Letters to Angola (07.01.2024)

TV Pat

The party, which in its name has the words Law and Justice at the minute of assuming government in 2016, unscrupulously took over public television, transforming it without a shadow of shame into its propaganda tube. Over the years, this station has been sipping hatred towards citizens who think differently and lying innuendos about Donald Tusk. During the election, she actively participated in the PiS election campaign, refusing the right, for example, of PO to her spot. Today, erstwhile Poles have liberated themselves from the regulation of the Law and Justice, it is time for public television, for which citizens gotta pay subscriptions, regardless of whether they watch it or not, to be brought back to all citizens, not just supporters of the Law and Justice. The outgoing government has cleverly passed legal loopholes that hinder the liberation of TVP from organization activists acting as journalists and it is known that the President, inactive powerfully linked only to the PiS party, will not sign any bill that will reconstruct this tv station's character and public mission, to which TVP is bound by the Constitution. She abruptly accepted the communicative that they were victims of lawlessness and created themselves as “free media defenders”, utilizing rhetoric akin to the 1 erstwhile the Law and Justice Department tried to pass lex Tusk. The minute I compose these words, they barricaded themselves in a building on Voronica and they don't let anyone in but their own. They argue with the request to defend pluralism in the media, saying that they are its guarantor. Stripes on TVP broadcast screens hypocritically preach about the “attack on the freedom of Polish media”. They, who themselves abolished freedom on TVP and wanted to shut down TVN, present organize a chorus of their supporters chanting: “Free media!”. It must be remembered that TVP reaches everywhere, while another tv stations, including TVN, gotta overcome any technological or financial barriers (the request for additional charges). At the minute I compose this, it is not known erstwhile and how the situation will end, but I think it would be hard to argue that this band, which is presently occupying the building, as if there were no state-owned, could broadcast what it wants, but as private tv and elsewhere and not usage state-owned equipment. No 1 will effort to censor her. It will be hard for her to argue that this is an effort on freedom of speech. It was right that Prime Minister Tusk decided to deprive TVP of any financial support from the government. We should besides cancel the subscription. Without money, they won't be able to broadcast for long. They've raised large sums of money over the last 8 years. They can buy and open their own organization tv station. due to the fact that it is not the content of programs, but that this content, whatever it may be, is given from the studio of a station serving the full society, not 1 party. VITOLD LILIENTAL

“So aid me God”

I am a small offended by this slogan, and under oath, unthinkably by Members and many rulings, due to the fact that it is later frequently abused by them. Unfortunately, they show many lies and deceptions committed by any of them. I hope that they will someday (after death...) be well accounted for from this sin. It seems to me that they themselves do not believe what they say, and do so by committing specified highly reprehensible behaviors done only for show. specified people do not realize that specified a request to God and swearing requires considerable intellectual effort and certain, many and positive, sometimes hard actions to fulfill it. And they do it with the image of a man hanging on a cross in the parliament or presidential area before their eyes. To me, specified persons are specified hypocrites and frauds, not people who truly believe in God. I stress that I am a believer, but not a practicer, due to the fact that I am offended by the hypocrisy of the clergy, who very frequently abuses many Christian principles that he preaches, and in addition requires others to do so.... It is worth recalling the Polish proverb, which says, "The Lord God is impregnable, but just." In writing about these matters, I must mention to the last hideous and unworthy incidental at the sitting of the Sejm, Mr Braun, which requires strong condemnation and punishment. But I besides wonder why he did it? He most likely did so due to the fact that he disagreed with the situation erstwhile 1 religion (in this case Judaism) was exceptionally distinguished (at the expense of a modest Christian cross on the wall), while our religion and all others (of which thousands) were omitted. Therefore, I think that after what I wrote above, and besides after Mr. Braun's vile excest, it is essential to consider what to do to make the Sejm completely spiritual – that is, not to separate any religion in any way. Professor H. B.

What was that truly about?

December is simply a hard time for Polish democracy. We all saw the game on time for the government of Prime Minister Morawiecki and statements and behaviour in the Sejm of the president of his party. The question arises: does anyone remember the events of 101 years ago erstwhile the first president of the Republic was elected? It was Gabriel Narutovich. Since it was not a right-wing candidate, the 1 who deliberately did not accept democratic choice questioned the Polishness of the elect. 1 of the arguments was that the votes were cast by representatives of national minorities. It was then claimed that the president of the Republic of Poland, elected on 11 December 1922, was not a Pole. Equally 101 years later, on Monday evening, in our parliament, the most crucial PiS politician accused the recently elected Prime Minister of being a German agent. Earlier in his conversation with journalists, the same man ruled the end of democracy in Poland. The next day it happened what we should never have seen – MP Braun desecrated the symbol of Judaism with a fire extinguisher – Hanukkah candles. I wonder if a parliamentarian who wants to be super-Polic remembers Dow Ber Meissel's character? This Warsaw rabbi in 1861, in a feeling of solidarity with the Polish clergy, who in protest for the defamation of the churches by the Cossacks closed the Warsaw temples, ordered the same to the synagogues. another Warsaw rabbis Isaac Kramsztyk and Markus Jastrow did likewise. On 2 March 1861, they attended Catholic Powązki at the ceremony of 5 dead killed by Russian invaders. I uncertainty if these characters were in Mr Braun's head erstwhile he reached for the fire extinguisher. Or is it even more frightening? 101 years ago, not accepting the consequence of the democratic election of the president of the Republic of Poland, the right hand actually armed Eligiusz Niewiątowski, who shot Gabriel Narutowicz on 16 December 1922. On 11 December 2023, Braun, comparing Morawiecki and Tusk's rule, speaks of the treatment of plague with cholera. The next day, with the aid of a fire extinguisher, he not only desecrated the Sejm and the symbol of Judaism, but besides gave the perfect pretext for the united right to hold the pledge of the fresh government. And possibly that's what this was truly about...? ROBERT KARABIN

Finally!

I breathed. And I hope, fortunately, that I will live in a democratic country. That's what this was all about! erstwhile I think of those who ruled us... Who taught these people who raised them? They lied, they stole, they cheated... The chill is going through. So let's remember something a small bit from the past, due to the fact that a lot has happened. Their leader – Jarosław Kaczyński, a bit comic and a small scary. He was so capable, his father had to change school for him to graduate. Father besides arranged a villa in Warsaw Żoliborz. He got himself a position as lecturer at the Warsaw University of Technology. This is all so unusual that he fought in the Warsaw Uprising (1944), and the insurgents were persecuted and imprisoned after the war by communist authorities. Another interesting figure – Deputy talker of the Sejm Ryszard Terlecki. Definitely intelligent, educated. In his youth he had a drug “epizod”, his girlfriend was the large vocalist Kora. He always praised his father, a well-known historian – that thanks to him he managed to get straight. Years later, it turned out that my father worked with UB and SB. In revealing this message, the boy was involved. erstwhile he held the Sejm's deliberations, he was frequently very arrogant towards opposition MPs. He besides frequently turned his back on journalists. It is hard to compose something affirmative about the policies of the United Right. How come they inactive have the support of so many voters? I truly can't realize it. And the support of the Catholic Church. any kind of complete paranoia. I am convinced that at 15 October 2023 we will never forget. After all, Poland has yet become another country. NORMAL! May only the president remember that he is the president of all Poles. I hope... KRZYSZTOF WASNIEWSKI

You want them to aid you – aid others!

Recently, we had another example of anesthesia and indifference toward a man in request of help. How could you walk around a 14-year-old girl sitting in the snow with indifference? Why didn't the police respond erstwhile small Kamilek came to the station and asked for help? Yes, they did something – they sent the kid home right into the hands of the monster who tortured them. You can ask many, many questions. What does that say about us? You don't want to ask due to the fact that we can burn ourselves out of shame. In a country where Christian values are sloping and courts are considering the insult of spiritual sentiments, while the leader of the nation considered the request to make armed brigades armed to defend churches, the harm of another man does not care. Yes, in individual cases, we break up, like frightened chickens, to rise money most frequently to treat children. We frequently fall victim to frauds who, utilizing our help, gain a fortune. This aid is like a spark – it shines and... it's gone. What can you do? The state, and in peculiar the Ombudsman for the Rights of the Child, should step in and immediately make appropriate procedures to replace social empathy. Police, schools and kindergartens should have an ZEK if there are indications that a insignificant needs help, give it to him as shortly as possible. Under no circumstances can he be left alone, even if we have misjudged the situation, due to the fact that it is better to make a mistake than to origin a tragedy. The courts should not feel sorry for the “poor” parents or guardians of the kid and refuse to transfer the insignificant to foster families or orphanages, justifying that the “family will be his best”. Curators appointed by the court or the GOPS or MOPS inspectors cannot agree with the guardians erstwhile they come to the check, and all now and then the check should take place with the caregiver who will examine whether the kid has any signs of violence. Checks should take place sufficiently frequently to respond in time, and they cannot be superficial: "Aha, it's clean, then we decision on". You request to run trust phones where the injured kid can cry and get help, and the host of specified a telephone should have the position of a state official, not begging for help. Don't worry, financing specified a telephone will surely not ruin the state's finances. It is essential to yet settle the erstwhile spokesperson for Mr Pawlak, examine the actions he has taken to prevent the harassment of children by his colleagues on the Internet, and many another matters he has known and done nothing about. How many times did he ask the municipality to aid mediocre families...? Oh, yeah, by the way, erstwhile is the end of the incredible scandal about people surviving in nightmare dumps just due to the fact that they're poor? It's not about pathology! Power, it's the 21st century and you inactive have no shame? It goes new, but will it change anything? – I have doubts. There is nothing to wait for, there is simply a request to act, e.g. to do the action all now and then: “You want them to aid you in request – aid others” or “Poor people too, cannot live in a doghouse”. R. SUMBER

Green region

Donald Tusk's government in the election run promised to address environmental protection, which many voters (especially young people) supported by casting votes for the coalition. Recently, it has warmed up the subject of green zones in cities, which is to restrict the traffic of old cars in the city centre, due to the adoption of the vehicle age criterion 18 and 27 years as the eventual to travel in centres. The car as specified does not produce harmful substances – gases emit the engine and its condition, age and kind affect the amount and quality of the exhaust gas. frequently cars utilized by private individuals have tiny yearly runs of between 7 and 8,000 kilometres, and e.g. business cars or taxis are already a row of 50 – 60 thousand, and practically after 7 – 8 years no longer meet the emanation standards of exhaust emissions, as opposed to the first ones, which after 20 or 30 years, if only the components are functional, emit little harmful substances than the second ones 3 – 4 times shorter driving time. Each vehicle in Poland undergoes a diagnostic test erstwhile a year to let it to enter service. All components having a safety impact shall be checked and, if functional, the age of the car shall not be an obstacle to allowing it to decision for the following year. It may be essential to introduce an order to verify the quality of the exhaust gas analyser and to mention the firm “cinders” without further authorisation. There are possibilities to improve the quality of the exhaust gas in the old car, e.g. by repairing the old engine or, for example, in utmost cases, replacing it with a fresh one. specified cars, regardless of their age, could drive without emitting harmful exhaust gas. akin provisions are planned or already in force in another countries, but we must remember about the immense lobby related to electrical cars and car companies' earnings, due to the fact that their advanced prices cannot be explained by the increase in production costs (especially batteries). In Poland, I noticed the other trend – people who are opposed to the introduction of fresh regulations are demonstrating, and I think that most of them are people associated with the trade in old cars – importers of cars from the West and those who want to get free of old cars with combustion engines, due to the fact that in these countries the "interchange" to electrical cars is much bigger than in Poland. Let my vote be 1 of the voices in the discussion of the state of our air, due to the fact that not always importing regulations from another countries, where there is simply a different mentality of people and a different standard of living, works in our space and in a short time. ANDRZEJ JANIEC

Work for Silvers

A fewer years ago, erstwhile I was in the United States, I was amazed that so many older people were working in services there. Already at first glance they looked like they were retired, and any – they were long ago. At the time, it gave me mixed feelings. We were talking in a group of friends about this, and there was more compassion for Americans. Now I heard the coverage of the Western European tour participant. 1 of the biggest surprises was that so many older ones inactive work. So we, Poland, are the island where, possibly not yet ashamed, but it does not escape, work as you have retirement age. I would add: if you are not in an crucial position, due to the fact that we are ruled by people, especially men, very mature. We are said to be a country where the percent of workers aged 60+ is 1 of the lowest. The only example of hiring older people is safety companies, where they are overpresented. However, besides in Poland, the run to encourage the return of the generation to work is gaining momentum SilversWhich is due to the deficiency of hands to work. I utilized to compose that the dream of a Pole is to finish the competition and retire. And there's something about it... The aim of reducing the retirement age is not only to safe the economy. Well, my generation (and a small younger) survived a systemic change, which mostly took place at the expense of the dignity of the employee. We remember: Retiring, frequently very premature, was 1 way to regulate the labour market. Unemployment benefits were at a scandalously low level, so retirement gave the chance that there would be more money after losing work. any establishments have been encouraged to retire, paying their wages, in exchange for the occupation being laid off. They called for the release of youth seats. After all, those people who are retired will think a 100 times before they get back to work. Leizorek Rojtszwaniec from Erenburg's fresh (The Violent Life of the Leisage of the Roytswick) said: Slowing down? I mean, they'll take it. So after those fired, there were fresh ones who could be treated differently. Let us not be surprised, then, that my generation remembers this instrumental attitude toward retirement, or, in fact, to older people. It is hard for an experienced individual to accept that he is directed by people much younger. But even more hard to accept is the way they do it. deficiency of respect for staff, reprehensible – even for peers – is for people of the generation Silvers It's unacceptable. We inactive have a farm culture of work. There was a time erstwhile I was reasoning about getting a job. However, I could not imagine a situation in which my superior, much younger than me, would give instructions in a speech that would not stand against. It is so essential to change the organisational culture, triggering the feeling that older workers are appreciated for their values, which are undoubtedly different from those of young people. From a social point of view, employment activation of seniors is simply a large deal. For example, by pulling these people out of their homes, we destruct or at least shorten the time of their loneliness. After all, we know how many wests elder organizations and local governments do, organizing various forms of collective meetings, recognising that this is simply a drug for many ailments of the older age. In the case of work, the individual (obligatory) leaves the home herself, trying to be in the highest form and ready for any time. This is the kind of treatment that improves her welfare. We know that societies will grow older. So should we not make rules that will solve cases involving the employment of older people, as in the case of mothers with tiny children or people with disabilities? Regulations should be a natural incentive for entrepreneurs to scope out to people of retirement age, not necessarily in the professions that they have done so far. ANDRZEJ WELCOME