{"id":2398,"date":"2017-07-18T15:03:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T13:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hartman.blog.polityka.pl\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2017-07-19T02:19:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T00:19:03","slug":"kate-and-william-arent-playing-nicely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.polityka.pl\/hartman\/2017\/07\/18\/kate-and-william-arent-playing-nicely\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate and William aren\u2019t playing nicely"},"content":{"rendered":"

Najpierw po polsku, then in English.
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\nKate i William brzydko si\u0119 bawi\u0105<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brytyjska demokracja jest jak ska\u0142a. Sentymenty monarchiczne i dworskie theatrum<\/em>, kt\u00f3remu z upodobaniem oddaj\u0105 si\u0119 Brytyjczycy, \u017cadn\u0105 miar\u0105 jej nie zagra\u017caj\u0105. Republika\u0144skie narody Europy i \u015bwiata mog\u0105 im tylko pozazdro\u015bci\u0107 tej uroczej zabawy w stylu vintage<\/em>. Polacy te\u017c chcieliby mie\u0107 pi\u0119kn\u0105 ksi\u0119\u017cniczk\u0119 i dzielnego ksi\u0119cia. Ale nie maj\u0105. Musz\u0105 wypo\u017cycza\u0107 z zagranicy. Z braku w\u0142asnych rozrzewniaj\u0105 si\u0119 nad ksi\u0105\u017c\u0119tami Cambridge.<\/p>\n

Nieszkodliwa zabawa? Mo\u017ce i nieszkodliwa, ale dzi\u015b, gdy w naszym kraju w dramatycznym tempie niszczone s\u0105 podstawy demokratycznego pa\u0144stwa prawa, ta nieszkodliwa zabawa zamienia si\u0119 w \u017cenuj\u0105cy spektakl. Pomi\u0119dzy jedn\u0105 a drug\u0105 wykwintn\u0105 kolacyjk\u0105 brytyjskiej pary ksi\u0105\u017c\u0119cej, zjedzon\u0105 w towarzystwie partyjnych notabli Kaczy\u0144skiego, upadnie S\u0105d Najwy\u017cszy, a tr\u00f3jpodzia\u0142 w\u0142adzy zostanie definitywnie pogrzebany. Czy\u017cby z b\u0142ogos\u0142awie\u0144stwem Wielkiej Brytanii? Smacznego!<\/p>\n

Nie wiem, czy Kate i William s\u0105 politykami. W ka\u017cdym razie s\u0105 dyplomatami, s\u0142u\u017c\u0105cymi swemu rz\u0105dowi. Jednak\u017ce poza tym s\u0105 te\u017c wolnymi, doros\u0142ymi lud\u017ami, decyduj\u0105cymi o tym, kiedy i dok\u0105d pojad\u0105, bior\u0105cymi odpowiedzialno\u015b\u0107 za swoje post\u0119powanie. Czy wiedzieli, dok\u0105d si\u0119 udaj\u0105 i co si\u0119 dzieje w kraju, kt\u00f3ry polecono im odwiedzi\u0107 tym razem? Zapewne wpisano im Polsk\u0119 do kalendarza ju\u017c dawno temu, w jakim\u015b promocyjnym obje\u017adzie, s\u0142u\u017c\u0105cym \u201eocieplaniu wizerunku\u201d Wielkiej Brytanii w \u015brodku brexitowego kryzysu. Jednak\u017ce od tego Kate i William maj\u0105 swoje ksi\u0105\u017c\u0119ce rozumy, by zastanowi\u0107 si\u0119 nad wymow\u0105 i politycznymi skutkami swojej peregrynacji do grobu Solidarno\u015bci.<\/p>\n

Ciekawe, czy dosz\u0142o do nich, \u017ce rz\u0105d, od kt\u00f3rego odbieraj\u0105 dzi\u015b ho\u0142dy, uwa\u017ca Lecha Wa\u0142\u0119s\u0119 za \u201eruskiego agenta\u201d? Pewnie dosz\u0142o \u2013 w ko\u0144cu po co\u015b maj\u0105 t\u0119 ambasad\u0119 w Warszawie i tych swoich spec\u00f3w od politycznego PR.<\/p>\n

Nie da si\u0119 usprawiedliwi\u0107 tej wysoce niestosownej wizyty kalendarzem ani regu\u0142ami dyplomacji. Sytuacja w Polsce jest nadzwyczajna, i to nie od dzi\u015b. Presti\u017cowe prezenty dla antydemokratycznego re\u017cimu w Warszawie s\u0105 dowodem lekcewa\u017cenia Polski jako pretendenta do rodziny demokratycznych kraj\u00f3w Zachodu. Zostali\u015bmy potraktowani jak ka\u017cdy inny kraj spoza tej rodziny, kt\u00f3rego antydemokratyczne, autorytarne praktyki rz\u0105dzenia uwa\u017ca si\u0119 za tyle\u017c niezmienny, co oboj\u0119tny fakt. C\u00f3\u017c, Poland is far away, nie trzeba si\u0119 ni\u0105 zbytnio przejmowa\u0107.<\/p>\n

Po co tu jeste\u015bcie? Co chcecie nam powiedzie\u0107? \u017be wyst\u0119powanie z Unii jest cool? Czy nie wiecie, \u017ce panuj\u0105cy w Polsce re\u017cim odr\u0105buje nas siekier\u0105 od Europy, prowadz\u0105c do izolacji i politycznego osamotnienia naszego kraju? Dla Was Polska to tylko jeden z wielu odleg\u0142ych, oboj\u0119tnych Wam kraj\u00f3w, do kt\u00f3rych Was posy\u0142aj\u0105. Dla nas to ojczyzna, kt\u00f3ra niedawno odzyska\u0142a wolno\u015b\u0107, a teraz ta wolno\u015b\u0107 na naszych oczach deptana jest trzewikami reakcyjnych populist\u00f3w i nacjonalist\u00f3w. Para ksi\u0105\u017c\u0119ca, a wraz z ni\u0105 rz\u0105d Wielkiej Brytanii, t\u0105 presti\u017cow\u0105 i malownicz\u0105 wizyt\u0105 legitymizuj\u0105 re\u017cim Jaros\u0142awa Kaczy\u0144skiego. Staj\u0105 si\u0119 jego wsp\u00f3lnikami. To smutne i rozczarowuj\u0105ce. Wstyd\u017acie si\u0119, Kate i Williamie!<\/p>\n

Kate and William aren\u2019t playing nicely<\/strong><\/p>\n

British democracy is rock solid. The monarchical sentiments and courtly pomp that appeal to many of its citizens are no threat to it. The republican states of Europe and the world can only look on with envy at their charming \u201cvintage\u201d play. Poles would also love to have a fair princess and brave prince. But they don\u2019t. They have to borrow them from abroad. For lack of their own, they fall in a swoon over the prince and princess of Cambridge. Harmless fun? Perhaps. But today, when the fundaments of democracy and rule of law in our country are being destroyed at a dramatic pace, this harmless fun becomes an appalling spectacle. In between the British royal couple\u2019s opulent dinners in the company of notables from Kaczy\u0144ski\u2019s party, Poland\u2019s Supreme Court will fall, and the tripartite division of powers will be definitively dead and buried. With the blessing of Great Britain? Bon app\u00e9tit!<\/p>\n

I do not know if Kate and William are politicians. In any case, they are diplomats serving their country. Aside from that, however, they are also free, adult human beings who are capable of deciding when and where they will travel, responsible for their own behavior. Did they know where they were going and what was going on in the country they were being sent to this time? Poland was most certainly written into their calendar long ago as a promotional tour intended to \u201cwarm\u201d Great Britain\u2019s image in light of the Brexit crisis. Still, Kate and William\u2019s royal intellect should have given them pause to consider the political effects of their peregrination to Solidarity\u2019s grave and the message it would send. I wonder if they are aware that the government that today is paying them homage deems Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa a \u201cRussian agent\u201d? Most probably they are \u2013 after all, their country does maintain an embassy in Warsaw and teams of political PR specialists.<\/p>\n

The rules of diplomacy and a busy calendar are no excuse for such a grossly inappropriate visit. The situation in Poland is extraordinary, and it didn\u2019t start yesterday. Such a prestigious gift for the anti-democratic regime in Warsaw offers proof that Poland, as a claimant to the family of Western democratic countries, needn\u2019t be taken seriously. We are being treated like any other country outside of this family whose anti-democratic, authoritarian practices of governing are considered a fact of life. Well, Poland is \u201cfar away\u201d, so no need to trouble oneself about it.<\/p>\n

Why are you here? What are you trying to tell us? That leaving the EU is cool? Do you not know that the regime in Poland is cutting us off from Europe with a heavy axe, leading us to isolation and political estrangement? For you, Poland is just one of the many distant and unimportant countries they send you to. For us, it\u2019s our homeland \u2013 one that only recently regained its freedom. And now, before our very eyes, that freedom is being trampled under the jackboots of reactionary populists and nationalists. With their colorful visit and the prestige it offers, the royal couple, together with the government of Great Britain, legitimize Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski\u2019s regime. They are now his partners. This is sad and disappointing. Kate and William, shame on you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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