Saying; "In Her Majesty Service" when in Poland?

29.07.05, 23:35
You guys might not know "Nasza Maggie" the moderator from "English Only"
forum, but since she visited this forum I thought I would ask you all
following question.
Is it all right to finish all your posts with "In Her Majesty Service" when
you moderate polish website such as this one?
I think it's quite rude, especially if you're not a guest but are in a way
working for Gazeta.pl This in the way shows your allegence to foreign power
while working for Polish media.
Would you not object if I worked for the BBC in London and ended all my
articles with "W Sluzbie Rzeczypospolitej"(In Polish Republic Service)?
    • usenetposts Re: Saying; "In Her Majesty Service" when in Pol 30.07.05, 00:41
      waldek1610 napisał:

      > You guys might not know "Nasza Maggie" the moderator from "English Only"
      > forum, but since she visited this forum I thought I would ask you all
      > following question.
      > Is it all right to finish all your posts with "In Her Majesty Service" when
      > you moderate polish website such as this one?

      You tell me this, was is okay for General Sikorski to place the entire Polish
      army under His Majesty's Service during the war?

      > I think it's quite rude, especially if you're not a guest but are in a way
      > working for Gazeta.pl This in the way shows your allegence to foreign power
      > while working for Polish media.

      There's nothing wrong with that. This is not Russia, where the media need to be
      controlled by Putin or he gets into a strop.

      There are now no limits on the extent to which other EU citizens, which is not
      a foreign power by the way any more than california is a foreign power in
      Delaware, can control and own Polish media. Agora SA is a listed company, and
      you don't know whether the majority of shareholders might be living outside
      Poland. So what? If you don't like that, nobody is forcing you to buy the
      product. We have freedom now.

      > Would you not object if I worked for the BBC in London and ended all my
      > articles with "W Sluzbie Rzeczypospolitej"(In Polish Republic Service)?

      The BBC is an organisation under Royal Charter paid for by the British public
      by a form of taxation, and is different to a commercial company.

      But to be frank, if someone did it, I doubt we would bat an eyelid, as we are
      above these things, in the United Kingdom.

      Your airing of your inferiority complexes about the matter is
      counterproductive. You are belittling yourself and your countrymen by doing it,
      and you should, like, do something about that.
      • asia9111 Re: Saying; "In Her Majesty Service" when in Pol 30.07.05, 02:04
        Uncle Davey:
        too bad the sentiment of your post will be, like, missed by Waldek1610. I
        couldn't have said it better myself.
      • waldek1610 politically incorrect 03.08.05, 04:48
        EU citizen? Give me a break. 460 milion plus "citizens" that can even
        communicate.
        I don't see anything "inferior" about pointing out someone's lack of political
        etiquiette. Of course members of national minorities, in this case British in
        Poland have right to show pride of belonging to proud British
        nation.Nevertheless, ff Maggie is actually working for Gazeta.pl she should
        avoid using post scriptum that show her allegeance to foreign power. Unless
        given the fact that Gazeta.pl was British periodical in Poland, which it is
        not.
        • usenetposts Re: politically incorrect 03.08.05, 11:30
          Of course they can communicate, Waldek. Why do you think there is a language
          school on every corner of this noble country?

          Maybe you think that this learning of languages is just for the elite, and that
          mediocre people who cannot learn them will not be able to communicate. That
          begs the question do we really care what they have to say to the entire
          community? If they are that thick, let them remain in their local community.

          In the US there are citizens in the hispanic population who fail to master
          English. Is US citizenship in any way devalued by the fact that they will never
          live to get the full benefit of it? The fact is, the benefits of the Treaty of
          Rome there for all of us who want them, and those who don't had better not get
          in the way of those who do.

          As for your opinions on what Agora SA, a share quoted on an international stock
          exchange, should do to appease your notions of patriotism, you really crack me
          up. I take it with your pre-1950s reality you were brought up by your great
          grandmother. In the west that would be the only valid excuse for your lack of
          understanding of the role of business in free market capital.

          You'll be expecting the president of Agora to change her surname from
          Rapaczynski to Rapaczynska next, on the basis that it offends your patriotism
          to have a person in a leading role in the media in this country not apply
          proper Polish grammar to her surname.

          ICMTSU.
          • waldek1610 don't be beating abound the bush 04.08.05, 06:42
            Thanks for ...answering questions that I didn't ask, also I'm disapointed you
            didn't reply to ones that I actually asked.
            Well, you said what you wanted to to say.
            Now, speaking about people living in the US that can not speak english, as one
            smart guy put it: "live in their own world"...
            I can imagine the Time Magazine editor signing his article with his name
            followed by "In the Service of Her Majesty".... without raising eyebraws.
            Just admit that what is expected in the ethnic media, in not acceptable in main
            stream media.
            • usenetposts Re: don't be beating abound the bush 04.08.05, 10:07
              Waldek, what is "acceptable" in the mainstream media is what sells newspapers.

              When are you going to stop having the insight into the benefits of free market
              capitalism that Lukashenko has, and realise that the limits of acceptability
              are not set by you unless you and people who think like you by the majority of
              shares in the company.

              And then, of course, it appears to have gone waaay over your head exactly why
              Maggie puts that in her sig and what it actually means.

              Can we say "humorously challenged"?
    • bluteau Re: Saying; "In Her Majesty Service" when in Pol 30.07.05, 09:41
      Live and let live.
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