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jon357   
29 Mar 2012
Travel / Hard Candy - Krakow, Poland - reviews? [131]

Someone is definitely getting their palms greased.

As well as Hard Candy in Krakow, Patrick's Bar in Warsaw has a reputation for spiked drinks etc despite numerous complaints to the police.
jon357   
28 Mar 2012
News / The spiritual heirs of the Polish Communist Party [91]

Freedom of speech depends on good manners and clear parameters to be effective. It's an age-old paradox that to have true freedom there have to be boundaries. One of the clearest of those boundaries is accusing someone of a crime without offering concrete proof. In this case that boundary was crossed.
jon357   
27 Mar 2012
News / The spiritual heirs of the Polish Communist Party [91]

It's frightening that there is still an opinion in Poland that if you are patriotic you are some sort of right wing racist

I don't think there is such an opinion. There is however no shortage of right-wing racists, especially out in the sticks.
jon357   
25 Mar 2012
News / The spiritual heirs of the Polish Communist Party [91]

Hey Ironside, I do remember you applauding the court for giving a fine to Doda, just because she had an opinion about the Bible. Dobule standards anyone?

That's what I thought. If the Polish far-right want communist symbols and songs banned as offensive under the law, they also need to understand that accusations are similarly offensive under the law.
jon357   
23 Mar 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

do you smoke crack? there is nothing of the sort.

Exactly. Polish apartment prices are holding up. In Warsaw they're still quite high.
jon357   
23 Mar 2012
History / History of European and Poland's anti-semitism [192]

Are you sure it wasn't malicious joke?? Of course Poles know chałka is traditionally Jewish

No, sadly it wasn't a joke.This particular Poles was a villager with very low cultural and educational interests - he didn't know it was a Jewish recipe. I've heard the word Jewish used that way a few times including to describe the parking arrangements in my street.
jon357   
23 Mar 2012
History / History of European and Poland's anti-semitism [192]

If all anti-semitism is is believing the sterotypes used to judge if one is an anti-semite or not as it does in that report, it may be one of the most trivial issues around. 20% of Brits are anti-semitic? Come on...I've had conversations about every religion and most ethnicities, but really who is bothered

That's pretty well true.I still hear some bizarre things here in Warsaw though. Not long ago, I referred to Chalka as Jewish bread (which it is) and the response was "It's not Jewish, there's nothing wrong with it".

I think northerners drink too much ale, love ferrets and go on about their crushed manufacturing jobs market too much. I am not anti-north of England and would never wish any ill upon them...bloody northerners!.

Hey it's not so bad now, but 30 years ago a northern accent was a real barrier to career advancement in some fields in London - and even now people think one is somehow less sophisticated. We should have a northern anti-defamation league.
jon357   
23 Mar 2012
History / History of European and Poland's anti-semitism [192]

that find increasingly difficult to justify their own existence

This week's sad events in France suggest that day of peace and happiness hasn't arrived yet.
jon357   
23 Mar 2012
News / The spiritual heirs of the Polish Communist Party [91]

Well he was right, wasn't he?

No, he wasn't.

Slander/libel are crimes in democratic countries.

Quite, and if the right wing want to ban communist symbols, songs etc as hate objects they have to understand that the law applies to them too.
jon357   
22 Mar 2012
News / Drunken Brit beats up young Polish policewoman [62]

I don't think they are more law abiding.The figures don't take into account the gravity of the crimes. Nor are there accurate figures for the number of Poles in the UK.

I suspect any crimes committed by UK citizens (excluding those who identify as Poles for family reasons) in Poland are of a far less serious nature and are far fewer as a percentage of residents.
jon357   
22 Mar 2012
Work / BEWARE of K&S Krakowska Szkoła Języków Obcych!! [41]

And I still think the thread is fishy. Not just because of guest posters pretending to be native speakers but also because of saying they hadn't been paid for months but for some reason were still working there. Plus similar posts, no doubt from the same individuals, on different fora none of which the right ones. It just doesn't add up.
jon357   
20 Mar 2012
Food / Could you recommend me a fresh Polish juice from fruit? [18]

a superfood,

Indeed. And a very traditional British ingredient. The main problem with elderberries though is the amount of Tannin - mixed with apple, the effect is somewhat mitigated. Personally I prefer cordial made from the blossom, elderflower. Both make good wine.
jon357   
20 Mar 2012
News / Drunken Brit beats up young Polish policewoman [62]

So you are saying that the trash is innocent and two police officers are liares ?

Yes - Polish police officers are very often liars. I wouldn't even accept a confession if it wasn't made in the presence of a lawyer and if the accused is a foreign citizen, in the presence of somebody from the embassy.

Rioters from Jamaica represented the largest group of foreign inmates, followed by Somali and Polish offenders. The list also included those from Colombia, Iraq, Congo, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

That's amazing. I wonder why?
jon357   
20 Mar 2012
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [853]

conspired to divert the presidents plane, by defenition thats a conspiracy.

No conspiracy, no reason for a conspiracy, no mystery - just pilot error.

In any case - why on earth would the Russians want to assassinate an unpopular one-term Polish Head of State?
jon357   
19 Mar 2012
Life / In case you didn't hate Polish drivers yet.... [15]

I think so too. They should seriously crack down on parking in bus stops. Pavements too where access for pedestrians and wheelchair users is blocked.
jon357   
19 Mar 2012
News / Drunken Brit beats up young Polish policewoman [62]

I agree, there should be a custodial sentence for assaulting police in cases where it is proven beyond doubt to have happened. But whose evidence is more believable and likely to be true - a tourist, drunk or not, or a Polish police 'officer' without independent corroboration?
jon357   
19 Mar 2012
News / Drunken Brit beats up young Polish policewoman [62]

I agree. If this was a violent crime by a Pole in the UK, it wouldn't merit an article, never mind a photo. At best three lines in the courts page. In any case, knowing the Polish police, I wouldn't be surprised if there's more to it.