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jon357   
17 Apr 2012
Life / Polish interment practices...cemetary burial. [17]

a number of old cemeteries were flattened in the communist days (usually German/Evangelic) and turned into parks etc

In Western Poland too. A strange thing to do in a small village.
jon357   
17 Apr 2012
Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

There are valid medical factors, IMO. Without the foreskin, it is easier to wash that body part, or, even without washing, the virus is more exposed to the environment and "dies" more quickly. If proper hygiene is maintained, however, both these mechanisms are moot.

It dies very quickly once it's outside the body, and paradoxically (anyone squeamish should look away now) an unwashed one is less likely to be an environment where the virus could survive due to the properties of what one would wash away.

I strongly suspect there are other reasons for any correlation in HIV prevalence and circumcision.
jon357   
17 Apr 2012
Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

In order to survive it needs a host culture with a high temperature and very precise pH levels. If the circumstances are right, it survives for a long time - if they are not it dies in less than a minute.

It certainly doesn't live under a foreskin!
jon357   
17 Apr 2012
Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

Nevertheless, there is no evidence that circumcision - a barbaric practice if ever there was one prevents HIV transmission on medical grounds.

And by the way, yes - it can only survive within a very precise range of pH.

The study of HIV infection (conducted in Kenya) that is sometimes used by pro-circumcision isn't actually as positive as it seems:

...absolute risk reduction, during the two years of the study, of around 1.3%. Participants who were circumcised suffered a complication rate of up to 3% with complications including erectile dysfunction. Whether those who were circumcised will remain at lower risk during their remaining lives is purely speculative.

jon357   
17 Apr 2012
Life / Do Polish names generally have a meaning to them or a particular structure?. [88]

You were invited to adduce proof to back up your flawed proposition and you failed to do so.

On the contrary.

your position

rebu

And more of the same.

I don't mean to be critical, but you have been outsmarted and have lost the argument.

Very far from that. Nobility is nobility - the majority of the szlachta were not. They didn't fit the socio-economic model, they were unable to sustain themselves as a privileged group, and their numbers were too large even to be a viable elite.

I notice that you're trolling has taken a different turn from usual - this time you're trying to emulate the pompous language of Dessie etc.

It doesn't make your point stronger - it just dresses it up differently.

Czerwinski

Out of interest, where does Dzierzynski come from. The wikipedia entry on Feliks Dzierzynski uses the phrase 'purportedly polish szlachta'.
jon357   
17 Apr 2012
UK, Ireland / Poland continues to milk Ireland dry. [129]

Poland has been taken advantage of for too long and now it's time for Poles to get a piece of the pie.

By Ireland?

Poland has been taken advantage of for too long and now it's time for Poles to get a piece of the pie.
Where were Poland's allies upon the start of the Nazi invasion

Ireland?
jon357   
17 Apr 2012
Real Estate / MNE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY , LOFTS, U SCHEIBLERA, LODZ [36]

Try not to lose hope- you never know....another developer may come in and rescue the buyers...it has happened before.

Let's hope so. In the meantime the OP should consult a good lawyer - and fast. If he PM's me, I can recommend the one I use. Polish bankruptcy hearings are (if I remember) quite long, so there's plenty of time for another developer to be found.
jon357   
17 Apr 2012
Law / Question about bureaucracy in Poland. [13]

Are things getting better over there?
Can you pay all your bills electronically?

Some. Paying them at the corner shop (like in England) is becoming more popular. That has its drawbacks. A couple of weeks ago I was at the end of a long line of people behind a woman in her nineties who was paying all her bills (several thousand zloties' worth in small bills).

Now,PIT in Poland can be filed via internet (e-deklaracje) for at least 4 years.

It still doesn't make the system quicker, or easier, or the tax office more pleasant to deal with.
jon357   
17 Apr 2012
Law / Question about bureaucracy in Poland. [13]

Not some,all bills can be paid via internet but of course it doesn't mean that everyone does it that way.

Plenty of people on my osiedle do that.

Where did I say it does?This whole taxes thing is very unpleasant as far as I am concerned and in my opinion should be abolished.

If you abolished tax - who pays for the schools, the roads, national defence, embassies, prisons etc?
jon357   
18 Apr 2012
Law / Question about bureaucracy in Poland. [13]

Why should I pay for the rest?

Hey, so let the prisoners out round where you live - you might want to build a high wall with razor wire - after all, the police are paid out of taxes too.
jon357   
18 Apr 2012
History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

azimerz Jagielonczyk

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

1791

That isn't any basis for today's borders.
jon357   
18 Apr 2012
Love / help needed to warn off troublesome pole [25]

It's obvious the girl has serious problems. Her behaviour WILL stop with time; however the problem is that it could be a long time. Telling her to stop won't make the situation better - it will almost certainly make it worse. Contacting the police is your best option, before the situation gets even worse than it is now. Especially with the baby due.
jon357   
18 Apr 2012
Love / help needed to warn off troublesome pole [25]

Unfortunately the only advice is to have the police warn her off. Your son and/or his partner will have to make the complaint, unless you have grounds yourself.

, most people ade quite friendly to ex's in.britain.
Maybe it isn't normal in poland, you tell me!

No, it isn't normal in Poland, however (speaking from unpleasant experience) it can happen in England too.

The most important thing is that you mustn't have any contact with the girl yourself, and if the your first post is anything to go by, your son and his partner should take care that the girl can't harm them in any way. Obsessive love can quickly turn into obsessive anger.
jon357   
18 Apr 2012
History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

Who cares about few huts in the forest. I'm talking real town, son.

I should think the Vilnius of Kazimierz Jagiellonczyk wasn't exactly Dubai.

The only basics for today's border was the Stalin's decision !

You mean the decision of what was at that time the lawful government of Lithuania with the assent of the lawful government of Poland.

Mind you, perhaps you have a point. Why not give back Breslau, Oppeln and Stettin to Germany, since

The only basics for today's border was the Stalin's decision !

jon357   
19 Apr 2012
History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

No there were only few muslim!

And not as many Poles either.

but obviously few Poles aren't noble enough minority to be defended.

The way to defend a group of people is not to attack the territorial integrity and even the very capital of the country they are in.
jon357   
19 Apr 2012
Love / help needed to warn off troublesome pole [25]

I wouldn't want her to end up with a criminal record but if needs must.

The first thing they'll do is warn her off - she won't get a record, but she should hopefully get the message.
jon357   
19 Apr 2012
History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

Noticeable community already.

But not, however, a majority identifying as Poles.

we are faced with specific circumstances and very specific attitudes

Those circumstances are two neighbouring countries with some shared history who are both in the EU. If the UK and Ireland can get on without rancour, so can Poland and Lithuania.
jon357   
19 Apr 2012
Language / question about Jezu kochany [5]

busha & dza dza

Busia and Dziadzia ;-)

Busia (there are various threads here arguing about the word) is an old Polish word that isn't much used nowadays in Poland but is still used by the Polish diaspora in the US. In Poland nowadays they say Babcia. (bab-chee-a)