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Thespis3039
Joined: 09 Aug 2006
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Location: Tianjin
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Hello,
Does anyone know of any good websites (or other resources) that compare the laws of Poland to other countries (i.e. the US)?
I mean, I get that the big ones are going to be the same (don�t steal things and kill people). I�m looking for something that neatly sums up the subtler differences that may not be so obvious (I would have an example�but I can�t dream up anything that doesn�t fall into hyperbole or sarcasm, neither of which read well on an internet forum).
Thank you,
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svenhassel
Joined: 04 Aug 2006
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Location: Europe
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that's a tall order for us simple tefl folk
i think you need a more specific forum. |
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Alex Shulgin
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:20 am Post subject: |
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| My favourite Polish law is the one which makes getting a vasectomy illegal. It's part of the law banning abortions. Got to love how much our government knows exactly what is good for us! |
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bennyr81
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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Location: Poland
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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they'll be banning smoking soon because it can lower the sperm count  |
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Pollux
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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Location: PL
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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The smoking ban is imminent.
The one I like is the RUI. It's similar to the DUI, except that you can lose your driver's license when you're caught riding a bicycle while drunk.
There are other differences, like limitations of free speach against elected officials, for example. |
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scottie1113
Joined: 25 Oct 2004
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Location: Gdansk
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:41 am Post subject: |
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RUI has been in effect in California, where I live, for some time. We, and other states, also have BUI-boating under the influence. We also have WUI-walking under the influence. Seems to me someone who does this is either smart enough to be heading home, is headed for a bus station, can't afford a taxi or maybe merits a DIP-Drunk In Public. Yep, we've got those also.
Alex, were you serious? I'm gullible but only to a degree...
My real question pertains to the ownership of firearms. I don't have one and I don't want one but in the US it's easy to obtain one. I know there are hunters in Poland, so I assume rifles and shotguns are OK, and when I was in Poland a month ago my friend in Gdansk showed me an indoor shooting range where he said pistol shooting is permitted.
So what does a Pole have to do to get a permit for something like this? I'm thinking of the history of the country since 1939 when I ask this. |
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Alex Shulgin
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| scottie1113 wrote: |
| Alex, were you serious? I'm gullible but only to a degree... |
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Abstract:
Sterilisation is one of the safest, most effective and most widely used method of family planning in the world. However, it is illegal and inaccessible in Poland. This paper argues that implications of the anti-sterilisation policy in Poland amount to a violation of human rights, especially the right to respect for private and family life and the right to equality. It also explores this question with regard to the right to health. In particular, the argument goes, the rights-based challenges to the criminal prohibition of sterilisation require a gender-sensitive perspective on contraceptive policy that recognises the intimate connection between reproductive choice and the status of women. Certain concerns associated with contraceptive sterilisation (e.g. fear of abuse or post-sterilisation regret) would be addressed more appropriately by less restrictive measures that respect rights of individuals and better respond to their needs - in particular a system of counselling, confining decisions about sterilisation to the doctor-patient level and basing them on free and informed choice. The paper concludes that sterilisation policy should be part of the comprehensive reproductive health policy built upon respect for human rights and principles of equality and public health, as opposed to the present Polish government's policy, which is ideologically driven and does not conform to international standards. |
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/ejhl/2001/00000008/00000003/00391438#avail
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Sterilization
Permanent sterilization (both vasectomy and tubal ligation) is prohibited in Poland. |
http://www.contraception-esc.com/ESC_Newsletter4.htm |
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