Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


That doesn't give them low crime figures, does it...


I award you this.

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


Jim and Ryszard are overwhelmed by them.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [787]

Gagat in Polish.

There is some In Poland near Ostrów Świętokrzyskie which used to be mined commercially.

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagat

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [787]


I was on a guided tour of the flint mines in Paulina's region. It was interesting and very worth a visit.


Round Castleton however I think there are a few places around the world with it, certainly a mine in Pakistan and a very similar mineral in Iran. There are 4 or five caverns in Castleton that you can visit, a couple of them with Blue John. A big new seam has just been discovered. There's a museum too and a few shops selling it.

I'll be in Whitby and Scarborough in a fortnight and may buy two matching rings with a band of Jet in if the shops have some good ones and if the other party likes them. Not cheap but lovely (and cheaper and less obvious than gold bands!) You can sometimes pick pieces up on the beach like Amber in Poland.

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Beksiński's art has themes in common with Goya and Blake.

William Blake, 1757-1827

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Nowadays, art dealers really start pushing when artists get elderly since investors know the price will go up.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [160]


Judges and defence lawyers?

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


Are not "home invasions". This is an American term.

If you look for Aggravated Burglary or similar (when the householder is asleep upstairs), you'll find another figure.

Your "home invasions" are vanishingly rare


Who even has a phone line nowadays,

The only times I've heard of anything like "home invasions" in Europe have involved extremely wealthy people, usually elderly or perhaps premiership footballers, all of them with safes to open and/or jewellery and valuables. The gaol time for anyone convicted of doing that is so long that it's simply not worth the risk. Plus of course, most burglars don't have guns.


I wonder how Jim's and Rich's home arsenal of weapons would protect them from a Sarmat missile or of course the huge number of alien abductions that seem to happen in their country. All those farmers getting dragged up to the ufo in a tractor beam and being probed all night.

No wonder they live in fear.

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


This doesn't happen. What sort of life do you lead?


And this is right at the heart of it,

No wonder some of them seem to live in fear. Of course their views are not universally shared over there; they have built a wretched situation for themselves.

It is better in Europe and bizarre that some here suggest worsening it.

Life / The Best Things About Poland [65]

The words Poles and trust barely belong in the same sentence

Life / The Best Things About Poland [65]

It means zero.

Poland has its strengths; homogeneity is not especially either a strength or particularly accurate.

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


Really, they aren't.

If you like guns, keep them over there and keep shooting each other.

We will do things our way.

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Do tell...

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


Shill for whom?


In a chunk of Europe, the Police aren't armed (and are way better trained than your, having skill levels you can only dream of there) and yes, they may bring Social Workers if someone needs detaining under the Mental Health Act.

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


Whatever you're smoking, you should cut down on it.

In Europe, people are happy with the status quo. We do not want your culture and values.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [160]


Yep, one where 'investors' that you've never met make more money from your job than you do.

And the bit of money from your labour that goes to you? You spend it in shops they 'invest' in and on things made in China that they market at you.

That really is what they want.

Life / The Best Things About Poland [65]

That means even less.

Life / The Best Things About Poland [65]


What is that even supposed to mean?

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [160]


They're not doing well at all.

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


So you're in favour of 'curing' people with illnesses and disabilities by murdering them?

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


Why would anyone need to? Warsaw isn't Mogadishu.

What do you think happens in Poland that someone would need firearms to protect their family?


There are relatively few Marxists and Marxians in Poland.


Why would anyone want to be 'nationalistic'? And how does that relate to the very strict gun control that we like in Poland.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [787]


There is still a semi-precious stones industry around Skarska Poręba as I recall.

Is there anything like Blue John in Poland? That one is my favourite.

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Lurrv, but not for pariah states.


Should be swinging from a lampost, her feet weighed down by Vladolf Putler's solid gold toilet.

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


Why would anyone need to do that? Have you ever had to do this in Poland?


You mean millions spent in lobbying and propaganda in your country by companies who make, sell and otherwise 'earn' your money from guns.


No. Have you? Which city in Poland was it?

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]


The same. It's only ever a few centimetres and then a sort of chain.


It's unhealthy.


They can always fire guns at the sun.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [787]

Looks a bit like a piece of flint but probably isn't

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]

Police need handcuffs, a helmet, a radio and a pie in their pockets. Citizens don't

Europe doesn't want lax weapons control.


The same. Makes the air dry. Better to close curtains and open windows that are in full sun and stay hydrated.

Hard to sleep with the noise too.

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [951]

Have you ever seen Europe in the summer?

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