;D ;D It cannot be politics! Everyone has a different opinion and that is just great. Can you imagine a world in which everyone had the same opinion? That would get dull very quickly. So I have ruled out politics. I know, I know... posting is too taxing and people are tired of increased taxing. On a serious note, we all need a break from everyday business and this forum provides it. A bit of fun never hurt anyone. ;D
Tis better to light just one little candle than to curse the darkness
thanks for such a nice post from you. I know that I go sometimes overboard but then... I try to talk about Polish things and nobody replies. Maybe sometimes people need to take a break, overwise we will be burned out too quick.
;D ;D I feel burned out now Jaga but it is nobodys fault except mine. Just got through setting up a router and wireless network in my house and there is more security envolved than a bank has. Any way, I check into the forum every day to read what has been posted. One of the things I like to do is forward jokes and interesting things to some of my family in Michigan. Don't be hard on yourself; we all have different beliefs and that is one thing to be admired, respected and enjoyed. Can you imagine a world where ALL vegatation, animal life, weather and opinions were the same day after day. What a way to go crazy. Thank the Lord that God made variety a requirement of creation. ;D ;D
thanks for such a nice post from you. I know that I go sometimes overboard but then... I try to talk about Polish things and nobody replies. Maybe sometimes people need to take a break, overwise we will be burned out too quick.
Jaga
How well I understand your consternation, for also have I thought very similar.
I have no right to speak for others in-as-for any rationale. It provides though, a wonderment of my self, as I wish not to dominant with over post. But then, it becomes as of a few to post, and many to be silent.
Perhaps it is bad Ju Ju of the bushland of some hex.
thank you so much. I appreciate so much having you here and please, do not be too hard on yourself too.
I guess, all of us need a break sometimes.
I worry that it seems that we lost all the ladies. Even Holly does not visit us too often. Mary does not post anything after the elections. Chris left....
May be some just got tired of being "attacked" for their opinions instead of having a healthy, "respectful" debate. Differences are what makes us unique, some cannot understand that, or respect that.
there are many reason i don't post a lot. you guys can be very intimidating. i just don't have the kind of time necessary to comb the internet to provide interesting topics or daily news from every corner of the globe. but i really do appreciate all you do jaga and everyone else who does all the posting to bring us all the information and keep us up to date with what is going on around the world. i enjoy this forum very much.
i happened upon this site when i was starting to plan my trip to poland. i was excited to find a place i could go to talk to people who were interested in poland, either lived there or used to or have gone to visit. i was a bit demoralized when instead of getting input from people who might be excited to tell me about everything poland to being criticized for not being clear about what i wanted from you all. (karl - i still love you dearly for that and you were right!). but i stuck with it. and am trying to grow a thicker skin.
also it seems that i am a topic killer. everytime i post a reply that was the end of the topic it seems. i felt initially that my lack of higher education or worldly knowledge was obvious and made me uninteresting and undesirable for input to this forum. but thats rediculous i know. but i am realistic. i enjoy reading every post, and although i am not informed enough to contribute to a lot of it, i learn a lot from the forum. so most of the time i quietly read and learn from the sidelines. i contribute when i can if i feel i have something that will help move the topic forward. so i don't post often but i am always present here on the forum every day. it is a wonderful platform for communication and i love it.
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I am really glad that you posted here! Hope to see you more often. We need to revitalize some Polish and Polonia threads.
Thank you Jaga.
I drop in once in a while just to see what is going on, but honestly after the last encounter with Nathanel I got tired of "tossing my cookies" with his hateful reverberations.
I am very active in my Autism Forum and with my autistic grandson and all my grandchildren, and taking care of MIL with Alzheimer's. (not to mention a full time (plus) with running a business)
Also, I must mention....that although I feel you are a good person at heart.... you and I cannot have a respectful debate without it becoming unsavory. That is not my nature, so out of respect for you and all members here I prefer to just read the posts rather than participate... for the most part. I may still surprise you now and then though. Mary
also it seems that i am a topic killer. everytime i post a reply that was the end of the topic it seems. i felt initially that my lack of higher education or worldly knowledge was obvious and made me uninteresting and undesirable for input to this forum. but thats rediculous i know.
Hi dbkaczor,
thanks for your very interesting post. You are not a topic killer, you are just not a flammer like I can be sometimes I think it is just that when we agree with the post and we do not have anything to add - we sometimes do not post. But it does not mean that nobody is interested.
I think, all of us get burned sometimes. I am guilty because sometimes I do not read carefully each post, I do not even read each e-mail I get. We are just surrounded by so much information that we would need another life to be able to deal with it.
Still, if you ever need the answer but you did not get it through the post - please, send us the personal message. We can do it through forum or through the website.
i was a bit demoralized when instead of getting input from people who might be excited to tell me about everything poland to being criticized for not being clear about what i wanted am trying to grow a thicker skin.
i felt initially that my lack of higher education or worldly knowledge was obvious and made me uninteresting and undesirable for input to this forum.
so most of the time i quietly read and learn from the sidelines.
I drop in once in a while just to see what is going on, but honestly after the last encounter with Nathanel I got tired of "tossing my cookies" with his hateful reverberations.
I am very active in my Autism Forum and with my autistic grandson and all my grandchildren, and taking care of MIL with Alzheimer's. (not to mention a full time (plus) with running a business)
Also, I must mention....that although I feel you are a good person at heart.... you and I cannot have a respectful debate without it becoming unsavory. That is not my nature, so out of respect for you and all members here I prefer to just read the posts rather than participate... for the most part. I may still surprise you now and then though. Mary
Hi Mary,
I think that Nathanael is gone also. He has lots of sensitivities. Sometimes he claimed offended but I could not find anything wrong with the post of the other person.
The autism thread was very interesting, thanks for posting.
You are right, that each of us has our own views and sensitivities. I look at the world from a different perspective than you do. At least we should be able to discuss some issues related to Polish and Eastern European culture!
I think, people often do not react to the post which do not bother them and then they get upset at more controversial threats. Therefore controvensial posts last forever while the other threats are dead after 1-2 posts.
We have lots of not political posts but they just die so quick
I drop in once in a while just to see what is going on, but honestly after the last encounter with Nathanel I got tired of "tossing my cookies" with his hateful reverberations.
I am very active in my Autism Forum and with my autistic grandson and all my grandchildren, and taking care of MIL with Alzheimer's. (not to mention a full time (plus) with running a business)
Also, I must mention....that although I feel you are a good person at heart.... you and I cannot have a respectful debate without it becoming unsavory. That is not my nature, so out of respect for you and all members here I prefer to just read the posts rather than participate... for the most part. I may still surprise you now and then though. Mary
Hi Mary,
I think that Nathanael is gone also. He has lots of sensitivities. Sometimes he claimed offended but I could not find anything wrong with the post of the other person.
The autism thread was very interesting, thanks for posting.
You are right, that each of us has our own views and sensitivities. I look at the world from a different perspective than you do. At least we should be able to discuss some issues related to Polish and Eastern European culture!
I think, people often do not react to the post which do not bother them and then they get upset at more controversial threats. Therefore controvensial posts last forever while the other threats are dead after 1-2 posts.
We have lots of not political posts but they just die so quick
Jaga, Political posts do not bother me so much. It is the disrespect in differing opinions that is not necessary. It is good to remember the old saying: "You can disagree...without being disagreeable"
Nathanel was a very disturbing, uninformed, hateful person, and I do not know why you and the other administrators did not ban him when you have banned others who were perhaps irritating, but not nearly as hateful, in my opinion.
I know that is not my call, it is yours, but I had to take a break from this forum because I doubted this was a good place for me.
I think that Nathanael is gone also. He has lots of sensitivities. Sometimes he claimed offended but I could not find anything wrong with the post of the other person.
The autism thread was very interesting, thanks for posting.
You are right, that each of us has our own views and sensitivities. I look at the world from a different perspective than you do. At least we should be able to discuss some issues related to Polish and Eastern European culture!
I think, people often do not react to the post which do not bother them and then they get upset at more controversial threats. Therefore controvensial posts last forever while the other threats are dead after 1-2 posts.
We have lots of not political posts but they just die so quick
To be fair and honest to you Jaga my last post to Nathanel was not cordial in the least, but I meant every word of it! I hope he was a fraction as offended as I was by his hateful words.
I am glad that some of you appreciated the information about autism. It can hit any family at any time and I only hope to inform. thank you, Mary