Oh, you have my deepest apologies (especially since some of my heritage is Polish).
"Crowds block removal of cross in Poland" by Associated Press | August 4, 2010
WARSAW, Poland — Protesters shouting “Defend the cross!’’ scuffled with police yesterday but managed to prevent Polish officials from moving a cross erected outside the presidential palace in memory of the late President Lech Kaczynski.
Related: Polish People Not So Stupid
I think we all have to believe that; otherwise, would I be doing this?
About 20 demonstrators stood in front of the wooden cross, pleading with priests who were supposed to move it to the nearby St. Anne’s Church. They were supported by a crowd of hundreds gathered behind a police barrier across the street.
Security officials dragged away a few of the chanting, praying protesters, including a woman who tried to tie herself to the cross. But officials decided not to immediately press ahead with the plan, which is opposed by some Kaczynski supporters.
Kaczynski’s supporters have turned the cross into a shrine where they focus their grief over the late leader’s tragic death in a plane crash in Russia on April 10.
Yeah, that looks more and more suspicious by the day -- and the Plish people seem to sense it.
It has also become a source of friction with their political rivals, who argue that the cross should be moved away from state to church ground, with President-elect Bronislaw Komorowski saying the makeshift symbol should not remain in front of a top state building.
Yeah, the NEW GUY, cui bono!?
It wasn’t immediately clear whether officials would make another attempt to move it.
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Also see: Fire hits ex-Nazi death camp in Poland
I'm sorry, readers; I'm just sick of Nazis being presented as "news."
