Poland should not deny the country's role in the Holocaust
Coming at a time when Europe is in serious danger of Islamofascism, that's one more reason why it's ill-advised for Poland to pass the form of bill they're proposing:
Update: here's a column by Chaim Kozienicki making some crucial points.
The Polish president on Sunday vowed to review a new bill that would outlaw blaming Poles for crimes of the Holocaust committed in the country, after the measure sparked a diplomatic row with Israel.The additional error they'd be making is another passing of a law designed to destroy free speech rights; a particular weakness in Europe. It's stunning that, at a moment when Europe needs all the help it can get, they take a step that only makes the situation worse, and could make you wonder if they're only interested in replacing one bad ideology with another. If they don't break free of that awful mindset, nothing is solved. The sins of the parents don't fall upon the children, but to say the past inhabitants of the country don't have blame to shoulder is totally wrong.
Poland’s right-wing-controlled parliament on Friday adopted legislation that sets fines or a maximum three-year jail term for anyone who ascribes “responsibility or co-responsibility to the Polish nation or state for crimes committed by the German Third Reich — or other crimes against humanity, peace and war crimes.”
The measure, intended to apply to both Poles and foreigners, must still pass the Senate before being signed by the president.
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said in a statement on Sunday that he would present his “final evaluation of procedural legal provisions after the completion of parliament’s work and a careful analysis of the final shape of the act.”
The bill includes an article that applies the same penalty of a fine or up to three years in jail to anyone who refers to Nazi German death camps as being Polish.
Israel’s ambassador to Poland Anna Azari told the Polish PAP news agency that Israel believes the latter article could open the door to Holocaust survivors being prosecuted for their testimony should it concern the involvement of Poles in war crimes.
Update: here's a column by Chaim Kozienicki making some crucial points.
Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, germany, Moonbattery, poland, political corruption
