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6.01.2006 Wersja do druku

Government promotes Patriotism: "War re-enactments" favored over "boring academic stuff"

A three person group has been working for months on a special program for the ruling Law and Justice party called "Patriotism of tomorrow." The project is being conducted with the oversight of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, who is at once a Member of Parlaiment from Wrocław, Kazimierz Ujazdowski. Regarding the type of edneavors to be favored with funding, one of those tasked with creating the program noted that "boring academic stuff doesn't have a shot at any money, but things like a re-enactment of the battle of Grunvald is an idea that we'd be more than happy to finance."

The group consists of Marek Mutor, the Minister's special aid for patriotic endeavors, the publicist from the magazine "Ozon" Krzysztof Noworyta and Małgorzata Kieza of the King's Palace. Marek Mutor had the following to say in justification of the need for patriotic education: "When a Pole thinks of patriotism, he immediately imagines barricades, sacrifice - he thinks: to fight or not to fight? That is how history has made us. We wish to change this, and find an answer to the question: what is love of country now, when there is no need to fight. We want to reintroduce patriotism into he cannon of virtues." The Minister of Culture wants patriotic education to be taken up by NGOs, cultural institutions, regional and local governments. Grants for the most interesting ideas for promoting patriotism will be awarded to the tune of 5 to 10 million zloties. Mutor continues: "Boring academic stuff doesn't have a shot at any money, but things like a re-enactment of the battle of Grunv

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Tytuł oryginalny

"Ujazdowski nauczy Polaków patriotyzmu"

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Materiał nadesłany

Gazeta Wyborcza - Wrocław nr 5, www.gimnazjum.pl

Autor:

Agata Kondzińska

Data:

06.01.2006