Newsweek Poland: "Ministry of Health will count gays and lesbians"

Marek Grabowski, Ministry of Health has already denied that allegation published by polish edition of Newsweek. Or rather rectified that this is not what he exactly meant. A quote from him:

`This help is targeted at people are hesitating whether to become homo or heterosexual, because they can still be saved.'

In case you were wondering the guy is a physician. A second level specialist in rehabilitation. At least according to Wikipedia. However since he has been recommended for this post by Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland you can never be sure of his diploma. When asked by some other journalists about this initiative he answered:

`Penal code authorizes medical treatment of persons with sexual disorders if they commit a crime. Thus we established a team that will take care of such people and these are mainly pedophiles.'

In Poland obviously all gays are pedophiles and even if they weren't convicted for a crime yet, they surely will. Now if you think he meant the guys from committee being pedophiles then I can't help you, he expressed himself in polish just as ambiguously.

The only positive aspect of this whole affair is what the head of that committee - Wojciech Kłosiński - answered when asked about the issue:

`We were not dealing with homosexuals, since homosexuality is not a disorder of sexual preferences, it's just another orientation.'

A bold statement to make by a government official in a country with high unemployment rate.

CBA can blackmail their informers during the recruitment process

CBA agents can shut their eyes to crimes committed by their informants, but also force the unwilling to secretly collaborate by using blackmail - the Dziennik Daily newspaper has found out.

'If CBA's operational instruction gives them such powers, it is a pathology' said general Adam Rapacki, former chief of Polish police.

The question on the contents of this secret CBA instruction has been posed yesterday on a hearing by Parliamentary Commission on Secret Services. The CBA chief Mariusz Kamiński reassured that the instruction does comply with law.

'CBA does not break the principles of a democratic state of law; the secret operational instruction does exist, however there is nothing in it that would breach these principles', he said.

According to Dziennik's interlocutors the possibility to use "incriminating materials" in order to recruit new informers is given to CBA's agent by a secret document - Operational Work Instructions. 'This a collection of techniques that can be used. It does not forbid the use of blackmail, it even encourages it. Also during the trainings we are told that we can use "hooks" to recruit informers' - explains one of Dziennik's interlocutors. His revelations have been confirmed by Dziennik at two other sources, including a high ranking official dealing with security of the state. What does the use of incriminating materials for recruiting process mean in practice?

'It can mean various things. The most banal example is when a drunk driver gets his driving license back [in return for information -- transl.]. But much more serious combinations can arise.' He provides an example: knowing that a physician performs illegal abortions, CBA agents can propose a deal to him. They commission him a task of luring another doctor into a trap by asking him to assist in an illegal surgery.

'And the next physician is taken to the CBA's office where he is provided with a deal: you will inform on your colleagues and you won't go to prison for participating in an abortion.' another interlocutor adds.

The CBA chief communicated to MPs yesterday that he cannot reveal the contents of the instruction, because it's classified by law. However this issue will remain ongoing. 'I can say that we will ask the minister coordinator to provide [us -- transl.] with this operational instruction. The use of such methods is unacceptable' - says ex-Minister of Internal Affairs, Civic Platform MP [and member of Parliamentary Commission on Secret Services -- transl.].

An ex-UOP chief and former Minister of Internal Affairs, Krzysztof Kozłowski simply says: 'Polish Secret Service did not have such possibilities since Służba Bezpieczeństwa [communist internal intelligence agency and secret police -- transl.]'. Biernacki reminds that there is a proposed bill on operational work techniques, common to all intelligence agencies, but he says that government is blocking all progress. As we found out, the Ministry for Internal Affairs already sees it necessary to create a single legislation. 'It would end all the pathologies in the secret services. I don't think that the openness of the techniques would harm the work of the officers. Just watch a good spy film to see everything' Rapacki thinks.

Author - Robert Zieliński

link to the original article: http://www.dziennik.pl/Default.aspx?TabId=14&ShowArticleId=48739

What's in the news this passing week?

Top news from Poland for this passing week.

Telletubbies
You might have already heard about Tinky-Winky being accused of promoting homosexuality by Polish children rights watchdog mrs. Sowińska. When I checked on google news yesterday there were over 300 articles from English language news outlets on the web. Amongst them Washington Post, Euronews, Daily Mail, New York Times, The Guardian, BBC, USA Today. CNN seems to have ignored the issue. Poles will be eternally gratefull to CNN for this omission ;-)

Prime minister and his bank account (or lack thereof)
That's right. Prime minister of a 40 million large nation in the heart of Europe does not have a bank account of his own. However he doesn't need that much money anyway - he lives with his mother, so she probably cooks for him. He doesn't spend much on fuel - BOR takes him to work and back home and when he needs to get somewhere further, he gets a ride on the fastest flying passenger airplane in the world TU-154M (at least since Concorde is grounded). I will not link to all those nasty newspapers that reported this magnificent piece of news, you can have a look at this instead.

A strange way to promote Polish culture
Pupils in Polish high schools will probably be freed from the burden of reading potentially subversive novels by such famous writers of Polish origin as Gombrowicz, Witkacy, Joseph Conrad. They will leave school libraries in first class company - Goethe, Kafka, Dostoevsky have also been assessed as unnecessary.

Today, a friend of mine sent me a link to what ultimately lead to the homepage of Polish Ombudsman for Children. Ewa Sowińska, the Polish Ombudsman for Children has posted a statement to comment on an interview with her that prawy.pl portal (prawy in Polish means righteous) had posted. I'll translate the whole paragraph for you:

Should, in your opinion, homosexuals be allowed to care for children in establishments such as kindergartens and schools?

No, absolutely not. But this doesn't exhaust the topic. Unfortunately, a whole list of professions should be introduced that homosexuals must not exercise, especially persons with criminal record. They should not be allowed to teach, or to be sports or arts instructors. Certificates entitling one to become an educator are being issued to easily and irresponsibly.

In her statement on the official web-page of Ombudsman for Children Mrs Ewa Sowińska writes:

Information that homosexuals should not be allowed to work with children that has appeared in my interview is imprecise. I did not create and am not creating a list that would include professions from which homosexuals would be excluded. When mentioning a "list of professions" I meant persons with criminal record of abusing children, especially paedophiles and those guilty of violence towards children.

These words might lead one to two conclusions:

1. Gay = child abuser
2. Ombudsman for Children is not concerned with children abused by heterosexual paedophiles.

Stay tuned for more news from the land ruled by two ducks ;-)