@Paulina
As an update on the Ukraine demonstrators in Krakow, last night they were back in a smaller number. This time protected by about a dozen police officers with three vans of backup officers parked on the street. While I didnt witness any Poles saying anything, I did ask the bartender I know well and he said it was out of control the night before and that old women and others were telling the Ukraine demonstrators to go home and did throw some things at them.
@Ironside
The majority of people on PF who either dont live in the US, or have not lived in the US the majority of their lives do not know how most Americans think. I dont preseume to understand how Poles think either. There are tremendous differences in values, expressions, and other items that make my understanding Poles as well as another Pole almost impossible. The same goes for Poles understanding Americans. I think it all starts with language and speech. Americans are very direct, Poles are more polite and take more time to ensure that speech is more formal. My direct communication style does not go well with Poles, and honestly I dont care, and thats going to be something most Americans will be comfortable with. Poles on the other hand from an American point of view, slow communication down with too much political correctness or politeness. The United States is not the land of political correct speech, and it is not a place where endless meetings are held, and endless documents must be presented and stamped and stored. Americans want decisions, good or bad, but decisions, and directness. Americans feel no obligation to anyone other than their families. This can be seen in how they handle Canada and Mexico. Europe has benefited from Americans lack of unique identity because the United States is a land of immigrants. As my screen name represents, Americans look for something to connect them to the "old country" and neighborhoods in many communities are still formed in this way. Europeans couldnt understand this because their identities are firmly rooted in thousands of years of history. Thats the basic point of view, though I could go on for a long time.
Meanwhile, Trump now talking about essentially shuting Russia out of all banking if they do not come to the table with serious proposals next week. He says he has information as to why Russia needs to end the war. What it is, no one knows.
