A Hurly-Burly, Misanthropic, Fart Republic!
Knock 'Em Down - You're The Boss
TVN reporter Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska was patiently waiting with hordes of other reporters as the vote on proposed constitutional amendments re. abortion law were to be soon voted upon. But as Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Poland's Prime Minister, approached the pack of dribbling wolves, insatiably licking their lips, ready to assault him with questions about the controversial bill (which ended up being defeated), the news reporter fell on her back in the Polish Sejm (Parliament) building marbled floor after Kaczynski's bodyguards forcibly pushed through with little or no regard for the journo's appetites. The Prime Minister was overheard commenting, "Lady, you lost your shoes."
But careful to ensure there was no potential fallout, he later sent his apologies and a bunch of flowers, which the reporter accepted. If that was in Ireland or the U.S. she would have sued the balls off him. Here's a completely exaggerated and highly unlikely version of what may have happened if the woman was pregnant.
Complete Codswollop Fiction
"Due to complications from her hefty fall and the subsequent trampling that took place in the general cut-throat attempt of cameramen and microphone-stalkers trying to stick their 'things' closer to a bachelor who lives with his cat, some days after the tumble, the reporter tragically miscarried while 2 months into her pregnancy. A police investigation established that the PM's bodyguards had over-acted in their capacity to protect Poland's leader and due to photographic evidence of the incident in question, the most huffy, puffy and man-handledly amongst the shady-eyed bald-headed security brigade was charged with aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter of the woman's unborn child."
Chickens Coming Home to Roost
But thankfully this did not happen and I just made it all up. However, knocking someone on the ground and pissing off without inquiring as to whether that person is ok is plain bad manners. But why should we be surprised. This is a man who alongside his brother Lech, the current President of Poland, tried to extradite a Polish national living in Ireland as there was a warrant out for his arrest due to his alleged stealing of two chickens.
Unsactified Bread
These are twin brothers whose morally orgasmic revolution of a 4th Republic has seen them oversee a system that put a philantrophic baker out of business after they demanded he pay 250,000 zloty (€65,000) in taxes for bread he bread he had donated to a soup kitchen. This was despite the fact that the bread would have otherwise have been wasted and thrown out as Polish law demands incurs a value-added tax levy on the surplus.
"Waldemar Gronowski gave the loaves to a Catholic charity that feeds about 100 people a day in the southwestern city of Legnica."
The Fart Republic
And who says the leaders of Poland don't give a fiddlers fuck about the environment. They have proven themselves well-capable of tackling that most lethal of global warming gases - methane. Hubert Hoffman, 45, was charged with "contempt for the office of the head of state" for farting after he was stopped by police in a routine check at Warsaw railway station, home of many of Warsaw's homeless community.
"He complained that under President Lech Kaczynski and his twin brother Jaroslaw, the country was returning to a Communist style dictatorship."
After the man failed to turn up to court a nationwide hunt was unleashed and interpol were alerted.
Bet he didn't get that attention when he was looking for a place to stay for the night and a bite to eat.
Comments
No seriously, VAT as far as i understand these things, is a point of saletaxe, not a point of production taxs. This has been the centre of a big argument with regards to internet sales within the EU as companies set up shop in a tax haven and sell to a place with high taxes and undercut the locals. Here though, no sale has transpired and so ipso facto, no tax. Simple!
As regards the lady on her arse story, i am usually against the sue culture we have accepted from theUS, but in this case she was obviously maltreated. As you said, the incident was bad enough, but the lack of concern was tantamount to criminal negligence. He is no doubt the sort of person who would step over or around a fallen person in the street and not help.