News / Polish People STILL denied US Entry [96]

for real?! LOL, your "Map of Supporters" consists of 17 (seventeen) individual votes over the past 10 months... you're arguing against your own point. just sayin'.

USA, Canada / Can you BE Polish without SPEAKING Polish in the US? [256]


tell it to the Kashubians

News / Polish People STILL denied US Entry [96]

lol, bring a dead guy in support of a dead bill...

i'm all in favor of a visa waiver for Poland, but the bill hasn't made it anywhere near a subcommittee, and the only person actively speaking in favor of it is a rep from Chicagoland... if i were running in Chicago, i would ooze support for it, too, but it all doesn't change the fact that jesus himself couldn't resurrect this bill now. perhaps, call it tabled, if it makes you feel better...

News / Poland fines singer for bashing Bible [159]


pretty much

quite pathetic that someone can actually still be punished by law in the middle of Europe in the 21st century for "insulting" some "holy" book

News / Polish People STILL denied US Entry [96]

nope, it won't. this bill is dead.

Love / Unmarried couples in Poland = pathology [310]

in an old-fashioned marriage, the wife would stay behind at home, not pursue her career, and take care of the kids and the household, in which case she would have a pretty good claim for alimony, particularly if she is the one left with the kids after the divorce. it's more about who is the bread winner, than the gender.

Love / Unmarried couples in Poland = pathology [310]


ethical principles evolve over time, thankfully...

times have changed, it's a much different situation now than even 10-20 years ago. People have more choices now, so they adapt and choose what is right for them. The choice belongs to nobody but the individuals in question - not the society, not the church, not the government... why are you so quick to condemn people you have never met and have not the slightest clue about what their life is like?

Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]

you can't argue with supply and demand and right now there is way more demand than supply. what the government can do is provide for cheaper loans, tax breaks for new construction both to companies and individuals, and generally make establishing and running a business in Poland less hassle-free. once the obstacles are removed, it's just a matter of time when people realize that demand exists at all price points and try to meet it. it's not rocket science, it's economics 101

Love / Unmarried couples in Poland = pathology [310]

what I call pathological is people with fingers in other people's business... wtf makes anyone feel that they have the right to say whether or not someone else should or shouldn't get married. I know one couple whose 40 years of marriage was punctuated with the wife's occasional black eye, broken jaw or rib, compliments of her a$$hole husband (she wouldn't leave "for the kids" and "what would others say?"), and another couple who have been living together for 40 years without marriage, raised kids and grand kids, and couldn't be happier... in my experience, people who are prone to pass easy judgment are either highly insecure or hiding something of their own, or both. I couldn't be happier my marriage, but I don't think it gives me the god-bestowed right to pontificate about the "sanctimony" of the institution.

Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]

If anyone has any doubts about how the supposedly "uncorrupted" process of allotment of apartments worked in the past, I would refer them to the first episode of "Alternatywy 4." That was the reality of distributing housing based on "needs."

Travel / Katowice airport near by Polish towns villages [5]

ask the cab driver about any fine local establishments...