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When my dad was in my age military service was still obligatory to men so he was recruited into an army. Not that he had much choice, other choice was jail. There were no wars in those times that he could fight on so he only was through military training and eventually left the army, so that he can stay with family without being called, because "important training". He made decision when one such training took place in time when I was about to be born. Not sure about my grandfather though. I don't think he thought on wars, because I heard from him about how bad civilian's life was in Poland in 50s and 60s. My mom too was called to be trained as first-aid worker for military. From what she told she managed to get pretty high rank after basic training. She's not happy about it though as it basically means that in case of war she is one of first people they will try to throw to fight.

Well, Polish anthem is known as Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, here is it: And wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland_Is_Not_Yet_Lost

Awww, thank You for mentioning me :3 That emote is so cute it should be illegal.

Of course it is not. It is all about the money. First - some of negative news are not even entirely truth or are simply made to spread panic. All the shouting about wars, murders, extremists, it is not to inform people, but to scare them. We don't hear "extremist killed a person". We hear "evil muslim sacrificed an innocent person in the name of Allah!". See the difference between those two? The second one has instant emotional impact, the first one doesn't. Second - You might wonder what is spreading panic for... answer is simple - so that people watch and follow news more. They check every article and articles, even the ones with actual good news are written in a way that would suggest something bad is happening. We also have cheap tricks. In Poland Ukraine crisis is good thing. It is pretty common that article is named, for example "200 people died in this conflict" next to picture of some random "modern" soldiers that leads to article about... uprising that took place 80 years ago. Third - positive informations might make people stop following the topic. They assume that matter is settled and turn away from it. News don't want that. Because that way they cut their own income and views. Positive news are not good for business in this case. It is disgusting as actually news are mostly responsible for what is happening in Ukraine itself. Overall - from our point of view - it is not. But if someone cares ONLY about views and income from blind drones watching TV - then negative or stupid news are a must-be. There's a reason, why I don't follow news. Barely anything that is shown in them is worth more than being thrown in nearest trash can.

Patriotism does not define person. It does not mean someone is good or intelligent. It means someone likes country he lives in and nothing else. Judging people over patriotism is beyond stupid. I think that by torturing muslims we are no better than IS. By taking their solutions we just become a copy of them. I think that capital punishment is wrong unless it's used against people who committed genocide or numerous murders. Pedophilia is not a sexual intercourse with a minor. It is desire to have one. And not everyone with such desire does fullfil it. It is a sickness that can be cured. People who suffer from it should get support UNLESS they already attempted to molest kid. Many politicians and institutions don't understand, what tolerance or racism are. Tolerance means that if muslim for example murders someone he gets equal punishment to others. Not lighter one, because "it's a muslim". There's a huge difference between feminists and feminazis. Difference that so few people understand. Catholicism is not part of polish culture, Poland was formerly pagan country that accepted the religion, because otherwise it'd be conquered by a lot tougher neighbours. So we became catholic only due to politial reasons. (this is pretty unpopular opinion in Poland, because learning history is too mainstream). Attempts to fight human nature with religion (for example about intercourse) are ridiculous and pointless and only cause some people to suffer. No amount of money will ever give as much happiness as spending even one hour with person You love.