Orpheus
25 Sep 2012
News / The Political Circus of Poland [306]
I hear a lot about a crisis in Poland these days. For me, as a foreigner who has made his home in Poland, I find the use of this word a little hyperbolic in the current circumstances.
A crisis, for me, is when there is imminent danger of economic or social collapse. A crisis is when the military parks tanks outside parliament. Or when there is hyperinflation and people starve in the streets. Perhaps I should refer to wikipedia to find a better definition, but I prefer to trust my half-century of experience.
Poland is a relatively stable European country which enjoys the membership, and through its membership, of the mutually agreed protection of other member states, not to mention NATO.
From where I sit, well fed, not too badly off, half cut, to be honest, I can't see a crisis. Maybe I should buy a TV.
I hear a lot about a crisis in Poland these days. For me, as a foreigner who has made his home in Poland, I find the use of this word a little hyperbolic in the current circumstances.
A crisis, for me, is when there is imminent danger of economic or social collapse. A crisis is when the military parks tanks outside parliament. Or when there is hyperinflation and people starve in the streets. Perhaps I should refer to wikipedia to find a better definition, but I prefer to trust my half-century of experience.
Poland is a relatively stable European country which enjoys the membership, and through its membership, of the mutually agreed protection of other member states, not to mention NATO.
From where I sit, well fed, not too badly off, half cut, to be honest, I can't see a crisis. Maybe I should buy a TV.