News / Poland's democracy defenders in Brussels turned out to be EU employees. [62]


The burden of proof is on the accuser. Innocent until proven guilty.
I said 2 pages ago, the journalist should post some photos, label the supposed EU employees, list the bureaucrats by name. She did none of that. All she said was "there are many... among them". Many ? How many ? Is 5 among 30 people many ? Is it 20 among 30 ?

We'll never know.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


But in Poland there's seething hatred towards people who can take care of themselves, and are successful. It's part of the culture. Anyone who's above the crowd needs to be taken down and smeared. It's not just businessmen, but anyone with above average intelligence, creativity, or insight.

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]


And other parties are what, Korean ?
Poland has exactly one national minority party - German Minority - and it has 1 (one) seat in Sejm. Technically Poland has 0% election treshold for national minority parties, which in spirit is meant to give all minorities a voice. In practice, the used workaround is that Poland doesn't acknowledge a nation has a minority (see - Silesians, Ślązacy, Kaszubi)

News / How would Poland change for the better (or worse) under a PiS government? [257]

Merged: PiS town councillors from Gdańsk to protest honorary citizenship of Andrzej Wajda

1. Andrzej Wajda is one of most known Polish film directors, recipient of an Oscar and four Academy Award nominations. He's 90 year old and has a bunch of works to show.

2. Paweł Adamowicz, president of Gdańsk and councilmen from PO proposed to award Andrzej Wajda with honorary citizenship of Gdańsk. Their argumentation - Wajda promotes Gdańsk and "Solidarność" in his movies.

3. PiS councilmen in Gdańsk are protesting this. They say the award is for his political activity (Wajda actively supported the former president Bronisław Komorowski, and supports KOD - manifestations in defense of democracy after PiS won the elections). In practice, their votes won't be enough.

What's interesting here is that PiS is so angry at the most known film director of Poland. Like with everything else, they're trying to rephrase it in terms of political allegiance. It doesn't matter that yes, Wajda did make movies about Gdańsk, and yes, movies about Solidarity, and yes, he's a very good director. I can find only one explaination: envy.

News / How would Poland change for the better (or worse) under a PiS government? [257]


So because of his political views he must not be awarded anything ? What about his movies, and promotion of Gdańsk and Solidarity ?

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]


Where's your proof ?


There are many in those ethnic groups who think otherwise, and in any case who gives you right to speak in their name ?

News / How would Poland change for the better (or worse) under a PiS government? [257]

I'm (re)posting this here, because my thread was deleted, possibly the post was moved to an existing thread. I have no way of knowing which one, and overbearing activity of moderators thwarts Google's attempts at indexing polishforums.com

In Gdańsk, town councilmen of PiS protested against awarding Andrzej Wajda a honorary citizenship. Andrzej Wajda, 90, has received an Oscar for a movie and 4 Academy Award nominations, and has produced a number of movies of about Gdańsk and Solidarność. He is also apparently pro-PO and anti-PIS, but the fact remains he's one of most famous Poles, and PiS despises him.

Andrzej Wajda is not the only famous Pole PiS is trying to discredit. Others are:
Lech Wałęsa - former president, recipient of Nobel prize (peace). He's accused of cooperating with secret police (SB, UB...).
Wisława Szymborska - poet (deceased), recipient of Nobel prize in literature (for praising PRL - the comunist times)
Czesław Miłosz - literary Nobel and Neuestadt in literature, poet, writer, historian (of literature), translator, diplomat. Also hated by PiS, accused of cooperating with communists and "anti-Polish" works.

PiS complains about people who give Poland bad name abroad, and tarnish Poland's image. So why is PiS destroying reputation of some of most famous Poles ?

Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [65]

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News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]


Intermarium.
In Lithuania, Poland is liked as much as devil in Częstochowa. (hint: hated). This is partially because Poland is still trying to polonize Lithuania.

Czech Republic - Czechs dislike Poland, for example because it cooperated with Nazi Germany just before WW2 and captured some Czech land. Czechs also call Poles crude and arrogant. While Czechs may share Poles' general dislike of refugees and foreigners, they would never accept Polish hegemony in the region.

Ukraine - love it or hate it, many Ukrainians dislike Poles and feel Poland betrayed Ukrainian cause (independence). Those sentiments are especially common in western Ukraine. As for the eastern parts, those are far from Poland, close to Russian Federation and therefore easy to shower with Russian propaganda.

Serbia - if you ask a Polish high school kid, he will say: "Where is Serbia ?"
Hungary - far from the geopolitical crashzone. When Russia attempts to expand west, it doesn't need to go through Hungary, but through Poland. That's why Hungary can afford to get in bed with Russia.

So, Crow. Do explain how is Poland supposed to improve its relations with Lithuania, Czech Republic and Ukraine ? Those are Poland's neighbors who dislike Poland quite a lot. How is Poland supposed to find common interests with countries like these, especially Serbia and Hungary ? Intermarium won't stick if it has no reason to stick. And what's the reason to keep it ? Sweden is a better case, because we do share geopolitical interests with Sweden, but the two countries are VERY different. Sweden prides itself as a leftist, inclusive, diverse, feminist (...) state.

It's really sad PiS is promoting the idea of Intermarium, because it has no future.

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

1. Poland has relatively cold winters, and no one likes frostbite. I mean, really - check out the list of countries where circumcision is common. It has been especially common in ancient Egypt, and all neighbors of Jews also practiced it, so circumcusion is far from "a jewish thing".

2. You can have all the benefits of circumcision by simply keeping your foreskin retracted if you wish. The skin becomes callused, keratinized and loses some sensitivity. The best part is the process is reversible, unlike with circumcishion. Washing and hygiene is not the whole story. The vast majority of sexually transmitted diseases which affect men manifest UNDER the foreskin, suggesting warmth and humidity is a factor. You can take these out of the picture by the stupidly simple method of keeping foreskin retracted. It will take about 3 weeks, because that's how long it takes for skin to replace itself. You can even do this when you develop some kind of infection and then go back to natural state.

Doctors likely won't help you with this, because they won't get paid by the pharma industry. Doctors, especially in private clinics, are in the business of selling medicine, not healing people. Try a sex shop instead. In particular, "glans rings" (Yes, you can google "glans ring" even in Poland). Another term is "foreskin retraction ring".

Another reason to avoid circumcision is you lose about 50% of your nerve endings (sensitivity in sex!!!). That's where myths like "a clitoris has 2x as many nerve endings as a whole penis" come from. This myth is especially common in US.

There are countries which know about this - especially Japan, where wearing such rings for the very purpose is common practice.

Finally, circumcision is not some kind of silver bullet, it has possible health complications. Foreskin restoration treatments are growing in popularity in US!!!

Q.E.D.

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]

Intermarium may be a pipe dream, but keeping good relations with neighbors is a good idea in general. When Russia decides to invade, Lithuania and/or Czech Republic might want to use the opportunity to even their scores with Poland! Animosities like these bear bad fruit in times of strife. Think in the long term.

And treat neighbors with respect. Stop calling Czechs "pepiczki" (a derogatory term). As for Lithuanians, this is a photo from 2015:



It reads: "LITEWSKI CHAMIE KLĘKNIJ PRZED POLSKIM PANEM"
It translates to: "Lithuanian oaf, kneel before Polish sir!"

That's right, the commonly used word "pan" has strictly feudal etymology. Poland has tried pretty hard to polonize Lithuanians during the times of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Apparently Poles still feel superior to Lithuanians.

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]


Yet it has to be said Jacek Bartosiak is skeptical of NATO and EU, he called them "Sick mom and father who's lost a leg". He's a really smart guy from NCSS (Narodowe Centrum Studiów Strategicznych) and I highly recommend his lectures on youtube and articles at Nowa Konfederacja website. Long story short Bartosiak says Poland can't rely much on NATO and EU and should find it's way - but it can be done, and Poland has potential to be stronger in Europe than Germany.


Russia never stopped being an aggressor. They have very strong imperial mentality, and toothless babushkas might not have money for medicine and food but they cheer like crazy that Crimea has been captured. Recommended reading: "Imperium" by Ryszard Kapuściński.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


LOL!! This isn't even true for people who voted for PiS. Some voted for PiS because relatively moderate Szydło, Duda were put in front and Macierewicz, Kurski, Kaczyński, Ziobro were hidden. They jumped right out after elections. Long story short, PiS deceived their own voters.

By the way, 51.6% (attendance) * 39% = 23% of people legally allowed to vote. What about the rest ?

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News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]


I never, ever heard about that. That's probably something Serbians are told in school.
Are you going to respond to my post #33 ?

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]


Let's just say a man can have an orgasm solely from foreskin stimulation.