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WielkiPolak   
6 Jun 2011
News / What must be done to improve politics in Poland? [72]

Thanks, but Poland already had 44 years of people telling us how to run our businesses.

This is a shame that Poland want to be like the west and it is a shame you feel that there are only 2 paths we can take, be like the 'civilised' west or like the 'dark age,' savage east. I know Poland has had many problems in the past and financially yes, they want to have a democracy and be more well off like much of the west is, that is why so many people have left there, but as far as the values they have, the west does not have much to offer and Poland should stick with the Catholic values they have had for hundreds of years. They should not adhere to the rules set for them by Brussels and Europe in general, that I should say is slowly slipping away from its Christian heritage. If you are not a Catholic or Christian it is fine, you do not have to be, but Catholicism and Christianity generally is part of Poland, it is the culture of Poland, not just a religion, so it should stay. I think that a lot of people in Poland, particularly the younger people, want to forget that and just concentrate on money and a good life for themselves, materially. It is up to them how they live, but as I said, it is a shame.

I think he should have done what he said he was going to do and not sign it. It was his decision as President - as such, I'd have respected his decision. I might have called him an idiot, but I'd have respected him much more for holding his ground.

This is a strange view. I think if he did not sign you would be ranting about how stupid he was not to. Since he did sign, due to so many people pressuring him to sign, suddenly you say that he is a coward. I think he just gave in because he felt so many people were for the signiture of it, that even though he did not want to do it, he also knew he is part of a democracy and went for what most people in Poland want.

Incidentally, you do realise (as someone who says he understands Poland, you do know what the Constitution says, right?) that Lech Kaczynski had very little power - and was of little to no interest to Russia?

I think one has to know more about the Russians to understand the way they think, in reference to the government. Our former president did certain things that really made Putin angry. In fact he hated him! This would be a fantastic oppurtunity to get rid of him on his own turf. What a gift. An airplane full of polititians with most of the polititians from PiS [who are anti Russia]. Obviously after the crash if they supposedly seem to care it takes the suspicion off them but they did enough very 'strange' things to keep the suspicions on them. Now I am absolutely not saying that is was definately a planned attack but we do not have the facts yet and it was not wise to let the Russians take charge of the investigation. They are hardly going to put blame on themselves or admit it was their plan all along are they? Truth is we might not know what really happened for a long time. Just as many people say it is absurd to suggest it was a 'zamach' it is also absurd to so it was definately not, we simply do not have the evidence to make that conclusion but this is a very serious matter and should continue to be investigated.
WielkiPolak   
6 Jun 2011
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

Personally if there is one food I am not keen on in Poland it is pizza. They should stick to traditional Polish food over there as it is quite delicious.
WielkiPolak   
6 Jun 2011
News / What must be done to improve politics in Poland? [72]

PO have more or less kept away from such things.

That is the problem in Poland right now. Corrupt people have no problem PO because they do not stop them getting on with their businesses and a lot of younger people see PO as a more trendy and modern party who make Poland like the west and therefore like them even though they have a lot of corrupt people.

He was a coward. Lech didn't have to sign it at all - the fact that he did shows him to be what he was.

So you think that he should have not signed it? Most of Europe and PiS opposition in Poland were pressuring him to stop stalling and sign it so I wonder if you were one of those who was defending his decision not to sign.

Your paranoia about Russia is one reason why PiS lost - ordinary Poles know that they've got nothing to fear from Russia nowadays.

This is where your naivity/lack of knowledge kicks in. There are even a lot of Russians that admit you cannot trust their government. Obviously you think the crash was also an accident or bad preperation by the Polish side I assume. There are a number of pieces of information from the crash that do not add up, particularly in the way the Russians dealt with the catastrophe. This is why you have to be wary of Russia. I am not talking about them invading the country I am talking about them quietly killing people who annoy them.

Last but not least why have you not answered ironside's question on your Polish language skills? It is interesting where your source of knowledge is from. Do you actually read and watch the Polish media in Polish or get your information from English sources? I think even a nuetral viewer that turned on TVN or Polsat would be able to see that there is one party who gets constantly lambasted, every day. Most PiS politicians do not get to answer the question they are asked. The question is asked and then answered by the interviewer. They might as well be having an interview them themselves since they do not let most PiS politicians speak.
WielkiPolak   
5 Jun 2011
News / What must be done to improve politics in Poland? [72]

Of course there was corruption within Samobrona.

Oh puuuleeeaaaaese. They had to go with them in order to be in government. Yes I admit they did not have enough votes to go it alone so they had to choose and PO said no so they had to go with them. Were they meant to go with those communists? Anyway the fact that they did discredit them is an example of how they did not pretend nothing went on just to stay in power but risked their own position in leadership by discrediting Samoobrona.

As for PO being corrupt - sorry, but if you knew a thing about Polish affairs, you'd know how PiS used the security organs to spy on their political enemies. That alone is enough to keep them out of power for a long, long time.

How does this change the fact that a lot of corruption went on [probably still does]? This is what PO and the anti PiS media do they manage to turn the situation around and make those who found out about the corruption seem to be in the wrong for the way they found out. Absolute crap.

What better deal did Poland get? As I recall - President Kaczynski signed Lisbon.

He did not want to sign it and initially did not but there was so much pressure on him not only from Europe by the opposition that he eventually signed it. If he got what he wanted then there would be alterations made in it to suit Poland more before he signed it.

Poland's in NATO - what does she have to fear from Russia?

Oh yeah absolutely nothing to fear from Russia now that Poland is in NATO. They have out back at all times now. If you think that you are just plain ignorant.

Actually I do pay attention I watch it almost every day and see what is going on. Of course there is opposition and there are pro PiS newspapers such as 'Gazeta Polska' as well as channels such as 'Trwam' but the general mainstream TV media that a lot of people see i.e TVN and Polsat as well as TVP 2 is anti PiS. TVP used to be neutral although since PO started to interfere in that it is not starting to turn on PiS now as well.
WielkiPolak   
5 Jun 2011
News / What must be done to improve politics in Poland? [72]

I am unable to edit my post to correct my spelling errors. Oh well I hope it is readable anyway. JonnyM it seems you do not like PiS but have not given reasons why they are so terrible and why PO or whatever party you are in favour of, is better.
WielkiPolak   
5 Jun 2011
News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]

Oh they already do. In fact if you are a black man or woman in Poland you have a good chance of appearing on television in Poland and discussing your life and how you got to be in Poland.
WielkiPolak   
5 Jun 2011
News / What must be done to improve politics in Poland? [72]

Fortunately the people of Poland have shown they don't want PiS. They didn't even let them complete a whole term of office.

Actually the coallition did not disband due to the people not wanting them, it was basically because they proved that there was corruption in Samoobrona who did not want to continue on with PiS so PiS did nto have a majority anymore. Originally they wanted to be with PO who declined so they had to go with Samoobrona.

I do not understand why people want to stick to PO and are frightened to death of PiS having power. PO is corrupt. Some of the stuff they are doing right now is a joke. What is wrong with PiS? What is it peopel do not like about them?

Being Patriotic?
Sticking to Catholic morales and nto 'modernising' to be 'trendy' like most of West Europe?
Fighting Corruption?
Fighting for a better deal for their country in the EU rather than kissing EU ass and doing what the EU says?
Being weary of the Russians?

For those who do watch Polish television and have made up their mind because of it to dislike PiS I do not blame you. The Polish media has done a remarkable mind job in recent years and have made PiS look shockingly bad. Mainstream media is generally anti PiS. It is so obvious that it hurts and the fact that they keep on trying to convince us they are neutral is laughable. Not that they do not criticise PO, they have to otherwise it would be a little too obvious. Generally though, a person with a brain is able to see it.
WielkiPolak   
5 Jun 2011
News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]

I think this is a tricky topic to discuss. I do understand, to a degree, what the topic creator is saying although it is not too simple for countries like France, USA, Holland, England and so on, to do much about it now. It has gone too far. What these countries now have are children of immigrants being born in their countries. France as an example. An Algerian child born in France feels like a French citizen because they speak the language, they get educated in France, they have French pals etc. It is not fair to tell them to get out of the country when they have never actually lived anywhere else. If I happen to see a non white guy in Poland who says he is Polish, speaks Polish perfectly, has friends there etc and I realise he was born there and is proud of his country I would not feel right frowning at him and telling him to get out of the country. Now Poland, for now, is not a multicultural country, not to the extent of France for example. The problem is a lot of the Polish girls [or guys] go abroad and marry foreigners, then they return with them and this is how is starts. Right now it is not so noticable but if it continues then Poland could be similar to France eventually. I know that for some Polish girls it is trendy to find a foreigner and 'show him off.' I think that it is absurd but some girls think in this way.

It really does depend on how you view the world. It is a personal taste. If you think that we should not have any boundries as we are one race then sure, the EU is great and let us mix it up but if countries are too keep to themselves and have their own particular cultures then this is problematic. I think we have so many cultures in the world and some are vastly different to others hence it is not as easy to intergrate with each other as it may seem. We can have respect for them but to intergrate with them is a little different.
WielkiPolak   
4 Jun 2011
Life / What do you generally think about Poles? [62]

because they're already checked hits. You have to pay for rights but you can be sure of success.

It is not just the fact that they have their own versions of dancing with the stars, dancing on ice, moment of truth etc it is that they make their own Polish versions of television programs from Britain or America such as 'Alo Alo' or 'Don Matteo' and others. It is one thing to show a foreign TV show on Polish television and even to buy foreign gameshows but when you copy a TV program to make your own version with pretty much the same characters I think it just takes the ****.
WielkiPolak   
3 Jun 2011
News / What Polish political party are you in favour of and why [6]

What Polish political party are you in favour of and why?

If any of course.

Even though I do not live in Poland and cannot vote I am a PiS supporter. While I do not want to go in to too much detail right now and I know a lot of people are against them I just feel they are thes best from what we have to choose now. I cannot like the communists of SLA while PO has too many smug people in it involved in corruption and they are doing an awful lot of stupid stuff right now too. A lot of promises have gone to the pooper so to speak. I know Pis might not be brilliant but I think they are patriotic and want the truth to be known. Poland is in a difficult situation right now so they are not going to save it or anything but at least they do what they can rather than making false promises and filling their own pockets. A lot of people, particularly PO supporters do not like Kaczynski and therefore are never going to like PiS if he is in charge while a PiS supporter does not have anything personal against Tusk or Komorowski they just see what they are doing and that is to say, not a whole lot, so they do not like PO and what it currently stands for.
WielkiPolak   
3 Jun 2011
Life / What do you generally think about Poles? [62]

I know but it seems as if in Poland you get an awful lot of it. Why is it safer? You have to pay for the right to have it. Why not think of your own stuff?
WielkiPolak   
3 Jun 2011
Life / What do you generally think about Poles? [62]

I am Polish but British born and my opinion of many Polish people currently is slightly negative. I do not know where to begin. I think if so many of the youngster from Poland would stop, as someone mention, trying to be modern and like European westerners they would get a lot more respect. Personally I find it very sad when a Polish guy or girl marries a foreigner and then does not speak to the children in Polish or even worse, a couple who are Polish move to another country and when they marry and have a family they decide not to speak to their children in Polish. I have seen it here where I live. Be proud of your 'Polishness' and stop trying to be like those in other countries as if have got something to be ashamed of. You see it a lot in television in Poland as well, a lot of the programs are just bought from other countries as if they have no creative ideas now in Poland and just have to copy other countries. I also feel that a lot of Polish people who have moved here or to Americanin recent years have turned their back on their Catholic morale values and just go wherever the money is. It is such a shame.