How To Survive A Polish Dinner-Party - II
A couple of days I gave you the first part to ”How To Survive a Polish Dinner Party” , here is the last part. The Talking (jokes, small talk, serious stuff) Having a conversation is a necessity, but there are some tricky subjects and it’s strongly recommended to avoid them if you don’t know your host very well. The taboos are: - Religion, law and politics : abortion, euthanasia, LGBT issues Communism. Discussing it can be touchy when talking to people who were, or whose families were, communist or beneficiaries of communism. It’s better not to go too deep into these things if you haven’t spent a lot of time reading about 1945-1989 Polish history and if you’re not 100% sure of your host’s attitude toward this. - Anti-Semitism and historical Polish-Jewish relationships should be discussed with the greatest caution. - Be extra careful when discussing the transformation process as well as judging the Polish economy and politics. Poles are used to complaini...