Karolina -

It's not your fault. I did ask. It would have been better, though, to have created a new thread with a title such as "Chantey festivals in Poland" but there are one or two points I need to make here. I have not until now felt compelled to single out one person for sharp criticism on the Mudcat, but I think flattop has gone beyond the friendly sort of teasing that goes on here, into the realm of insulting and degrading behavior. He has baited you with bigoted remarks and owes you an apology. If flattop lives in or visits the East Coast of the U.S. he will have a chance to hear one of the excellent chantey singers living there - Jacek Sulanowski. If he visits San Francisco he will have a chance to hear one of the finest chantey singers that the large pool of West Coast performers has to offer - the Mudcat's own "rradriano." If he gets the chance to sail on a square-rigged sail training ship, there's a good chance that ship was built at the Gdansk shipyard, such as Canada's training ship "Concordia," for just one example. But aside from those points, nobody should be baited like that here. I hope flattop re-thinks the way he's behaved towards you on this thread. Well, sorry, but that needed to be said.