Polish Catholics, all the same..Follow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6291570.stm


Polish President Lech Kaczynski and a major Jewish human rights organisation have called on the Catholic church to punish a controversial Polish priest.

Father Tadeusz Rydzyk is accused of an anti-Semitic outburst, and of insulting Mr Kaczynski, at a conference in April.

Mr Rydzyk says his remarks have been blown out of proportion.

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre has launched a petition calling for his dismissal, and Mr Kaczynski says there must be "consequences".

Mr Rydzyk controls the influential Radio Maryja radio station, which correspondents say helped Mr Kaczynski's Law and Justice party win parliamentary and presidential elections in 2005.

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In tapes released by the weekly magazine Wprost, a voice alleged to be Mr Rydzyk's is heard accusing Mr Kaczynski of being in the pocket of Poland's Jewish community.

"You know what this is about: Poland giving [the Jews] $65bn.

"They will come to you and say, 'Give me your coat! Take off your trousers! Give me your shoes!'" Mr Rydzyk said, according to Wprost.

The speaker is also heard calling President Kaczynski a liar, and his wife Maria a "witch" because of her support for limited abortion rights, which he compares to euthanasia.

"The first lady with this euthanasia... You witch, I'll let you have it. If you want to kill people, do it to yourself first," he says on the tape.


Wait a minute, wait a minute...there are Jews left in Poland? Schindler's list was such a ******* lie..

The goverment in Poland is run by shanangins right now. Its all controled by Jews in the background. They hold the money therefore they hold the power. Scum bag cheap money loving Jews...

When I was there in 1996, there were approximately 3000 Jews left in Poland. Before the invasion of Poland in 1939, there were 2 million (there was also a second "purging" of Jews in the late 60s). I knew a Jewish family in Skoczow who were still being harrassed by anti-Semites. I have also heard that there are Jews who are returning to Warsaw.

I have to say, given the history, I was pretty surprised how anti-Semitic people were. I also had some friends who were Protestants b/c I was living in the only area in Poland with a substantial Protestant population and one woman told me that she remembers a friend's grandmother thinking she was possessed b/c she was not Catholic.

Poles are hardcore Catholics--and this is from my vantage point coming from some Italian-American Catholics myself. And it's complicated by the recent history of Communism and how things like civil rights movements were manifested much different as the reds and the white, rather than looking at larger social issues like we did in the 60s in the US.

This kind of sentiment doesn't surprise me. I saw it all the time.


Edited, Jul 11th 2007 1:18pm by Annabella

I have to say, given the history, I was pretty surprised how anti-Semitic people were.

Well, you just know those remains Jews just wouldn't stop kvetching about it.