i was born in totalitarian country

I can't found words, neither in english nor even in german, to describe my feelings. But i'm not lookng forward to the elections.

it won't change anything... i just hope that they don't close borders before my move to scotland
:/
thank you!!

yep... i have no hope anything will be better... i'll turn the light off

and the problem is we don't have anyone to vote for... elections in poland looks always the same: i voted always AGAINST :/ this time i won't go at all... though maybe i should, but evil twins win no matter what i do...
i feel like i lost all the battles :/
what a swamp...

even if they won't win who can govern?? po with lid?? or po with pis? if i were 18 i would vote... it's your choice. our politics is such a mess since these 2 years.. so many 'gates' and no reaction form society, even no strong reactions from opposition... lack of words.

Polish people apologies for our politicians.

one of my friends told me a story:
he was voting and saw his friend sitting with pen and list and crossing everyone.
maybe i should do the same, because there is no-one to vote for....

or maybe write big clear and understandable 'FUCK YOU'

:D:D:D in what language? i can swear in 5 or so ;))

pfff use the Internet and find out how to do it in 10 ;P then you can go vote with the crib ;P

i have "dirty words dictionary" :P in 8 :P

ha! take it ;) and take camera, faces of people from commission would be at least interesting, let's protest.... staying in home is not the best idea...

well, at home is nice and warm ;)) but i will probably X them all out.

it is warm on the street also ;P

and sunny ;]
but who knows how it will be on october 21 :P:P:P

That's exactly what I did. Crossing everyone and add a description:
[x] criminal
[x] liar
[xxx] fuck all ya damned bastards

OK, it changes nothing, but I felt a lil' better.

my hero :D:D:D:D

We've got similar problems here in germany: we're losing our freedom (and no one cares)
:/

sigh... and people were surprised when i protested on *fuckr*... well... they just feel comfortable in enclosure maybe? i can't guess....

I will travel miles to vote. Pointless, I know.

PieS: (Love the new/old hat picture btw)

vote, vote, evil twins are gonna win anyway ;(

It seems fascism is on the rise worldwide. Here in the U.S. our rights are being dissolved.
The worst part is that we recently elected people who were supposed to reverse the countries direction, but they have continued on in the same way.

yep, they only change flags, but methods remain the same....
and that scares me.

C'mon! Let's stay out of politics!

At least here!

It's a tranquil, peaceful and friendly place!

Political flames and edit wars are the last things we want here in Ipernity.

Let's rather contemplate Ipernity photos and come to a conclusion around world is beautiful after all!

let's close our eyes and just sit and complain rather? it's important for me. if not for you - you don't have to read and write...
but i won't let them treat me like brainless zombie....

OK. No problem. Let's wait and see if we can change the world we want it to be...

i'm not gonna wait... i'm changing the world now and here, trying to make my neighbours think a bit... and act and not only sit on ass and complain...
but polish people are antisocial. they don't care about common good, they care only about their own ass... that's why poland is so ugly and dirty maybe?

There are not so many places to meet people from other countries. I think Ipernity (and similar platform) are perfect places to talk about such problems.
Years ago I discovered flickr in a political context. And I'm happy that Ipernity isn't only about bees, flowers and sunsets.

yep! if we close our eyes for reality we wake up imprisoned one day.
and honestly, if we won't talk about that who will? and how long can we remain silent?
we live now and ignoring problem won't change a thing....

i can't be patriot anymore...

oh come on, do it for yourself, the sake of peace. just because conscience can get up sometime...

i will and i won't be back... as soon as i can i will pack my dog and go.

As Bob said, "Don't believe in politricks I." www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvwvUjc_h5s

youtube.com/watch?v=mNgTvjCkV3E ;))

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nerafD96cPw
what ya gonna do? ;-)

1982

use camouflage of course ;)) (i will wear my polish army uniform jacket and boots ;]])

Maybe we should met in the scottisch highlands. I fuckin' love swords!
www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/
:D

:D:D:D why not ;]] :D:D:D

I don't think that this "keep smiling attitude" ist the right way to solve our problems.

nothing to laugh now... especially when they mix religion to everything....

well... i'm not happy in poland. i was in 1989 and then few years... then i realized that polad wasted all chances...
one of the wisest politicians in polish history, Józef Piłsudski en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski said:
"if we are not able to rule ourselves, we should make occupation eternal" and it's true, polish people are antisocial... it's NATION... and nation works good only when it's endangered...
polish politicians to rule that nation need to threatened it, make people scared, find imaginative enemy: homosexuals, foreigners, non-catholics...
"who is not with us - is against us" they just don't know other option... and that's really sad.

I believe that France is a better place to be. It seems that you guys have balls, an awareness and courage. All that what I'm missing here in Germany (so that's why we're a lil' jealous sometimes).
To leave my country is an option and I think about it - daily. But a better place is hard to find and no one knows how long it goes right there. 10 years ago I wanted to go in the US, but now I'm glad that I'm still here in Europe.

i always wanted to see scotland... and now i'm gonna move to glasgow and stay there for ever ;)) and yep, i'll be missing my places but i won't miss my country anymore.

hmmmm....

sorry
didn't wanted that
i prefer disapear from here.....
and let your comment page free
i'll come back on another peacefull picture

I'm sorry! I don't wanted to tease you. And believe me, we really have a problem with the lack of courage here.

it was strange way of responding for compliment, just that...

I didn't believe that compliment
that's why i react like this
...
!
was "too much"
see what i mean ?
ok understood, but i think Noizze Replikk is wrong
courage and force is in everyone of us, sometimes it just need the "decisive moment" to get out and transform a man (or woman)
not to hero, but just to Man or Woman !
i don't think it's lack of courage, you're talking about totalitarism,
maybe your governement act as a sleep mental potion and everyone is just sleeping !
...
TIC TAC ... the alarm will ring
i'm sure ...!

SHINE ON (even if you think it's useless ;-) )

i was arguing with a friend about that not long ago... i told "you have more power as a nation" and he was upset.
and i found that strange. i found another very good sentence of Józef Piłsudski:
"La force sans liberté et la justice n'est, que violence et tyrannie. La justice et la liberté sans la force ne sont, que verbiage et et enfantillage." (and yep! i found it in french ;))

100 % agree

he was a wise man. :)) and honestly poland needs someone like him: wise man, strong personality... and what we have? ducks :/

ah ah ha ah ah ah ah ah !!!!!!!!
LOVE THE WORD !!

i can't say if your true or not, but i wish you the best
is any one there thinking as you ?
maybe the next one will be the right one ?
never give up with this and FIGHT !!

VIVA LA REVOLUCCION !!!

Kaczyński comes from kaczka and kaczka = duck...
so we have 2 evil duck-twins :/
i'm not sure if polish people want someone who is thinking like me. they love to complain but they feel safe in good known old swamp of allowed and forbidden, they like to be controlled and told what to do. (btw. most of polish people vote the way they are told to vote in churches... and after last statement of evil twin - don't remember which one - we will have soon bible instead of constitution... )

mmm.....
never seen Polishes like that, but don't make general of some things too...
you'll see at next elections ...
who knows ...

because you never lived in poland maybe? those who are gone are mostly just like me and after few years abroad people change. one of my friends said: "if i knew that evil twins will rule poland i would never come back..." well, nowadays emigrants are young, well educated and they don't only want money. they want to lead a normal life in normal countries...
just like me :)

i understand
and i wish you good luck !
:D
Shine on

thank you :))

Nope. I don't think, that I'm totally wrong.
My dad and my sister are living in France. I'm ashamed that I don't speak Français but I know something about the difference between France and Germany and about the "common sense".

An example: in France they celebrate the revolution, everyone is proud about the Grande Nation (Vive la France!). In Germany it can be a big mistake to say: "I like Germany". Everyone would say: "Look, this guy is a damned fascist!". That's because we've got this horrible history. Our people are still ashamed and many politics are using this fact for their crime. We've got censorship in any media (TV, computergames, movies, even music). Our democracy is just a joke and our whole system - even the justice - is absolutely corrupt. Anybody knows this, but no one has the "balls" to solve these problems.

do you know the difference ?
there's no difference
we don't have balls !
we have Hypocrisy !

I've just red, that France is far behind Germany in the "Freedom of Press"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders

I didn't knew that. Now I understand why you felt offended yesterday. I'm sorry!

don't
it's forgotten :D
we talked since that day, and i understood
Shine on !

And well, still Italy is further behind, while we recovered slowly in that chart from score #53 or so…
besides thinking about going 'somewhere else' too, something out of the ordinary happened a few days ago. there's one person (who has always been a "comedian", btw) who began speaking in his shows of all those news which aren't told by any 'regular' media. so he became a new kind of media himself. by time this whole thing grew bigger, and now he brought up a popular initiative to ask for some things to be changed (such as certain laws, politics commitment, energy management, economy, technologies...) straight to the people and oh dear, they answered! can you believe they put together more than 300000 signatures in a day i think? i'll have to check better about that, but in a way i'm excited that something could really change, starting from the bottom.
Obviously people “from above” say it’s kind of instigating to violence and rage but… it’s been one of the quietest demonstrations ever! Nothing bad happened. We have 100 times disorders and harms every week for football matches! But this seems to be tolerated.

let's check and see more of this later
if you have a link

these 'problems' you speak of aren't tiny indeed...
i can tell you, from the german people i've met so far (not many, ok, but good ones i think) i always heard them say, that is their past, and didn't want to be bound by that for generations to come... they looked like yes, knowing that 'horrible history' behind, but also struggling to say "i can't be considered responsible for that"... ok, i'm making eeeasier than it is and i'm sorry if i said something inappropriate...
after all it's not my country, i can’t have a proper opinion from outside (and we have our problems here as well.)

sigh... same with polish people: but we are eternal victims...
and whatever we do that will always come out :/
but it's fucking past!!! how can we built anything scratching old wounds? it's impossible....
and because recent polish politics is based on hate and guilt i don't see any rescue from all that crap.
yes, we should remember that the edge between being human and being monster is invisible and evil is in everyone. but it's also good.
my grandpa was in stalag and then was forced to work in germany, and you know what? he never talked about germans bad. he wasn't educated, he was ordinary farmer. but he knew that war is war and there's no point in accusing. i don't understand war. i can't imagine things worth killing. maybe because i have nothing as precious... but mostly war is the result of greed and power lust.
our history is full of sadness and despair.

mh... last year Lech came to the Humboldt University to give a talk about "solidarity in Europe"...... some friends and I went there to protest - the idea of the duck speaking of solidarity was too much of a contradiction. We had to make some mess - the speech was kind of private - and the police had to intervene - and in the afternoon we were on all newspapers ;)

so you were the rioter? ooooooh!!! we were sooooooooo happy here because of that "incident" ;)) :D:D:D
my hero!!! :D:D:D thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you!!!!

it was one of the funniest day in my life :) all my pleasure!!!!!!

:D:D:D

youtube.com/watch?v=MQafFueedM4
oooooooooooh yeah!

www.masala.independent.pl/

hm.

My recent impression was that Polish people are very much aware of what they have gained by their own effort. I suspect there might be quite a number who all agree on this?

Really just trying to say something cheerful. I know this can be a difficult situation. Real democracy is probably always difficult to maintain. Even, and perhaps especially, in the 21st century?

the main problem is: people who think like me can't vote because THERE'S NO-ONE TO VOTE FOR :(
and well... in poland people are told in church how to vote... thare was an article "hide your granny ID card". old people are manipulated by radio maryja and tv trwam.... :/
i'm afraid that in poland situation will be worse and worse. we, as a country, wasted our chance for freedom. and i really don't know if there's hope... we don't have society, we have nation only. and nation is very easy to manipulate by fear...
thank you Michael!! :))