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Posts by Polsyr  

Joined: 19 Sep 2011 / Male ♂
Last Post: 12 Dec 2015
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From: Warsaw, Poland
Speaks Polish?: Yes
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Polsyr   
22 Jul 2015
Study / I got accepted into a university in Gliwice, Poland! [38]

Nawzat is right about the situation in Lebanon. To study in a good university in Beirut would cost as much (if not more) than studying in a top university in the US, plus being Syrian may subject him to prejudice (including a curfew.)

Speaking of continuity, Russia is not a good choice for him because unless he marries a Russian citizen or invests a lot of money, the procedure towards naturalization is long, complicated and not entirely straight forward. Plus prejudice against people with a "caucasus" look can be a problem.

Even if you have to spend 2 extra years in Germany to learn German and sort out your high school diploma, you have a clearer bath to naturalization, and very good career prospects. Plus consider the two extra years a chance to learn and familiarize yourself with the German way of life. Although I have to tell you, a lot of student visa applications by Syrians are being rejected by Germany these days.
Polsyr   
22 Jul 2015
Life / Single mothers in Poland [175]

@Polonius3; nobody is forcing you to follow Hollywood stars and you are certainly free to raise your children not to follow them. It is called freedom of choice.
Polsyr   
22 Jul 2015
Study / I got accepted into a university in Gliwice, Poland! [38]

You being Syrian it is important that you go to a country where your chances of continuity are as high as possible due to the uncertainty associated with having only Syrian citizenship today, especially if you don't have a permanent right of residence in any other country.

May I ask, what do you intend to study?

I will start with a warning, and rather harshly honest advice. I can almost guarantee that you will have problems at the Polish embassy in Abu Dhabi with your visa application when you apply. The consul over there has a tendency to view applications in an exclusively negative mindset. In the case of a Syrian citizen applying for ANY kind of visa through them, he tends to only assume that because they are Syrian they have no intention to ever leave and therefore automatic rejection. Even if you have millions in your bank accounts in UAE, it won't change how he sees that. And this is irrespective of the fact that as a student you are expected to apply for a residence permit upon arrival and may one day become a contributing member of society.

You are likely to face a similar attitude from more or less all the embassies of the EU countries that used to be under communism (meaning Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia and Bulgaria).

Therefore, you are better off looking to the West, preferably to an English speaking country (UK, Ireland, Canada, USA etc.) and if not English speaking then go to Germany (although Germany also problematic recently with student visas for Syrian students), Holland or Sweden etc.

If you have absolutely no other choice, then I personally would pick Poland over Latvia.

Polish language is more useful as others have already said, because more people speak it.

Poland is a bigger country with more opportunities and more international companies operating.
Although you might want to try to get into one of the bigger cities (Warsaw, Wroclaw or Krakow for example) instead of Gliwice both for social reasons and for potential career opportunities after graduation.

Regardless of what city in Poland you study in, you need to be prepared financially (meaning income from elsewhere or savings) to pay 100% of your cost of living and studying until you graduate. Assume that you will NOT be able to find meaningful paid work before you graduate.

I cannot comment about comparing laws regarding residence and naturalization of foreigners in the two countries. You need to research this by yourself. I know that Polish laws today are somewhat clear on this and specify several clear paths towards permanent residence and naturalization of foreigners that have resided in Poland for a certain length of time, but I have no idea how it looks like in Latvia.
Polsyr   
21 Jul 2015
Life / Single mothers in Poland [175]

I don't need no bloke hanging about, I can raise my kid alone, bla-bla-bla.

If you have a problem with that then don't become a single mother, and raise your kids to believe that it is wrong, but don't force your opinion upon the rest of the world. Fair enough?
Polsyr   
21 Jul 2015
News / There is no Poland without the Church! [178]

Sounds plain and simple, but remember, you want to oppose X because you think that X undermines the foundation of society, what is there to stop you at X? Maybe tomorrow you will want to oppose Y & Z and then A & B... Plain and simple enough?

As much as you like to believe or even claim otherwise, people that share the same views as yourself are increasingly in the minority (a trend that is happening in Poland as well). Did you ever stop and question yourself? Maybe think a little bit outside the box? Did you question what you believe are the foundations of society and are they really the foundations of society? Nobody wants you to become homosexual or change your gender. Nobody wants to stop you from going to Church or even raising your kids based on a belief system that you are comfortable with, and most certainly nobody is going to ever deny the validity of your "man + woman" marriage. The real question is, why do you want to inflict these pains upon others? What makes you think that you are right and they are wrong? More importantly, have you ever seen what happens to societies that take on intolerance as a way of life (which is exactly what you are promoting)?
Polsyr   
21 Jul 2015
News / Coal-Powered Poland Refuses to "Go Green". EU Ain't Happy. [304]

I fear the Australian professor makes sense. But be care of using academic expressions like

homo sapiens

because certain paranoid people might come in here and blast you for forcing the

homo

"agenda" upon them...
Polsyr   
21 Jul 2015
News / There is no Poland without the Church! [178]

People that want to deprave youth and destroy the moral foudnations of society,

Am I hearing the same "stara płyta" again?
So everyone that doesn't share your particularly disturbed cocktail of views is off to destroy society? Seriously man get help.
Polsyr   
21 Jul 2015
News / Coal-Powered Poland Refuses to "Go Green". EU Ain't Happy. [304]

thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/214415,PiS-deputy-head-strategy-for-Polish-mining-a-priority

And already PiS showing the ugly truth behind the mask. Pani BS stated "The basis of Polish energy must be coal". Pani BS, I hope you and your children get asthma, because this is exactly what you did for millions of Polish children with this statement.
Polsyr   
21 Jul 2015
News / President-Elect of Poland, Duda, rescues Eucharist [45]

polska.newsweek.pl/andrzej-duda-rychwald-matka-boska-newsweek-pl,artykuly,367237,1.html

Article in Polish, stating that Duda said something that translates to roughly: "we as believers are better equipped to repair the republic".

This statement appears to undermine democratic principles by associating a citizen's performance with their religious beliefs, not to mention undermining Poland's constitution which guarantees equality to all citizens irrespective of faith.

Like many predicted, only a matter of time before his foot goes in his mouth. We shall look forward to more statements of the same quality from this gentleman.
Polsyr   
20 Jul 2015
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2315]

Poles would no doubt support any legislature that afforded them more freedoms including gun ownership.

They really, really, really see the gun issue differently.

Being raised in the US means seeing gun ownership as a constitutional right. That has become a deeply ingrained cultural thing. Poles did not grow up under the same influences. The average Pole sees gun ownership as "exotic" to say the least.

Another important aspect is, Polish law somewhat limits one's ability to use force for self defense as far as I know. For example, you can get into trouble with the law if you use force against an intruder inside your own home, unless you can prove your life was in clear and present danger. I invite someone more familiar with Polish criminal law to elaborate further on this.
Polsyr   
20 Jul 2015
Law / What is the procedure of immigrating to Poland as a spouse of a Polish citizen? Citizenship through marriage. [11]

It depends on whether you are a citizen of another EU country or not.

I assume you are not. Therefore you must travel with your wife to Poland, and then apply for a temporary residence permit. After living in Poland for 2 years on the basis of temporary residence permit, you may apply for a permanent residence permit. After living in Poland for 2 years on the basis of permanent residence permit, you may apply for recognition as a Polish citizen. You need to actually live in Poland for at least 4 years. This subject has been discussed in detail many times on this forum. Just do a search. Also, extensive online resources in English are available. Again, just google.
Polsyr   
20 Jul 2015
News / There is no Poland without the Church! [178]

Equally applies to you. I am pretty sure I can find dozens of incidents where you used these expressions in a single paragraph to describe people that don't agree with your particular agenda.
Polsyr   
19 Jul 2015
News / There is no Poland without the Church! [178]

Yes that is very strange. I just returned from the city center a short while ago, and I spent most afternoon there and didn't notice anything?

I was in Church this morning (family thing) and the priest said something rather interesting to me personally. He said nobody should feel obligated to come, but if we come it should be entertaining and interesting. What do you think he meant?
Polsyr   
19 Jul 2015
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2315]

Yeah I wonder how firearm ownership would mix with the raging alcoholism spread throughout Poland, because you can bet that the drunks will be the first inline to apply for licenses. And with open borders policy, I am sure authorities in other countries will appreciate all the drunks driving through their cities with guns in their glove boxes.

You think armed civilians (without proper military training, just basic firearm training) carrying a bunch of pistols and rifles could stop invading armies?

Here is a current example for you. Most civilians in Syria today own firearms, usually assault rifles (like the proper AK series, not the watered down semi-auto version you can buy in America), and many have machine guns, heavy gauge sniper rifles and even RPG launchers. Up to the year 2004, EVERYONE older than 12 has had at least basic firearm training because it was in school curriculum, and every adult male has had 30 months of military training (compulsory service).

You think 100,000 men with light arms and basic firearm training can stop an army of 2500 soldiers equipped with 20 APC's, 10 tanks, 5 helicopters and 3 strike jets backing them up, and no regards to rules of engagement? If you think so, then I recommend you go and take a look at what most Syrian cities look like today. And don't ever say that would never happen here.

And troll in KSA, I wonder how Saudi authorities will react when you apply for a gun license. I suggest you go back to Lebanon where every schmuck owns a small arsenal. I wonder how well that protected them from being invaded and conquered several times over the past few decades.
Polsyr   
18 Jul 2015
News / The wave of designer-drug poisoning (dopalacze) in Poland [48]

There are organizations that take care of that in Poland, just not FDA style.

I don't know if you know how the FDA works, but new (and sometimes badly needed) drugs take years longer to get approval in the US in comparison to Europe. That is exactly why the pharmaceutical industry is years ahead in Europe.
Polsyr   
18 Jul 2015
News / There is no Poland without the Church! [178]

Krakow cops see a Katowice number plate

I heard horror stories on this subject, especially if you have Warsaw plates and you are out of province. Although I personally haven't experienced anything with my Warsaw plates and I more or less drove all over Poland except to the NE corner, and that will happen soon when I visit Suwałki.

So check this out. It turns out there are concerned drivers and corrupt Police and the Church has nothing to do with the concerned drivers :)
Polsyr   
18 Jul 2015
News / There is no Poland without the Church! [178]

They can only fine you 50zl per missing document

This matches what I know, although I am curious based on what Dougpol1 said that you could have your car impounded. Never even heard of that before.

Paweł, son of the local PiS

I see this particular problem even today. And now just employment, but also for award of contracts etc...
Polsyr   
17 Jul 2015
News / Have PO (Platforma) operatives in Poland fallen into a panic? [332]

under-40s with landlines

Ehm Ehm. I use it mainly for electronic document transfer (fancy name for FAX, you may judge me in random) And yes pollsters call a LOT but I usually tell them to stuff themselves with hay or let the fax machine answer :)

Can you believe some of them are offering a free dinner if you agree to answer the entire survey?
Polsyr   
17 Jul 2015
News / There is no Poland without the Church! [178]

We now have more bureacracy than ever.

That is not true. Official processes have improved big time in Poland, in particular from 2010 to 2015. During this time I established a business, bought a home, deal with 2 court cases plus immigration and citizenship issues and I can say from my own experience that today there is less red tape than ever before, however that is not to say that it is better than Denmark for example (not even close), and much more improvement is needed.
Polsyr   
17 Jul 2015
News / The wave of designer-drug poisoning (dopalacze) in Poland [48]

Collective human experience shows that the higher the risk in providing a banned good or service, the more the benefits are for successful providers. Profitability is directly proportional to risk.

Poland doesn't even have 10% of the United States' ability to "Police". In fact no other country has larger or more capable security agencies. Therefore, the US's failure in the war on drugs should be a good lesson for others.

Matter of fact is, nobody is "God" and nobody has absolute power or intelligence to enforce a ban on ANYTHING successfully. The very best one can do is educate and control. If you can't ban it, tax it and regulate it.