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Professors statement is?Gross was questioned after multiple complaints were filed with prosecutors by Polish citizens over an article published last year in which Gross said Poles killed more Jews during the German occupation than they killed Germans — a claim that challenges a widespread conviction in Poland that the Polish response to the German terror was almost exclusively honourable.
Gross made the comparison in an article published by Project Syndicate in September critical of how Poland and other Eastern European countries have reacted to the migrant crisis. He decried the region’s opposition to accepting refugees as “heartless” and argued that the attitude is rooted in the region’s “murderous past.”
In the most controversial section, Gross wrote: “Consider the Poles, who, deservedly proud of their society’s anti-Nazi resistance, actually killed more Jews than Germans during the war.”
Whether he is right or wrong is irrelevant. No one should go to prison for saying something someone doesn't like.Princeton professor faces three years in jail for saying Poles killed more Jews than they killed Nazis | National Post
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Whether he is right or wrong is irrelevant. No one should go to prison for saying something someone doesn't like.
Prison? That's a socialist country for you.
And Bernie Sanders is doing well in an American election.
Yikes.
Poland’s case against Gross, which also involves a presidential threat to strip him of a state honour, has raised questions about the conservative leadership’s commitment to the freedom of scholarship. Law and Justice, a conservative and nationalistic party that controls both the presidency and parliament, is also centralizing power in a way that has raised concerns about its commitment to democracy more broadly.
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Gross made the comparison in an article published by Project Syndicate in September critical of how Poland and other Eastern European countries have reacted to the migrant crisis. He decried the region’s opposition to accepting refugees as “heartless” and argued that the attitude is rooted in the region’s “murderous past.”
Whether he is right or wrong is irrelevant. No one should go to prison for saying something someone doesn't like.
Princeton professor faces three years in jail for saying Poles killed more Jews than they killed Nazis | National Post
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Princeton professor faces three years in jail for saying Poles killed more Jews than they killed Nazis | National Post
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Whether he is right or wrong is irrelevant. No one should go to prison for saying something someone doesn't like.
That's a socialist country for you.
Actually, this indicts right-wing populism more than socialism, mate.
Poland has recently started down the rabbit hole and passing laws that trample democracy.
Saying something the government doesn't like shouldn't be a crime in the first place.You do realize that in many of these European countries saying something that Islamofacists and homosexuals don't like can land you jail or prison.Do you support someone going to jail or prison because they offended some Muslims or homosexuals?Why are you being an apologist for criminals?
From what I understand right wing and left wing are different in Europe than what right wing and left wing is in the US.You can still be a socialist and considered right wing in Europe.
How Conservative Would British Conservatives Be in the U.S.? - The Wire
From what I understand right wing and left wing are different in Europe than what right wing and left wing is in the US.You can still be a socialist and considered right wing in Europe.
How Conservative Would British Conservatives Be in the U.S.? - The Wire
Saying something the government doesn't like shouldn't be a crime in the first place.
You do realize that in many of these European countries saying something that Islamofacists and homosexuals don't like can land you jail or prison.Do you support someone going to jail or prison because they offended some Muslims or homosexuals?
Princeton professor faces three years in jail for saying Poles killed more Jews than they killed Nazis | National Post
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Princeton professor faces three years in jail for saying Poles killed more Jews than they killed Nazis | National Post
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What does it matter what he said , unless it was a threat of some kind . :shock: It must be a new PC thing the left loves so much .:roll:
In this point the Poles are only following Germany and other Western European countries, where for similar statements you can also be jailed for years.
holocaust denial is a crime, but saying "we didn't respond well against nazi germany" is not to my knowledge. He is being persecuted for being critical of his country's actions several decades ago. I mean at what point does this mythical 'fatherland' nonsense stop? "Yeah some jews were lynched here during the 14th century plague"....."Treason!"
Prison? That's a socialist country for you.
And Bernie Sanders is doing well in an American election.
Yikes.
Poland is under the control of a great conservative government.
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