the letter 'a'. I know of one American who was refused 'permission' to call his daughter 'Lauren' and told it had to be either 'Laura' or 'Laurena' (and that they were doing him a real favour by offering him the choice of 'Laurena'). He ended up closing his business in Poland and moving operations to the Czech republic.

And of course all of Warsaw's 30,000+ speakers of tiếng Việt are most welcome to use the Chữ Quốc Ngữ when filling in their applications for ID cards etc. But for some reason all those document always come back in Polish. As is often the case, we're supposed to accept one rule for Poles and another rule for everybody else.

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [533]


I see that to you Poland is not a civilised democratic state. Luckily those of us who actually live here know that you're wrong.

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [533]

They chose? Remind me again about the 1920 treaty of Warsaw.

Travel / Very dangerous defrauding trend started in some hotels in Krakow [49]


If it is that easy Beernut, why not do it yourself? Make some money for a change instead of trying to be the next internet billionaire and having to live off your wife.

Law / Polish business haven't got a clue: Discuss. [72]


No, they don't, which makes it impossible for a Brit to live in Poland long-term without breaking Polish law.

Love / Fell in love; I need to go back to Poland for 2 months - what to say at work (UK) [50]


Only in companies that aren't savy enough to make the day a compulsory day off in lieu of a public holiday that fell on a Sunday.