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the opposition media would like you to think that there were at least two such cases - and both have been discussed here I believe - in my private opinion they were cases of misinterpreting the law, lack of civil courage and even downright neglect (I don't know the details about the latest one but I read quite a deal on the former)

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this was simply brilliant :)

I hate this excessive quoting restriction

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hahaha ;)

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if you believe in reincarnation no lives are lost in the incidents - I am not saying we should not strive to protect the physical lives of pregnant women and I am all for terminating pregnancies which endanger the life (or are a singificant threat to the physical health) of the woman (which is btw covered by the Polish abortion law - it should just be actively and consciously followed sometimes at the risk of erring on the side of protecting the mother's life and health)

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sorry my bad, but you are nitpicking (as always)


let's wait and see - there is a proposed mechanism for compulsory relocation (google it probably) - from what I can gather it went through the EU parliament already

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no - the question is not stupid if you take into account that if the question was answered as intended by PiS it would be a binding law (unless a new referendum on the topic is held) which would mean next governments would not be able to raise the retirement age just like that

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sure - they were influenced - but they were offered a choice to alter their reality - for example ban immigrant relocation from other EU countries (they could choose not to say NO) - they could also say yes to "Let's allow other governments to make us work longer" - they also could choose "Who cares about privatisation of state assets" - I myself share the views of PiS on all of these issues - and I am quite convinced that there are hundreds of thousands of voters who consciously share those views and chose to try to impose their views as binding by law - I said hundreds of thousands not millions because I'm not sure every single PiS voter consciously decided that the referendum answers promoted by PiS conform with their views - btw there were over a hundred thousand people (the attendence at the refferendum was a couple per cent higher than PiS result) more who voted in the referendum despite not voting for PiS - do you think these people acted as sheeple?

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you can work as long as you want under current law as far as I know - retiring at 65 is not compulsory and many people choose to work longer - but if you wish other people should work as long as you plan to then you are a communist/fascist etc

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don't worry - I don't understand pawian either ;)

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an outer source telling you you have an alternative to participating in the referendum

btw you may have not seen this (because I watched it on TVP and you probably don't watch TVP) but Tusk in one in his pre-election rallies said (or rather exclaimed) "I call off this referendum" - I don't know if or how much it was televised on other channels

again I may be wrong about you personally but I doubt all of those who boycotted the referendum came up with the idea on their own


what was your aim in boycotting the referendum and why was it the same as Paulina's?

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if you don't recognize it as an outer influence then you should think about it some more


let's assume there was only one question there say about the retirement age - how would you vote? what would be your aim then?

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am I a hypocrite because I compare myself to a mass of same-minded people who boycotted the referendum? I never compared opposition voters to PiS voters (I will bark the words back if you find my comment like that) - so how am I a hypocrite

maybe I was wrong about yourself, Paulina and you reached the conclusion about the referendum entirely on your own (without any outer influence - although I doubt it) - however I have seen people advising other people about the boycott (on reddit, but I think I have seen it in other internet media too, I don't watch TV much) and I don't believe they have got the idea on their own

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I'm not talking to you, I see no point


where did you get the idea to boycott the referendum? have you come up with the idea yourself? what was your personal aim in boycotting the referendum?

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yeah, you figured it right - where did you get the idea to boycott the referendum (if you did) from? have you reached the conclusion after a thorough consideration?

if not should I call you sheep-minded like you called me a hypocrite?

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not many PiS voters frequent this forum - that' one - two: what should I do it for? I agree with most (or at least a great deal of) PiS policies so I don't worry if other PiS voters are just followers

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I assume that because of the massive (almost universal - I know an example of concious choice by an opposition voter regarding the referendum - she chose to participate and was surprised how many people didn't ) response of opposition voters to the ideas of their favourite political figures regarding the referendum

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infering is not part of formal logic, Paulina if you didn't know - just don't put words I never said into my mouth, I kindly ask

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would you prefer dying standing or living on your knees? (such a general remark which may soon prove be current)

between 2015 and 2021 the state earnings rose by 205 billon PLN yearly (from 290 billion to 495 billion) - now compare that to the inflation indexes during this time (I can spare you some time it was less than 35 per cent of compound inflation)


I meant the same thing with the dying standing or living on your knees' uttering

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I hope so

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I never stated anything like that, so please abstain from putting your imaginations into my mouth

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I didn't have these in mind, no :P

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sure, it's people priviledge to not think for themselves and to decide whatever they want for - however just look what the example of Russia shows us about not thinking for yourself and letting the tsar decide

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Russian people can change, I believe - I hope someone shows them the way

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people did what they were told to by their favourite political figures and by their favourite media - in that they acted like idiots who cannot have their own thoughts and form their own opinions - not to mention they have shown plenty of herd mentality

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it's not going to happen - and I'm saying it as a PiS supporter

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we already have actual results from 90 per cent of polling stations - we are not talking about exit polls anymore - so yeah PiS basically will not form the next government

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ponadto: nie wiem co mówi ustawa o referendum (do której odsyła konstytucja) - ale sama konstytucja nie mówi nic o jasności/szczegółowości/konkretności proponowanych pytań

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@Lenka

yes, indeed it would be clearer - you got me here (your Citizen X could readily choose one of the options) - however the effective outcome if the referendums passed would be the same as with the question that was actually asked (I guess PiS chose the wording for the referendum to have a simple layout for their supporters (4 X NO))

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if the question Are you for raising the retirement age? is not clear to you I don't know what is

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why not - they can - althought the alternatives would be suboptimal to them - they can always choose to abstain too (they still have choice) - it's like a choice in the supermarket - you would like to buy strawberry buttermilk but you can only find strawberry yoghurt and plain buttermilk (you can always choose not to buy either) - you can't always have it all

or another analogy - I would like the leftist parties in Poland (Lewica and PiS) to join forces (let's say after PiS abandons more extreme religiously guided policies and Lewica abandons their radical pro-European stance) - so what?: they are not ready or willing to (despite people like Rafał Woś calling for it)