Slog - Comments on You Know What's Wrong with Poland?

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:43:18 -0800

My biggest problem with Poland is that if you add "rt" between the o and the l, you have a very ugly place that also has an asshole president. Only bitches live there, too.

Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty

Fifty-Two-Eighty — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:50:29 -0800

Maybe he should have been a Scout.

Comment by nbc

nbc — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:08:49 -0800

My gay ex-roommate, who is also my fiancee's gay ex-boyfriend, is getting his Polish ass gay married this summer to a very nice gentleman. As far as I know, his homophobic Polish mother isn't coming. She still maintains that they'd be happier with wives, but could still remain "special friends." In conclusion, Poland is a land of contrast.

Comment by mattymatt

mattymatt — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:12:31 -0800

How the hell did the President of Poland get a copy of their wedding video?

Comment by Y.F.

Y.F. — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:36:56 -0800

@ #4,

I dunno. It's not on Youtube, is it?

Comment by Cato

Cato — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:38:27 -0800

Who the hell is Brendan Fey?

Comment by Sargon Bighorn

Sargon Bighorn — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:08:43 -0800

It's not that they're Polish that is the problem it's that they've been poisoned by the Catholic Church.

Comment by Anna

Anna — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:56:26 -0800

Was Brendan Fey that guy you posted an article about awhile ago? You know, the one that married his bf after only 8 months?

Comment by umvue

umvue — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:29:05 -0800

1. Too close to Germany.
2. Too close to Russia.
3. Too many Catholics.
4. Funny names.

Comment by kinaidos

kinaidos — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:50:05 -0800

The polish people are very orderly though, almost obsessively so. The average pole starts his morning promplty at 6:00 when he urintes. Exactly two minutes later he defecates. Five minutes after that he gets out of bed.

Comment by RHETT ORACLE

RHETT ORACLE — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:57:49 -0800

Isn't this the president with the twin brother who serves as Prime Minister? Speaking of two kielbasas for the price of one. Well, if you need a video of my wedding just be certain one of us is male and the other is female, well then you can polish my Polish knob.

Check this out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4268114.stm

Comment by Big Sven

Big Sven — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:35:23 -0800

Dan-

What's your point?

Kaczyński= Bush
Tusk= Pelosi

Every country's got their hatemongers.

Fair disclosure: my family hails from Mława.

Comment by Big Sven

Big Sven — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:43:09 -0800

Rhett@11, Tusk kicked Jarosław Kaczyński's ass in the last election.

The Kaczyńskis are a sad case. They were leaders in Solidarność (Solidarity) early on and A++ anti-communists back in the day. Then they had a falling out with Lech Wałęsa and the progressive elements of Solidarność, which seemed to be weak and ineffectually intellectual in the turbulent early days after the fall of communism.

Poland will rise again in freedom and democracy. It will just take a little while.

Comment by Piotr

Piotr — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:40:25 -0800

"My biggest problem with Poland is that if you add "rt" between the o and the l, you have a very ugly place that also has an asshole president. Only bitches live there, too." Just a few words: the Polish president expresed views that hardly anybody shares in Poland. The speach is being criticised now in Poland on all major televisions and radios. Kaczyński is a ridiculous little man and he does NOT represent people in Poland, who are by large tolerant. His popularity is marginal. It's insulting the way you're writing about Poland and Poles. I protest against the title somebody used. Would you please change it to what's wrong with Polish president? Or What's wrong with Kaczyński better still. There is no need to dicriminate against Poles on a forum that protests against discrimination. Piotr, Poland. And perhaps one more thing: Poland is a democratic country, it just needs to get rid of a few stupid politicians.

Comment by Vince

Vince — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:11:06 -0800

With a president like G.W. we hardly have room to criticize anyone. Isn't it our own clown president who wants to besmirch our constitution with an anti-gay amendment. We voted for him twice. How stupid could we be?

Comment by DW

DW — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:38:57 -0800

Images and video from Dan Savages' glorious war on Iraq.

http://iraq.reuters.com/

This comment to be deleted soon as off-topic.

Comment by lech my walesa

lech my walesa — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:57:57 -0800

Dan, Poland's trying to crawl its way into the 1950s. At that same point in US history, Stonewall didn't happen for another 20 years. Sooner or later Poland will catch up.

In the 50s homosexuality was taboo.
In the 70s homosexuality was tolerated.
In the 20s homosexuality will be mandatory.

Comment by Aya

Aya — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:12:06 -0800

In the town my mother lives in Sweden, there's a ferry to Poland. From what my sister has told me of some of the weird shit that goes on there, I'm not terribly surprised by this.