[Wojtek]

Originally Posted by Roger -Dot- Lee

I remember asking about whether or not the end of Communism actually benefitted the regular folk in Poland like we in the US were hoping it would.

Those were the days....

Yes. These were cool discussions. I remember you were also very interested in linguistic matters.

Originally Posted by Andyyyy

I wonder what his answer was. Years ago, I was a member of Solidarnosc California. We raised money to help Solidarnosc in Poland. Now that the Commies are mostly out of power, it's interesting to hear that some actually miss the socialism of the old days. Though I should add, it's the security they think they had in those days.

My answer was probably same as I would respond today. No doubt it was good to get rid of communists and socialism. But the spectre of the past is still present today.. I mean..of course there is completely different, better reality now but within decade and a half we didn't manage to repair what had been done during 50 years. Health care still is in fatal condition, roads are poor, some aspects of mentality are echoes from the bad times.