History / What Hitler really thought about Poles? Hitler's letter to Himmler 1944 [111]


Is it really so difficult for you to understand that killings of intelligentsia by Hitler had the same background as killings of Katyń and Miednoje by Stalin - most posters understand , why can`t you . It is so obvious .

Funnily , but Hitler had already entered into force that idea by kidnapping of Polish children from their parents in occupied Poland . He wanted to have not only clever but nicer German society thanks to our superior genes to theirs :).

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


There are restrictions only in the forests . There is an old law from 1991 "about forests " , because of the protection of the wild game dogs cant be left off . But no one will going to bother you if you keep your dog under control. I always go to the Kampinos National Park , and I have never had any problem with the guards . But lets be reasonable , no one can shoot a dog in Poland when the dog is left alone or is lost in the forest , as that woman and few other posters said . The owner can be fined if the situation takes palce in the forest ( only one situation based on art 166 of the Misdemeanor Act ) . Outside the forest you have to check for the signs " keep your dog on leash ". You can however enter the restricted area , but no policemen or civic guard can issue a fine or mandate . Only the administrator can sue you in a civil suit if you did not abide their internal regulations . In the restaurant or in a hotel it is up to the owner . On the guarded beaches , there are signs and informations about fees for breaking the regulations . But there are unguarded beaches where you can stay with your furry friend . My suggestion is always to follow common sense .

Dougpol1 - I am fully aware that there is a lot of thugs who can , being in groups, beat up foreigners or intimidate them for no reason. A lot of people will ignore dangerous situations and will not help even someone`s life is in danger . People are indifferent , not willing to interfere , I don`t condone such conduct and it is appalling. I have to admit, as an advocate, that the blame for this lies with the judiciary system . In Poland, the judges administer too low punishments within the lowest statutory limits .

But gradually I hope that this sick system will start to run normally.


You are 100% right . This outdated law should be revised soon.

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


I always clean after my dog . There is law regarding this subject , but not respected , because of too small fines and not too many units fighting against this problem . There should be more sestrictve measures taken . I see it as a big problem in major cities . Poles are known for not abiding rules which I regard as a sign of immature society .


You y don`t know the law either .
Recently the court punished such hunter by 1000 zł fine who shot a dog and levied him the withdrawal of right to keep a weapon.
It is ashame , because those vicuios people think that they can enforce law , the law that don`t exist . This dullard did not know about Law about the protection of animals provisions 11 .1 and 33.4, 33a 3 that states :

the manager of the hunting circuit may take measures to prevent wandering dogs in the circuit by:

1) advising the owner of the dog of the obligation to exercise control over the animal;

2) capture the dog and provide it to the owner, or a shelter for animals; capture the dog and provide the dog to the shelter at the expense of the owner.

Only feral dogs or cats who constitute extraordinary threat left without supervision and care in the hunting circuits at a distance greater than 200 meters from the buildings (if the conditions are cumulative) can be fought! It says clearly fought not killed.

Those cumulative conditions must be met at the same time .
I am very happy that such law has been revised ( the newest revision took place 30.07.2013 ) and a lot of crule peole can be prosecuted now in Poland together with vicious hunters , primitive villagers , farmers , ritual killers etc .

Provisions 10 a of above Law says - It is prohibited to let run dogs without the possibility of controling and without marking the identification of the owner or guardian.

So , in the Polish law there are no restrictions about muzzle and leash , however there are internal regulations in means public transportation , owners of public facilities , parks . But it is unlawful to issue a mandate or fine by anyone ( police or municipal guards ) for not abiding such regulations .

Summing - you can keep your dog without a muzzle and leash anywhere you want , but you have to keep control over him . Even in public places , you can only be aware when there is a sign " No dogs allowed " , you can expect that they could sue you and they could win the case . But in the regulation there should be information about their internal fee for not abiding their regulations . .

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


What are you talking about ? What kind of a threat would a 4 months old puppy create for that woman ? Without a doubt that mentally unstable woman was a way bigger threat for that puppy .

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


Haha , yeah dogs always think about a meal just like us people .

Carefuly look at below link that contradicts your immature theory .

joemonster.org/art/2132

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


Dear Pweg - begone !

See Dougpol1 , it seems that you and me are great dog lovers. But not everybody is like us , which is sad.
Dogs were always man`s greatest friends . Even if dogs harm people sometimes I strongly believe that it is always human`s fault. If the dog is treated in a proper way , given love and care he would never do anything wrong in any circumstances . As a child , 6 years old , I was bitten by a dog, but I never blamed that dog .I knew that it was the fault of the people who treated him badly . It breaks my heart when I hear in the media about someone who is cruel to animals. I must admit that some people are primitive cruel bs***rds . Look at the case of the lion named Christian . This is an example who lion can become if treated with love and care. There is a movie in the internet about this special love .

This primitive woman`s behavior in the forest has no words to describe .
The dog controlled by his owner has the same right to free running in the woods just like everyone else and everybody should respect that and it is guaranteed by Polish Law contrary to what PWeg says . In the parks there are signs to keep a dog on a leash . But it is not a case in the woods .

I wonder if a child ran up to her and violated her privacy zone ,would she use this gas spray also ? How could she say something like that seeing a tiny puppy, unbelievable .

The worst people in Poland are the rats from the corporations . She was probably this type of a person .
BTW , the campaign against killer drivers is under way in Poland now . One doctor from the ambulance service with 20 years of experience said that the biggest killers on the roads are 30 something women , corporate rats, who in court explain with no emotions that it was the fault of the victim , because he / she dared to cross the road when they were driving .

In my everyday life I see more and more people like that . I thankfully don`t have to deal with them .

So , my point is just ignore such rude people ( it is better not to argue with them , just leave them alone ) , always put a collar ( even with big red scarf around the neck ,to keep a dog visible from a great distance ), have your puppy within your sight You can even keep in your pocket certain provisions of Law with you , just in case . Many people in Poland are legal illiterates , but they have big mouth ,the less they know the biggest cry they stir up :).

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


Haha it sounds that a lot of people go to the forest instead of the store in searching for food. Hilarious .


Why such a nasty picture of a host country . You know it is just a lie . Commonly in Poland people love dogs .

Dear Dougpol1 - I never went for a walk with my Golden Retriever on a leash in the forest ( it is rather medium dog ) . She has had always only visible collar with our address and name. Sometimes we met strange people who resented our dog when she greeted them . But I always apologized and never had problems.

None hunter or the more an employee of state forests will not shot the dog , even wandering alone in the woods when someone is with him .

He has a duty to call the special unit under the law of hunting - 29 X. 52, (item . 300/52 and 108 /55) in spite of the fact that there is a certain provision allowing them to do that. - in art. 11 which states: employees of state forests are allowed to kill wandering dogs or cats in the circuit who are not hunting dogs , but only those unsupervised .

The persons mentioned have the right to seize and stop hunting dog , wandering in the circuit hunting , notifying the Presidium of the municipal council , in the area where the dog was captured .

Dog running slow even in the hunting field , but being available within his guide can not be regarded as a wandering dog .
So even if entitled to exercise hunting Law state forest emploee will not be entitled to kill the dog or even stop him.

Dear OP don`t feel scared or intimidated by some answers and feel free to take a walk with your puppy even in a deep forest without a leash .

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]


Now , I am laughning Harry , oh boy you are quite a joker , I have had no idea about your great sense of humor . Hihi .

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]


Why were you so preoccupied by watching them , there ?

You haven`t seen them in Poland . Seems so strange . I can see them every day in Warsaw .

You have been at the wrong time in the wrong place , most probably .

The last open`er festival 2013 in Gdynia . There had been so many young attractive Poles there , that you would have suffered from the neck injury by turning your head back and forth , Flag.

youtube.com/watch?v=M3fFLpqy2cE
youtube.com/watch?v=OLzhLE732Vg
youtube.com/watch?v=gbCwEdMxXrk
youtube.com/watch?v=3Tg1qZeW4jM

A random look at random Polish men . Where can you see this ugliness?

You can almost notice no overweight people there or that picnic type with shaved head , so patheticly described as a typical Polish look by some maniacal posters .

There are pictures of a very popular Polish young actor - Maciej Musiał , below . There are a lot of such looking Polish young teenagers around in Poland Anno Domini 2013 .

vipnews.pl/2012/03/15/musial-w-trzeciej-serii-rodzinki-pl-zobacz-najnowsze-zdjecia

BTW -only a gay person would care how other men look like . Straight men wouldn`t even bother to make any kind of observation in this subject .

There are no ugly people there are just sloppy people , this statement referes to men and women accordingly.

Until Poland recaptures her position as a wealthy country , there will always be a false portrayal of a Polish person as dumb , unattractive , sloppy , awkward - so much ingrained in the media run by a certain group of Polonophobes portraying Polish women as sluts and Polish men as giant drunk brutes . This phenomenon will always amaze me.

Shame , shame , shame on you .

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]

People, people such discussion is pointless. Let me tell you something. I live here in Warsaw and every week I pass by dozens of people and I can tell one thing. That's not a matter of the look .

People everywhere (in EU) look more or less similar . The difference is just the height . Taller in the north and smaller in the south .

What strucks me as a woman is that Poles just look poorly. They can not afford good haircut, fashionable clothes, cool cars.

As you all know everyone, even the least attractive man changes if he is better dressed, visits hairdresser regularly . Because Polish women ussually don`t participate in family expeditures , they can spend whatever they earn on their look, but in this way not too much money is left for a Polish man . That has been a model of Polish society for years . Not too feminist I suppose . Polish men just don`t spend money on themselves , maybe just Polish gays . Thats about it in this subject .

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]

Whoever publicly insults a nation or Republic of Poland , faces imprisonment up to 3 years. Got it !
USA or British criminal can be indicted by Polish prosecutor and be brought to Poland and stand trial before Polish court .
The Polish penal law shall apply to a foreigner who committed an offense abroad, directed against the interests of the Polish, Polish citizen Polish Polish legal person or an organizational unit without legal personality and to a foreigner who committed abroad a terrorist offense. The Polish penal law shall be applied when committed by a foreigner abroad an offense other than that referred to in § 1, if the offense is in the Polish penal law punishable by more than two years' imprisonment and the offender is present on Polish territory and decided not to extradite him.

When I was writing about a trial in my previous post against E&Y I was thinking about an abstract situation by using citation marks " major trial " .

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]


I will not advise you about the Polish civil law, because you want it

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]


The survey indicated something else . According to their survey Poland is a corrupted country and such claim must be treated as a libel, because that survey is not a factual survey of corruption cases in Poland but the projections of feelings . Claiming by them that it is a fact of life in Poland can be treated as libel ,because wrongful and untrue criticizm is libel too.

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]


Sure, here you are : just an example , there are more ,four former Ernst & Young employees -three tax lawyers and an accountant-were convicted in 2010 of conspiracy to defraud the government, tax evasion, obstruction of the IRS and false statements to the IRS for their role in developing and defending the shelters. In November, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit threw out the convictions of two of those attorneys, finding there was insufficient evidence to convict, but upheld the conviction of the two other men. ( Appeals opinion here.) The men had all been members of what E&Y originally called its "VIPER" Group (for "Value Ideas Produce Extraordinary Results") and later renamed the "Strategic Individual Solutions Group".

Two white collar felons are sentenced already , others waiting to be sentenced .

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]

What is the corruption ridden country , not Poland of course . Making Poland some kind of a scapegoat ( only to distract the public interest from their scandals and their own problems is also a libel .

It is a libel to deceive the general public and pack their heads with false data, using the term - projection of a fraud or feeling of beeing pressed to commit a fraud . Poland can sue E&Y for trying to libel Poland and that could be a "major trial" to accuse other country of corruption by giving only as an evidence a survey that measures the level of someone`s feeling . Building such a projection among prospective investors creates misleading environment destroying the future of Poland by portraying our country as a corrupted state which is a total false acusation . There are frauds or corruption acts commited by Poles , but it is just a small fraction of all business actions done by Polish citizens.

Take a look at these facts it is not about a bottle of cognac or a watch handed over as a present for a doctor :

The E&Y deal is just the latest in a long line of settlements relating to the promotion of over the edge-tax-shelters during the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2005, KPMG agreed to pay what was then a record $456 million fine in a deferred prosecution deal covering its role in promoting shelters. Deutsche Bank agreed to pay a record $554 million in a deferred prosecution deal in 2010. And last June, accounting firm BDO USA paid $50 million, and admitted generating $6.5 billion in phony losses in its own deferred prosecution agreement. In a different line of tax abuse cases, in February 2009, Swiss Bank UBS entered into a deferred prosecution deal and paid $780 million in fines, for its role in helping Americans hide assets offshore. Deferred prosecution, also known as pretrial diversion, has been the feds' preferred method of dealing with wrongdoing by prominent corporations since the Department of Justice came under fire for causing the 2002 collapse of accounting firm Arthur Andersen, which was convicted of obstruction of justice in the Enron scandal. This past January, Switzerland's oldest bank, Wegelin & Co., went out of business after it was forced to plead guilty to helping to hide $1.2 billion for American tax cheats.

While the E&Y settlement might seem like it was late in coming, both civil and criminal litigation related to the tax shelter craze continues. Just this week, for example, a Louisiana federal judge shot down a shelter Dow Chemical used to create $1 billion in phony deductions between 1993 and 2003. And today, a Manhattan federal judge sentenced Donna Guerin, 52, to eight years for her role in promoting tax shelters while an attorney with the now defunct Jenkens & Gilchrist law firm. Guerin and three co-defendants were convicted of tax fraud in 2011, but later Guerin and two of her co-defendants were granted a mistrial as a result of misconduct by a juror-ironically, a law school graduate who lied about her background. Guerin later decided to plead guilty, while the other two, including former Jenkens & Gilchrist partner Paul Daugerdas, are scheduled to be retried in September.

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]


It is a fact not a suspicion that they are frauders . I don`t need to wait for the judgement , they, themselves happen to admit to a fraud commited by its emploees :) :)

In a deal with the government , accounting firm Ernst & Young agreed to pay $123 million to the government and admitted to wrongful conduct by some of its partners and employees in connection with the firm's participation, from 1999 to 2004, in the promotion of abusive tax shelters to rich individuals. In return, the firm itself won't face criminal charges.

So , they are frauders ! Now you can go to E&Y and snitch on me , Sherlock !

Only you , contrary to the rest of the reasonable people claim that E& Y has got more credibility than the a last year`s snow . People who want to get some credible financial reports know that they should ask an independent auditing firm rather than asking for big 4 corrupted acountants who will write whatever they are commisioned for .

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]

The trial is pending , but it has got strong basis to convict people of E&Y who helped Lehman brothers to fool its shareholders. There is no space to expain the allegation`s grounds , but you can read the report how things were done and how the fraud was commited :

jenner.com/lehman

The authors of that report say that :


. Only to make cash !!!!!

Do you think I commit a libel by repeating NYC prosecutors and authors of valid audition of Lehman brothers ?


Ha, ha do you think I spend my entire time sitting on a bench in the courtroom ? I work for myself and curently working with files behind my computer .


No more than in your country !

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]

Are you using this "libel " term to scare me and follow the path of others who try to scare me on this forum and by that try to exclude my views from this site ?

Do you Warszawski think that NY prosecutor was insane by convicting E&Y of fraud ?
(Reuters) - Accounting firm Ernst & Young was sued by New York prosecutors over allegations it helped to hide Lehman Brothers' financial problems, in the first major government legal action stemming from the Wall Street company's 2008 downfall.

The civil fraud case contends that Ernst & Young stood by while Lehman used accounting gimmickry to mask its shaky finances.

The lawsuit says Lehman ran "a massive accounting fraud," but it did not name as defendants any former top executives at the investment bank whose September 2008 collapse helped spark the global financial crisis.

The lawsuit seeks more than $150 million in fees that Ernst & Young received from 2001 to 2008 as Lehman's outside auditor -- less than 1 percent of its global annual revenue -- plus other unspecified damages.

The lawsuit was filed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. People close to Cuomo said one factor in bringing the case was that he knows that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission already is investigating former Lehman chief Richard Fuld and other former top Lehman executives.

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]

"Maybe Big 1000 " ???? The world is not governed by their policies or surveys . They just happen to live on bribes for favorable "entertaining" accounting or expertises whose findings depend on how much money will be delivered by channels of corrupted dealings.

I thought that mature people already know that the world is corrupted at all levels and the more money is involved the more corrupted people become . The majority of EU institutions are immersed in a sick and corrupt system . Every year EU money are lost in billions in corrupted dealings . Just read some independent bodies or non profit organisation`s reports on this subject . That is not my opinion it is reality you live in . The whole European financial and banking system is based on corruption , the closer you get to central European Agencies the more corrupted the system becomes.

ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/investigations/fraud-in-figures/index_en.htm

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]

Do you really beleve that a survey made by a dubious agency based on assumptions is worth of something ?
It is a survey that measures feelings not cases of real bribery . It has nothing to do with reality . People in Poland talk about bribery, but not too many of them encountered it. It is a recollection of a past time where people felt the need to thank a doctor for a surgery by giving him a present ( a bottle of good cognac ). Comparing that kind of behaviour with bribery is ridiculous . But most Poles consirer this as a bribery . So assuming that Poles are pressured to give a bribe when considering small presents , brings this survey` results to a bin . There are cases of bribery which are prosecuted and taken to a court , like in every civilized country . This shows real level of bribery .

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]


It means in short he worked for them as an EU commissioner , geting favourable legal provisions or EU financing for them and now he gets legal money for it as a payroll emploee . Anything but a joke .

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]


Is not that a global problem ? Do you think Poles invented it ?


justice.gov/usao/wvn/news/2013/march/Adams.pdf

The latest campaign was launched in December 2010 and has uncovered a series of complex schemes used by medical professional including use of off-shore accounts and payments made by insurance companies.

It comes as Treasury figures show that £13.1 million has been clawed back from more than 2,000 medical staff since the HMRC launched its crackdown.

One doctor has paid back more than £1 million while one dentist has repaid more than £300,000, it was reported.

telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/t ax/9348282/More-than-1000-doctors-and-dentists-targeted-by-HMRC-o ver-tax-evasion.html

Here is the full text saved on my PC about the EU big scale bribery example going in millions of Euro not some few Polish zlotys :

Life / Bribery and corruption 'fact of life' in Poland? [152]


This forum will never stop entertaining me . Every time ( once every few weeks I open this site and every time I find some entertaining subjects about my country )

Are you serious warszawski ?

Better start tracking the affairs in the old EU financial institutions , banks and enterprises , where bribery has become so well camouflaged that it is difficult to pinpoint, ( through the long years of bribery practices ) Who ,but the Ernst & Young were involved in the scandal of Enron's creative accounting. Try harder !

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Sorry , but you are one frustrated lady who can`t understand anything and my efforts to explain you some facts came to an end . Goodnight .

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Ah , ok , it was another poster , I am sorry for my mistake .

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Crochet - east- west does not exist any more . Such differentiation finished more than 20 years ago . So only backard people use this term . I love Poland and I know the value of Polish people , I appreciate our past , our history , our heritage . I am very proud of being a Polish lady , lol. So you don`t need to explain to me anything .

From the same site which TheOther cited we can read -


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe#UN

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

It is too bad that you didn`t cite their explanation . They clearly inform you what it means and where it comes from - the name "eastern" . So they give many definitions but they also say that name eastern Europe is volatile .


The one who created this site forgot that there is central Europe too . So it is outdated and irrelevant to today`s Europe .

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


You don`t understand a bit of what I`ve said . I suppose most of people here understood my explanation. I suppose that you are not Polish so you can`t feel the undertones of such naming .

I will say it clearer- it doesn`t matter where Poland is located if someone , 20 years after the fall of the iron curtain , still uses this east- west differentiation which was strictly political , it means for me that this individual uses such language for his agenda mainly to stigmatize Poles as backward nation coming from a country located behind the iron curtain - I don`t need to dwell on this subject any further .


Where have you found it , in your closet ? Without any link this map could be 50 years old , so don`t bother .

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

CIA`s look at Central Europe

Poland is located not in the west or east but in the very heart of Europe. Classification of Poland as Eastern sounds always derogatory as it brings always cold war era naming to my mind.

Well-read person will always know that we are central European country.

central2013.eu

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Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]


Amazing piece of architecture and incredible reconstruction work . Very nice .

One advantage of comunism in Poland was that such castles became national treasures opened to everyone and serving to all people as museums, not just wealthy prince and his family . Nationalization in this sector was a boon for the people and the art itself.