Tag: war
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Archetypal war vs down to earth war
It’s 23.52 now. I can’t sleep, as usual when I try to work out what is going on. So I’ve been thinking about this phenomenon where on one side you have this enormous willingness of British public to take Ukrainian refugees into their homes and, what looks like almost no Ukrainians wanting to go. Some…
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Long term help options for Ukrainians
What came to my mind a few hours ago is, how are we going to progress from this situation? Yes, loads of countries want to accept refugees and offer them help but this is for a few years only. And then what? I guess it is clear for everyone now that as long as Russia’s…
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‘Pray for Ukraine’
I came across the above statement and only then it hit me: I am really attached to the way how we, Polish, use language, even though I live in the UK for around 14 years now. Poland is a Catholic country and, although not everyone goes to church regularly, a lot of people do. Also…
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Looking for a refugee
Finding a refugee to come and share my flat with is not as easy as I thought it would be. I so far advertised on two Facebook groups and two websites dedicated to finding accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and I didn’t get any response. Some of those ads were published several hours ago. I guess…
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What should I be aware of when taking a refugee in?
That is a bit of a tricky question. I’m mostly worried about feeling suffocated by somebody emotional needs that I won’t be able to meet and then, what is going to happen will be, this person will think that I don’t like them and may ask them to leave so they will try to use…
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I’m cleaning
After deciding to take an Ukrainian refugee I am surprised to feel like I gained some control of the situation. Which is obviously not true, the situation of the people of Ukraine will be exactly the same, but I feel better, so that is something. Today it was actually the first time when I cried…
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Should I take a refugee?
I’ve been thinking, maybe when (and if) I go to Poland, I should find an Ukrainian refugee to bring back with me? I would need to tidy up the spare room, but it’s not too bad and I recently got rid of a massive armchair from there, that wasn’t very comfortable to sit on, so…
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Is calling to kill Putin wrong?
I read lately a couple of articles where people explained that when they made certain statements they didn’t mean that they were calling for Putin to be killed. And I’m wondering, is calling to kill him wrong? I’m sure that most people would agree that killing in self defence is ok. Killing during a war,…
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