Do Polish People steal alot?

hachamovich	Jun 29, 07, 05:28 #91
Quoting: sledz Do Polish People steal alot? Sure, and Jews are greedy monsters and all Germans are blue-eyed blonde.

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06 ♂	Jun 29, 07, 05:31 #92
thats what i thought... nothing like a stereotype to keep you informed...

krysiaThreads: 26 Posts: 3,604 Joined: Aug 10, 06 ♀	Jun 29, 07, 05:44 #93
In Poland people glue their license plates to their cars because they steal those and sell them on a bazar. Thery are always thinking how to make money off others so they can buy wódka and papierosy. That's why they got them big foreheads.

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06 ♂	Jun 29, 07, 06:03 #94
Quoting: krysia In Poland people glue their license plates to their cars this is true... there is a new law in poland where you have to drive with your lights on so that people can see you if you are stealing a car... some people say its to make the roads safer so that people will be able to see if there is a car coming... as if you would miss a car hurtling towards you... duh...

sapphireThreads: 28 Posts: 1,418 Joined: Dec 7, 06 ♀	Jun 29, 07, 08:49 #95
Quoting: BubbaWoo there is a new law in poland where you have to drive with your lights on so that people can see you if you are stealing a car... shouldnt you be driving with your lights on anyway.. at night? Bulgarians are theiving robbers in my opinion.. they nicked my phone and racked up calls to Bulgaria...aint going there on my hols now.

krysiaThreads: 26 Posts: 3,604 Joined: Aug 10, 06 ♀	Jun 29, 07, 09:15 #96
I was in Sweden last year and you had to drive with your lights on during the day, but now they realize that it emits too much heat therfore contributing to the global warming. So now Poland has to follow the trend untill somebody too realizes that it's nonsense. Good for headlight companies.

beckskiThreads: 19 Posts: 2,105 Joined: May 15, 07 MEMBER ♀	Jun 30, 07, 00:02 #97
Heck no I don't steal. My parents always taught my siblings and myself that we'd go to HELL for doing things like that! Then again, they pounded that same thought in our head, pertaining to almost every temptation we may encounter in life! Honk if you love PF :)

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Jun 30, 07, 04:34 #98

re: Thery are always thinking how to make money off others so they can buy wódka and papierosy. That's why they got them big foreheads.

- All the Polish people do these things? Hm, how come then I am Polish?

Does krysia have a big forehead too?

Judging from the side pic, she has a rather extremely receding one, which may be responsible for the intellectual content of her posts.

Haw, haw, krysia.
:)

krysiaThreads: 26 Posts: 3,604 Joined: Aug 10, 06 ♀	Jun 30, 07, 06:53 #99
Quoting: Puzzler That's why they got them big foreheads. It was a joke puzzler. Someone had a topic about why Poles have big foreheads. One of the most entertaining ones next to Polish big boobs.

PuzzlerThreads: 11 Posts: 1,613 Joined: Mar 21, 07 ♂	Jun 30, 07, 06:56 #100
Krysia, then profound apologies from me. All the best. ;)

Babcia	Aug 27, 07, 21:09 #101
stealing is not isolated to a certain race. How ridiculous to think so. It is like saying do Americans eat alot of hotdogs or wear cowboy boots????

budzinThreads: 2 Posts: 12 Joined: Aug 26, 07 ♂	Aug 27, 07, 22:33 #102
Quoting: Kowalski Now mark your 2x4s with Polonium. Dude, you're a riot!

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Aug 28, 07, 00:42 #103

Babcia , what race , Poles arent a race, we are a nation .

oh and I think yes, Polish people do steal a lot, you can complain about stereotypes but those stereotypes dont come out of nowhere.

before the war and I think till the fifties there even existed special Thief Schools , and there were two styles of this in Poland , one was the Warsaw one where they were taught to be more respectful adn dont rob pregnant women, old people and had some sort of code of conduct however silly that may sound.
the other was the Lodz school , which basically taught the theives the same things but no rules they told them to use anything and any means to rob someone - ie. bashing old ladies included.

as for why thieving has been such a prblem amongst Poles and still is , its because of the history, our nation has been poor and oppressed most of the time throughout the last 500years , so that is why people dont trust governments, the rich and have no faith and above all no respect for authority.

so there has been all this theivieng, and now since the 1990s comes along drugs for which you have to pay money at last , so of course the drug addics in big cities where there are drug cultures they are just the same as the junkies and crackheads doing crime in England or the US.

oh yea and its been like Mexico, the cops take bribes , Poland is the biggest producer of illegal amphetamines and extacy tablets in Europe. .

HWDP

MatyjaszThreads: 2 Posts: 1,786 Joined: Jul 20, 06 ♂	Edited by: Matyjasz Aug 28, 07, 16:45 #104
CWEJGCHAFT, so what did you steal today?

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Edited by: joepilsudski Aug 28, 07, 17:28 #105

Polish people in the US are mostly middle-class (although this is an endangered species), and middle-class people tend to obey the law, work hard & constitute the backbone of any civilized society...the people who steal most are: the Elites, who steal
billions (the top politicians, corporate gangsters, stock/securities speculators) & the
'underclass' (some African-Americans, illegal immigrants) who steal relatively little, but
make more noise and draw attention because their crime often involves violence...of course, there is the old saying 'Steal a little and they put you in jail, steal a lot and they
make you a king'...oh, and the Elites commit violent crime too, sometimes on a mass scale as in Iraq, sometimes just political assasination...sometimes they do it for 'theatre'
as in the 9-11 attacks...but since they control the media, it gets a different spin.

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Aug 28, 07, 18:08 #106

Quoting: irishman

Most people DONT steal if they have an opportunity.

Stealing is one half opportunity and one half desire. Take away the opportunity and presto your stuff is still there, because desire alone doesn't cause break-ins. Can't take away the desire, though...that's just human nature. But looks like Irish just points the finger at the poverty-level scumbags while forgetting all the rich twats who steal (ie, fraud, white collar crimes, etc) not because they need it but because they wallow in gluttony and greed..

wwwThreads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Aug 29, 07, 12:35 #107
Nonsense... Polish people do not steal a lot. I can know, because I'm a foreigner living in Poland and usually I'm robbed when being abroad ;) not yet so in Poland!

ogorekThreads: - Posts: 233 Joined: Dec 16, 06 ♂	Sep 15, 07, 19:03 #108
Quoting: Babcia stealing is not isolated to a certain race. How ridiculous to think so. It is like saying do Americans eat alot of hotdogs or wear cowboy boots???? of course...as you may know that cowboy boots were a Polish fashion exported a few hundred years ago

ogorekThreads: - Posts: 233 Joined: Dec 16, 06 ♂	Sep 15, 07, 19:10 #109
This is now not a problem anymore. As mentioned earlier - these accused Poles did steal due to hundreds of years of oppression, poverty and the need for basic survival. But this stealing was not always direct stealing - as in mugging, hold-ups etc but creative ways of obtaining money or food or a way of living.

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07 ♂	Sep 15, 07, 19:15 #110
In one year of having Polish temps in the company, the total list of things stolen by them looks a bit like this: 1 broken sharpening stone, 1 Tescos bag load of potting compost, Innumerable brain cells (they supplied spme vocka for the summer barbeque). There were probably about 20 different temps in total over that period.

witekThreads: 2 Posts: 739 Joined: Apr 1, 07 ♂	Sep 15, 07, 22:21 #111
Quoting: www Nonsense... Polish people do not steal a lot. I can know, because I'm a foreigner living in Poland and usually I'm robbed when being abroad ;) not yet so in Poland! what is your adres?

MatyjaszThreads: 2 Posts: 1,786 Joined: Jul 20, 06 ♂	Edited by: Matyjasz Sep 15, 07, 23:52 #112
Quoting: www Nonsense... Polish people do not steal a lot. I can know, because I'm a foreigner living in Poland and usually I'm robbed when being abroad ;) not yet so in Poland! I agree that it's nonsense! I only steal a little. :P

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Sep 16, 07, 01:13 #113

Quoting: Kowalski

Now mark your 2x4s with Polonium.

best responce in the whole thread. roflmao

i do think polish and people from other former soviet satllite countries steal more then your average american. it's a cultural thing.. i think it stems from the oppression and deprevation that the peeps have had to endure over the years. no not everyone but i can pick the bad carachters out pretty easy. sledz, sometime when we get together we can talk about it.. the ones that smile probably won't rob you. ;) :D

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Sep 16, 07, 05:06 #114

we live in a culture where dishonesty is proper. In japan stealing is not good behaviour so people generally do not steal. Strong community with long tradition create trust. Polish people are mostly catholic and do not steal. Some polish people may have lost that cultural security. It is the host country's responsability to create an ethos where mutual respect is no 1.... more closely to do as I do rather than do as I say.

RonekThreads: 1 Posts: 297 Joined: Sep 4, 07 ♂	Sep 16, 07, 05:12 #115
I just wanted to say that this is the most BS thread I've ever seen. People STEAL, alright? they do all kind of horible things and it has nothing to do with nationality.

WroclawThreads: 74 Posts: 7,272 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Sep 16, 07, 05:50 #116
Quoting: Ronek People STEAL, alright? they do all kind of horible things and it has nothing to do with nationality. You are right. The people who stole my garden furniture are no less bastards than any other nationality that would do the same.

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07 ♂	Sep 16, 07, 07:22 #117
Quoting: Ronek nothing to do with nationality The debate is about as worthwhile as 'Why do people think 'a lot' is one word?'

sledzThreads: 29 Posts: 3,202 Joined: Sep 19, 06 ♂	Sep 16, 07, 11:20 #118
I went to a Polish wedding last night and watched these old ladies cramming pastries into thier purses, they practically took the whole table with them. I know every race has thier thieves, it was just a question how common place it was with Poles

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,410 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Edited by: plk123 Sep 16, 07, 11:27 #119
and you're sober and up this early? lol sledz.. you can lead a horse to water... :)

sledzThreads: 29 Posts: 3,202 Joined: Sep 19, 06 ♂	Sep 16, 07, 11:30 #120
I had to drive so only had a couple of beers, it was a good time! My first Polish wedding alot of beautiful girls there:)

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