Well, I'm Australian with Polish and German ancestors, but that has nothing to do with my opinion here.
So maybe it's because you don't like Polish right-wing politicians? :)
First and foremost, institutions like the Jugendamt or the American Child Protection Agency are there to protect children. I don't give a flying hoot whether parents feel discriminated against or their human rights violated as long as the kids are safe and the actions of the authorities involved are both justified and legal. In the case of Pomorski it was justified because of the domestic violence,
How would he be abusing his children by speaking to them in Polish? (btw, was he convicted by the court for domestic violence?)
What if a lot of cases are not justified like the one of Joseph Cooke?
You know how the saying goes - there's no smoke without fire.
For example, a woman named Lila writes here: dyskryminacja-berlin.de/nasze-cele-sukcesy.html that with the help of that Polish society she won the case in the court. She wrote that the judge almost yelled at the Jugendamt representative. Of course, we can assume that this woman lies. But why don't we assume that a social worker can do wrong things too?
in the case of the Romeikes it was justfied and legal because they knowingly broke the law. I believe that at least half of the complaints against the aforementioned institutions are either based on manipulated facts where one parent "forgets" to mention certain negative details, or they are simply blown out of proportion to serve someone's agenda.
Yes, you BELIEVE. And that's the problem, I guess...
iThat doesn't mean that I back everything these institutions do or that I agree to state arbitrariness. If someone is really treated unfairly or his rights are violated, something needs to be done - no matter which country. But before we believe what some sources on the web claim, let's get all the facts first and then point the finger.
But you are pointing the finger. At Poles, at Polish media, you're writing about hypocrisy and skeletons in the closet, although you don't really know what's going on. You don't know how it's like, the problem doesn't concern you.
Who is defensive now... ;)
In what way am I defensive? I'm not a right-wing politician and I'm not even their electorate :) And it's not me argumenting in the lines: "Oh, but they beat the blacks in America!" (a Polish expression used in a satiric way ;)) By writing that I was just trying to make you think a little "outside the Western box", but I probably failed, as usual ;)
No, I meant what happens if there is suspected child abuse for example? Does Poland have something like the Jugendamt, and if yes what is its reputation?
I don't know much about it, apparently in cases of domestic violence meetings are supervised by a curator. As far as reputation is concerned I haven't heard any complaints (which doesn't mean they weren't any, of course). Have you?
What cora_b says, sounds quite accurate.
So do you agree there may be a problem with equal treatment of foreign parents?
None of us knows all the details to come to such a conclusion.
True, but also you don't know all the details to claim there's no problem, do you?
To be honest, I doubt that an American president would bother a chancellor of a country which is an ally of USA and the biggest economy in the EU if everything was OK.
I believe that at least half of the complaints
Besides, what about the other half? For me that would be enough to call it a problem.