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Professor Pawlowicz, who in addition to being a MP is also a judge, lecturer and a former Constitutional Judge, made her comments in reaction to Saturday’s ‘Slut March’ which saw several hundred people walk from Pl. Trzech Krzyzy to Pl. Konstytucji to raise the profile of the issue of rape and to protest at what they saw Jacek Wajszczak/Reporter as the stereotyping of both victims and © perpetrators of rape. The march certainly achieved its goal of raising awareness of the protestors’ cause Many of the protestors wore little clothing, lots of make-up and had slogans as looking “like a boxer”, saved her most form of contributing. Don’t you pretend covering their bodies such has ‘No means sensational comments for a live interview that an undressed naked bird doesn’t no’ and ‘I dressed like a slut, you think like on Wednesday morning with Jaroslaw have any effect on you,” she told a visibly a rapist’. Kuzniar on TVN24. Mr Kuzniar asked surprised Mr Kuzniar. Prof Pawlowicz described the event as Prof Pawlowicz to explain her comments Not helped by the fact that she could another vile attempt by “deviants” to push saying that they reminded him of those not see Mr Kuzniar and had to hear his the boundaries. “A place should be found made by a police officer at a similar event questions via a mobile phone because of for them in a zoo or the fields outside of in Canada who had suggested that women a technical fault, Prof Pawlowicz became Warsaw. Let them show off their nudity themselves are to blame because of the way increasingly animated. She told Mr and vulgarity, insult each other and wallow that they dressed. Kuzniar that the women were not doing in the mud there. The centre of Warsaw “I am not discovering America for the their cause any good by such a form of does not belong to deviant and abhorrent first time because, as is commonly known, protest and that they instead should come, people,” stated the MP. there exists something like contributing. properly dressed, to the Sejm to help PiS Prof Pawlowicz,who earlier this year And walking around naked, you know, push through new tougher sentences for described transgender MP Anna Grodzka completely without knickers and bra is a the crime of rape. NATIONAL p.4 REGIONAL p.6 BUSINESS p.9 Manufacturer recalls Fervex Kicking cop cops it Zuckerberg visits Poland Pharmacy shelves were cleared of particular The policeman filmed violently as- Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Face- batch numbers of Fervex and Fervex junior on saulting a man during the Independence book, met with Michal Boni Poland’s Min- Thursday after its manufacturer recalled the Day riots back in 2011 was found guilty ister of Administration and Digitization product amid concerns that packets had be- by a Warsaw court this week and given this week to discuss various internet issues come contaminated. The manufacturer, Bris- a suspended three year jail sentence and such as the protection of personal data tol-Myers Squibb Poland Sp. z o.o announced banned from working as a police officer whilst he was on an apparent “holiday” in “the possibility of microbial contamination in for eight years. Warsaw. the formulation of the product” as the reason for the withdrawal of the product. 2 EDITORIAL The New Poland Express I Friday 24th May 2013 I www.nwe.pl Contents News . 3 Business . .. 9 Sport . 12 Regional news . 6 What’s on . 10 Classifieds . 13 From the editor Quotes of the week This week in history henever “Such words should never have happened 1921 (28.05) - The first Poznań there’s too and these emotions should not have been International Trade Fair takes place. many de- shown.” Adam Hoffman comments on the Located next to the city’s train station, Wpressing news stories furore caused by Krystyna Pawlowicz. there are around 13,200 exhibitors each kicking around, one can year, with 3,000 foreign firms from always rely on Britain’s “Lech, hold off sometimes with your approximately 70 nations. Prince Philip to chip in words. Control your emotions, you’re a with another ridiculous comment to put a bloke” Henryk Wujec, advisor to Presi- 2001 (30.05) - League of Polish Families (somewhat guilty) smile on your face. dent Komorowski advises former presi- (LPR) is founded. Initially established by This week, the 91-year-old managed to dent Walesa to take a deep breathe some- Roman Giertych, the party holds strong get his mug in the papers yet again when a times. conservative views and is opposed to issues Pole became the victim of his latest gaffe. such as same-sex marriage, and the EU. During a visit to the Medical Research “Nobody will win the party leader and Council’s Laboratory of Molecular PM – without Tusk there is no Platforma 2006 (25.05) - Pope Benedict XVI makes Biology in Cambridge, he allegedly asked (PO)” Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) his first pilgrimage to Poland. Born in a Polish research student if he had decided leader Leszek Miller warns PO members 1927, he eventually stepped down as pope to come to the UK to “pick raspberries”. they face a pointless battle if they want to in February, citing “a lack of strength of While there were no reports of the unseat PM Tusk. mind and body”. student’s response, we hope he had the good grace to accept the comment with a smile. Have Your Say The NPE weekend QUIZ Another story to make the press Re: Boozed up baby this week regarding comments made, It’s easy to get wound up and shout focussed around Polish historian about everything this woman’s done Krzysztof Jasiewicz. Granted, claiming wrong but the real issue is who is going that the Jews had “worked for generations to help teach the poor child or future to bring the Holocaust about” is slightly children right from wrong. For sure the more concerning than Prince Philip’s woman won’t receive the help she needs feeble attempts and it’s for this reason and the chain reaction will be that she’ll that authorities are now looking into simply continue the same way. Where whether or not Mr Jasiewicz committed were her friends and family to help her Our third and final set of tickets to hand a hate crime last month when he made when they saw her getting like this. They out for The Human Body Exhibition in them. are as much to blame here. Krakow this week, so get your thinking Speaking to a special historical edition Alice - Poland caps on folks... of Polish magazine Focus, he also stated Our double invitation is the perfect way he was “convinced there is no point in Re: Poles ‘lynched’ in Germany to spend a few hours, with the exhibition dialogue with the Jews as it leads nowhere” Poland - Germany relations are at the taking you on a journey through the and they are “blinded by hatred and best level they have been for decades and complex world of the human anatomy revenge”. long may it continue. All sensational whilst providing enough information Surely when someone comes out and stories like this do is help aggravate to help keep you entertained and states their own hatred for a race so matters between two nations that do fascinated. openly (it’s there in print) there has not have the best of histories and what All we want to know, is how many pints to be grounds for charges and I’d be is the point of that? These ‘lynchings’ as of blood can be found inside the average extremely surprised and disappointed if you call them could have happened to male. we don’t see more about this in the news anyone anywhere and hopefully most Maria managed to win last week’s over the next few weeks. Prince Philip’s readers reading this newspaper will fully lot, so a big well done to her. Send stupidity I can cope with, but examples understand that. your answers to the usual address: need to be made of Krzysztof Jasiewicz Gary - Warsaw [email protected] and his ilk. Publisher: WIYP Sp. z o.o. Nationwide: Sports: Michal Zachodny Graham Crawford Editor-in-Chief: Steve Sibbald (graham.cra wford@newp olandexpre ss.pl) Graphic Designer: Tomáš Haman ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Events: Anna Hojan WIYP Sp. z o.o. • ul. 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