Poland to penalise commie symbols

Polish lawmakers have finally doen somethign sensible by amending the penal code as regards the propagation of totalitarian ideas, symbols and artefacts. Displaying a swastika or sickle & hammer in pulbic can now earn the offender up to 2 years behind bars. That also includes T-shirts with the image of butcher Che Guevara which trendy airheads have fancied for years.

What say ye Rooskies? Is your country capable of severing ties with its disgraceful, evil commie past?

Communist Propaganda banned just as fascism and anti-Semitism

All thanks to the recent amendment to the Criminal Code. Now, it provides up to two years in prison for promoting communist symbols.

So far, the prosecution reminded game of cat and mouse, although the constitution prohibits the operation of organizations equally referring to totalitarian methods and practices of Nazism, fascism and communism.

Silly idea, the Poles are nation of discerning individuals not automatons. They do not need such a law like like their neighbor.

obviously they do..

This is an interesting development. Does this mean they'll finally remove those hammer and sickles you can still find in Warsaw and Krakow?

"For intact hammer and sickles then visit the Soviet War Cemetery on the way down from the airport, the Soviet War Memorial in Praga (see What to See, Praga) or do some real investigative work by heading to the great big housing block close to Der Elefant on pl. Bankowy. Hidden round the side of Kino Capitol - a former Russian institute - the eagle eyed detective will be rewarded by the sight of a massive hammer and sickle almost entirely obscured by the shadows. "

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Symbols killed my father and raped my mother, I'm glad someone has the sense to finally ban them. Symbols are inherently evil and harbouring one is a crime against everything natural and good.

Really? So we can expect Poland to ban the cross, then?

I guess they have not heard of free speach yet.

So what happens with all these re enactment groups , and people with old second war vehicles they display...? Do they now have to remove the swastika badges from the uniforms and vehicles..?

I used to collect second war stuff , and i would like also to collect Soviet era stuff , will it be legal , as long as i don,t show any of it in public...?

What is the definition of public..? if the stuff is at my house and a visitor sees it , will the cops come round to arrest me...

Another dam stupid example of Polish hysteria...Why don,t they ban the Jewish symbol , there seems to be more hatred for Jews than for Germans or Russians...?

One get's jail if they use the symbols to spread totalitarian ideology, before it was all totalitarian symbols but it was written

Fascist, and totalitarian symbols

Now it's Fascist, communist and totalitarian symbols

It was to point out that commie symbols are totalitarian to some who didn't get it. The law isn't really new.

So people who have veteran stuff and such and are collecting them aren't in danger.


Yeah... that was cool in 1934 don't you agree?

get your head out of the sand, or the government will be telling you what you should or should not know all over again.

Why not just use the existing laws to punish incitement of hatred? How do these new laws help?

From what I gather, they're being used to help the IPN persue their idiotic strategy of attempting to wipe every last trace of Communism from Poland. No doubt Polish history will stop with the failure of the Warsaw Uprising, and start again with the election of Lech Walesa. It's already scary how badly educated some early 20's people are in this respect!

I have nothing against that, as long it serves the country ;)

Your not ready to sacrifice yourself for anything hu?

Ridiculous.By bannning you give more power to communists.And Che Guevara?He is just folklore.

Josef Stalin Bust Installed at Bedford County (Virginia) D-Day Memorial in USA: ukrcdn.com/2010/06/08/stalin-bust-installed-at-d-day-memorial/

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Bummer, that,s blown my chances of putting up a big poster of Hugo Chávez in Warsaw city center!

^ There's always Obama ;)

Henieken Beer is now f**Ked with that big red star on its logo

Well, I'm sure the Polish govt will realise that the red star on the Heineken logo has nothing to do with communism, rather the opposite of communism.


I'm sure Batista was much better for Cuba, right?

>^..^<

M-G (thinks Heineken cannot be associated with any form of communism)

Vodka Stalin?

Wow. Justification for censorship. I've heard it before... where did I hear that beore? Oh yea! Doesn't that sound like communist propaganda??

Don't forget to ban Solingen knives too. Before renaming they had produced cutthroats for Ustashi (Croatian heroes). Did you already sell your VWs?

I may have a problem with my North Koran or East German football shirts.

It seems it is not a good idea to buy USSR logo shirts for polish girls.

I know what you mean, My woman wasn,t too happy with my Stalin poster over my bed! :)

Yes,with such a poster she would want the real thing.
But I don't know how I would react if by undressing a girl I found a Breznhev tatoo on her intimate areas.