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Khrystene
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 Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Ask the church - it's got a handle on Misogyny... |
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| Eugeniusz wrote: |
I don't think a country high in morality is going down to let this stand for very long. To give an example, I understand that kids left the clubs to attend mass when the Pope John Paul died.
Notify a local Catholic church in the area about the activity and let the public decide. They will most likely put a stop to this. Poland is a highly practicing Catholic nation. I doubt that a nation is willing to loose its highest commodity, in this case high morality, to be tarnished by an idiot outsider from another nation, especially where the Pope spent a lot of time. |
I'm sorry but high in Morality walks hand in hand with high in hipocricy... and as for ppl not standing for men's behaviour to women... it's seen as the 'norm' here to ogle women... so I doubt it will even raise an eyebrow. |
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Khrystene
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Speaking of Essex... I met two guys from there in Lodz over the weekend... in a very small PRL-style bar... Both wore pale pink shirts. One was def. gay. *laughs*
They said they basically just picked randomly where they'd go visit for the weekend... and chose Lodz.
Seemed ok. I just told them where to go pick up chicks!  |
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paulmanser
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 Essex accent is horrible. God help those poles that those blokes met. south eastern accent, now thats a different story. |
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Khrystene
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| paulmanser wrote: |
| Essex accent is horrible. God help those poles that those blokes met. south eastern accent, now thats a different story. |
The accent wasn't that bad actually, and they were rather pleasant.  |
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paulmanser
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:02 am Post subject: |
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I'm sure you have come across Eastenders?
Pleasant is my middle name  |
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Khrystene
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| paulmanser wrote: |
I'm sure you have come across Eastenders?
Pleasant is my middle name |
*falls over laughing and has to run to the bathroom* |
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paulmanser
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Eugeniusz
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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To ogle women is normal but I was under the impression they were trying to pimp the women in Poland, which is different and really bothers me....unless they're my b*tches  |
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paulmanser
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I still find it rude or *asking for trouble* when poles just continuously stare at natives from England (UK).
In USA when I was on the camp america program I had 5 poles on the camp. I had to work with 2 of them for 9 weeks. Best weeks of my life but the first week was just stares.
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gregoryfromcali
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| I still find it rude or *asking for trouble* when poles just continuously stare at natives from England (UK). |
They do that with all foreigners.
I don't think they realize that they're doing it.
I think the main difference is that in Poland it doesn't really mean anything.
In the UK and the US, stares can mean either someone wants to fight you or have sex with you.
In Poland stares aren't considered to be so extreme. Usually Poles stare because they're just curious why we'd leave our countries to see or live in theirs.
I can remember a Polka going to the UK and reading about this phenomenon. She got so nervous that whenever she was on the underground she just stared straight into a newspaper.
Personally I don't think there's any harm done when people stare. In fact I'm embarassed to think that where I'm from they can often lead to fights.
How ridiculous is that?
Not to mention that if you think the Poles stare a lot you haven't been to China. |
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Khrystene
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| paulmanser wrote: |
I still find it rude or *asking for trouble* when poles just continuously stare at natives from England (UK).
In USA when I was on the camp america program I had 5 poles on the camp. I had to work with 2 of them for 9 weeks. Best weeks of my life but the first week was just stares. |
You get used to it, Poles LOOK at eachother, in the face, and look eachother up and down. Not even if you're a foreigner. They look at what eachother is wearing, etc.
In Australia also, if someone's staring at you, it usual means they want to take you on... so it takes some getting used to, but like everything, it's just a cultural norm.
Poles are also a little wary of making you their 'best mate' within the first 5 seconds of meeting, they will take their time and weigh up the situation, but once you're in, you're in. And they're incredibly helpful, and hospitable. |
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paulmanser
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they're incredibly helpful, and hospitable.
That I can deffinately agree with. They were the best mates I made in my life, and thats saying something. Poles are the nicest ppl I have come across. |
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paulmanser
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Well, when I was having dinner on camp in the hall, I had a polish girl opposite staring none stop.  , It just made me laugh, the male poles sitting next to me didn't help either by nudging me laughing quietly.
In my experience americans would come second to most friendly.
Visited Spain, France, USA, Poland so far, not bad for a 20 year old kid. |
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bennyr81
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:41 am Post subject: |
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I had the staring thing when i first came here, and i thought wow! polish girls are flirty! or i must have suddenly turned into some english hot body!
and then i read this and all my thoughts/fantasies have suddenly disappeared!
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paulmanser
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Some stares are genuine so dont be dishearted, like I found out. |
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