How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started

He's in jail for speaking his mind

The Udmurtian way of life

Here in Poland we can say what we want about the government

Hmmm, maybe that, but also organizing a party which includes some people that organized assasination attempts on Russian officials and have done time
For it.

Read the Polish First Amendment and look for "unless", "however", "except", and "hurt feeling"...

no such thing....

I know. That's why that "freedom of speech" in Europe is such a joke...

It is, but that is true of America too.

No. For my posts, I would be serving time in Europe, but not in the US.

Here we go:

Hitler was a great German leader and his fault was that he didn't murder enough. Germany would benefit greatly if he was alive today.

Or:

Muslim migrants are cancer and should all be deported from the UK ASAP.

Post those two in Germany and the UK and tell me how it went.

A typical evasive Euro move is always: Why should I post what I don't believe is true?

To be ahead of this response, a reminder...We are discussing "freedom of speech", not Hitler and Muslims. Those are only examples of what I am free to post without criminal consequences and you are not.

Wrong!

Neither of your examples would lead to a custodial sentence in The UK but they might in some of the more "Liberal" states in the USA.

People in glass houses and all that....

Milo, you are a nice guy but you forgot that I am never, ever wrong.

Quoting from city-journal.org/article/gone-to-rot...

The U.K now has some of the most authoritarian restrictions on free speech in Europe. The basis for much of Britain's censorious legislation is the concept of protected characteristics-identities deemed vulnerable and enshrined in the Equality Act of 2010. Initially, that law had a noble intention: to fight prejudice and discrimination against minority groups. Unfortunately, the protection of a select group of people in the name of "equality" has made equality under the law no longer tenable, and the Equality Act itself has wound up chilling freedom of speech. Engaging in whatever authorities may deem hate speech can bring police to your door.

This threat is not theoretical. According to official statistics, the police in England and Wales recorded 124,000 hate crimes between March 2020 to March 2021-a 9 percent increase from the year before and more than double that of five years ago.

Proliferating identity groups continue to seek protection from offense under the law. Last December, the Law Commission published recommendations on the reform of hate-crime law. It suggests expanding the concept of hate crime to include prejudice against the disabled and LGBT people.

Glaswegian Joseph Kelly, though, saw things differently. He tweeted a photo of the World War II veteran with the words "The only good brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella, buuuuuurn." Offensive to many, no doubt. Kelly deserved critical scorn-but not prosecution. Authorities recently convicted him of sending a "grossly offensive" tweet under Section 127 of the 2003 Communications Act, which makes it against the law to send "by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character." What about free speech? Adrian Cottam, the sheriff who convicted Kelly, offered this answer: "The prosecution does interfere with freedom of expression, but it is a necessary interference."

None of the above would be posssible in the US.

Quoting from cato.org/blog/germanys-attack-free-speech

In Germany criminalization of hate speech and fake news is seen as a legitimate way to protect democracy and the historical truth against onslaught. That's why a mainstream German politician and member of the European Parliament a couple of years ago countered my criticism of legislation against Holocaust denial by insisting that "European citizens have a constitutional right to the truth." The frightening implications of this statement didn't bother him at all.

In Germany and other European democracies the right to free speech is just one among many rights that has to be balanced against other rights, values and considerations, be it public order, dignity, democracy, religious sensibilities, security, equality and so on and so forth.

In the U.S. the First Amendment's protection of speech cannot be balanced against other rights. That principle has served the US well.

The Soviet Union made it a serious crime to distribute false and slanderous information defaming the Soviet social and political system. Such criminal laws were widely used by the Kremlin to silence dissidents, human rights activists, religious movements, and groups in the Soviet republics fighting for national independence.

The short version: Europe is only a notch better than the USSR, Compared to the US, you suck. Lucky me, I am an American - in the US.

Nope - all nonsense

Everywhere west of Terespol you are free to publicly disagree with your freely elected leaders

In Udmurtia it can get you 25 years in Siberia

Restrictions on free speech in most EU countries are the subject of vigorous debate - usually they are there to prevent people like Crno causing fear to minorities. I'm a free speech absolutist myself but it's obviously nonsense to compare a backwards society like Udmurtia with advanced nations like Poland or Romania

I do not. I am just holding them to their word. They publically entertained this idea when it gave them good publicity, and then backed down. As did quite members of that so-called Leopard coalition, who acted similiarly or suddenly needed a lot more convincinf. Imagine the backlash if Scholz had done something like that.

You claimed that Scholz made empty promises, while I pointed out that he kept all pledges and was careful not to raise expectations he thought to be unrealistic.


What new commitments did Poland make in the last few months and are those financed by them or the EU?


While this may or may not be the case, it is certainly at odds to what Polish leaders said at the beginning.


Well, one reason: Solidarity with Ukraine. Poland was insistent that other countries cut their energy ties with Russia, no matter the damage to their economy (and then kept receiving fossil fuel longer than others). But once the Polish economy was hurting, things changed. Kinda like with the weapon deliveries: No mew deliveries once it meant that it would have bear the costs on their own.

Which personally I find perfectly understandable. But it is irritating that someone can defend this position and make empty accusations against Germany and its' supposed lack of help and solidarity.


This whole conspiracy nonsense. Poland has benefitted massively from cooperating economically with Germany. No doubt there are areas where both countries compete or have differing interests, but that is natural in capitalism.

It is in our interest that Poland gets wealthy and preferably soon starts paying into the EU funds instead of receiving them.

The government that stifled Poland's growth was PiS because due to them it would have missed out on potentially 100bn money from the EU.

...but not to offend and insult minorities...

You see, stupid, I can offend and insult any group I want in America and never fear being charged criminally. That's why we have the First Amendment - to offend and insult...

You are so cute when trying to smuggle that kind of crap past me...

However if you had a brain you would understand that if you offended the wrong group or person here in the U.S.A. that you could face what is called 'revenge consequences' with far worse consequences than being criminally charged. :-o

And in your case, I don't think that would surprise a single person here on this forum.

What exactly are you talking about? Poland sends and is sending a lot of stuff, that is not the issue here. I'm talking about Germany It took them long enough to come around to help Ukraine but now they play political propaganda games by publishing charts showing equipment that they promised not the one they have already sent to Ukraine.

That is what I'm talking about in case your government-controlled media in Germany fails to inform you.
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Also, if someone has 250$ in his wallet and gives 100$ to charity, then you have someone with 600$ in his wallet that gives 150$ to charity? Question who is giving more?

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But not by destroying our strategic resources like agriculture. Ukrinaie ologary international firms producing grain and other agricultural stuff are playing dirty and everybody knows it. It hurts other farmers as well, all farmers in the EU and you have German French, and Dutch farmers staging huge protests across the country, and rightly so.

The EU Commission and Geman government are bad sh'y crazy and act as if they want to destroy the EU food-producing sector.
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What conspiracy? They protest and file complaints against building infrastructure on the Polish side of the border. Where is conspiracy in that I don't know but I'm sure to know that it is not a theory because those things happen as we speak and anyone can check it.

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By the way, If Germany wants to be a regional power player they should be ready to pay up a lot and invest a lot and change their attitude, otherwise don't bother, you can't just get along for a ride with your bullying, corrupting and laying your way out tactics.

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Keep it, I would rather that all legal, underwhelmed, and financial obstruction made by the old EU members to make it difficult for Polish firms to succeed in their market were abolished.

@Ironside


Stopping new pledges in a war of attrition that may last for several more years is a big issue.

And it becomes embarrassing if your government liked to boast about their contribution.


That is a reaction to the intense scrutiny German aid to Ukraine received. It is easier refute accusations of inaction if you can point to the delivered weapons and the steady flow of equipment Ukraine will receive over the next few years.


Enviromentalists are doing the same in Germany too. You don't know the controversy every time an airport is enlarged or a river made accessible for large ships.

And let us be completely honest here, how PiS has handled the Oder disaster was not helpful at the least. You can be sure that any project that may have an impact on Germany will from on be very, very closely monitored.


Does not look like we have a choice on the matter. I am sure most Germans would rather see the USA take the lead, or alternatively a more European approach. But since neither are looking feasible and the option would be to let Eastern Europe fall to Russia, it looks like it will up to Berlin.

You are lying again.

You don't want the USA to "lead". You want the US to bleed - men and money - because Euros are now trembling pussies.

We have much the same in Britain.

Deluded people from affluent country towns who go to "independent coffee shops". They protest against efficient agriculture and what they call the "old industries" or anything do with the defence industry not even realising or caring that for millions of people in urban areas such industries are current rather than 'old', that we're one of the world's major industrial economies, an oil/gas exporter, that in the defence/aerospace sector we're the fourth largest producer in the world after China, the US and r*SSia and that their nice affluent middle class lifestyles are funded by the Labour of people working in those sectors.

Putler and Micron are probably doing dark PR to influence them.


A global approach is needed to tackle a global problem. The Yanks always want to try and lead since without a stable Europe/Middle East, they have very few export markets.

Takes one to know one.

Is everybody here a shameless liar? What the fvck is the matter with you, Euro parasites?

I didn't meet one American who wanted "to lead". Everybody here wants out of NATO and the UN - the two most useless to us organizations. We pay and pay and get sh*it in return...


Hey, stupid, our main exports are arms and wars so we love unstable. When things are stable, the DC will make them unstable, See Iraq, Libya, and Ukraine.


Why when "global" is mentioned, every parasite is looking at the US for men and money?

We're talking about their government, not the trash you meet.

Buzz off.

Well, I don't like it either but on the other hand, the German Government took a step forward and is boasting about stuff they WILL send to Ukraine not what they have already contributed. Is that a brazen embarrassment?

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Those who protest are not only green terrorists but local government outlets too.
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Look, I don't say I don't have a problem with it but I'm a realist and don't think that Germany should have a go at it again. What I mean to say is that you need to do it properly this time and that would require a change of your attitude towards Poland and Eastern Europe and also you need to get ready to pay up a lot, you need to invest in many things to achieve anything but a big mess they will blow up into your face again.

In my opinion, Gemrnas are not cut mentally to be a leading power or a world power but prove me wrong.
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However, you need to spot that creziness with the EU killing European framing, and stop nonsense with green energy which is a known scam for the very rich to get richer and for Europe's development and economy to go down. That is clear and even farmers in Germany and all over the EU can see it.

The current liberal elite is not fit for its role and should go!


Without Europe they are F, to put it short as a global power and they can go back to picking on banana eaters in South America.

Are you talking about the DC criminals that gave "the trash" 34 trillion debt, 1.6 trillion annual deficit, and 3 million illegals a year?
FU, Euro parasite...


If Europe became the Euro Sea, the US would exhale and prosper.

As far as that "global" crap...Read the US Constitution and find "global" anything and why we should be taxed to protect your "global" Euro asses.

BTW, the Euro sense of self-importance is a recognized mental disorder.

We're talking about matters thousands of miles away from you, not the internal affairs of your adopted country.


They made a lot of promises yet at one time they were actually trying to block other countries from helping. It remains unclear whose side they are really on.

"Their government" is not thousands of miles away, stupid...

We've not seen that yet however the current climate protests are self defeating ones by spoilt bourgeoisie. They usually fail to appreciate the importance of heavy industry. A dangerous thing in the run up to a j mg skit war.


Not from you. It is however thousands of kilometres away from Poland and from most people on here.


Moderate your language. It does not reflect well on you.

@jon357


Call me a pessimist, but speaking of a global approach when even the West is no longer united in their support seems like wishful thinking. My impression is that many Non-Europeans are viewing this as a European problem that should be solved by the Europeans. Today's decision to approve 50bn in aid for Ukraine is important in that regard, but quite a few countries have either reduced their support or are not contributing appropiately in the first place.


That is PiS Kaczyński niveau, far below your usual level.

@Ironside


Neither is in Germany's power to begin with, and I would argue it is not necessary to be one for the Ukraine war. The European countries should be strong enough to sufficiently support Ukraine and this is the issue Berlin should be working on. First by stepping up regarding German aid, which has happened. And then by working diplomatically and reminding others that they need to do their own part as well. Which is now happening.

We'll have to look beyond the west.


True though, given that the government there blocked another country for supplying Ukraine with arms by incoming a legalistic contract clause, and have apparently withheld other arms for no good reason.

Plus of course Schroeder who may as well be part of the Moscow politburo and of course some senior figures in the military and in politics who have supported russia, including some who have spied for them.

A world war is precisely that. A country who started and lost the last two is on the basis of their form with world wars far from the best judge of the next one.

We'll need to look far for allies, and nobody trusts Micron etc.

Read #171. Slowly...and try to understand what YOU wrote.

If that made sense rather than just being pointless contrarianism,..