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geo63 (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 30 Agosti 2011 7:39:47 asubuhi
Tuesday’s broadcast (7.11.2006) in Esperanto has just ended. I listened carefully to information about Polish Prezident Lech Kaczyński’s visit in Britain. My thanks to contributing editors Milada Szwedo and Wojciech Usakiewicz. On the internet I found some interesting statistics about the letters that Polish Radio received in 2005. Though you certainly know these numbers, allow me to repeat them: Esperanto section 5548, English section 1204, German section 912, Belorussian section 268, Polish section 168, Russian section 113, and Ukranian section 65. These statistics clearly show how effective the Esperanto section is in disseminating information. For that reason, no rational, clear thinking person can shut down the activities of the Esperanto section of Polish Radio. A private poll of Finnish citizens yields the following conclusion: radio authorities do not understand the facts and are acting against the best interests of their own country.
In great distress, I wrote to Minister Anna Fotyga via the Polish ambassador in Helsinki. Many other Finns have acted in a similar fashion and have written to the Polish ambassador in the capital city of Finland. To my knowledge, Esperanto speakers en Tokyo, Paris, Copenhagen and Stockholm have been deeply offended, and they have sent their opinions in writing to representatives of the Polish Foreign Ministry. Polish history offers me many great examples of heroic struggles under severe conditions. The valiant efforts of the Polish people deserve the admiration of everyone. Why are a few people now making strange decisions against their own country and people? Probably my words will not please the aforementioned decision makers, but as a sincere and admiring friend of Poland and the Polish people, I cannot remain silent.
3rdblade (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 30 Agosti 2011 7:39:53 asubuhi
ceigered:Perhaps if a govt had a culture department which gave grants and financial support for those promoting cultures including languages, that'd be viable.Our (i.e. ceigered's and my) government does have grants for cultural things, EO may well fit in there. In fact, I don't see why not! It is a hassle to apply, but that's partly to weed out the truly committed from the fly-by-nighters. They like new media, and traditional of course.
ceigered (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 30 Agosti 2011 8:12:58 asubuhi
3rdblade:It is a hassle to apply, but that's partly to weed out the truly committed from the fly-by-nighters.It's a hassle?! Damn, count me out!
I thought we did. Actually, I think the US has a similar thing too, something about grants for artworks which I believe has been extended into videogames (a welcome development IMHO, and I think you do need to prove why it should get a grant too so it's not just handouts for all).
I'm wondering though if Esperanto in some manners would count more as a "social club" thing rather than a culture culture. Is there a distinction? I doubt the German and Polish clubs gets govt funding here in Adelaide
. 3rdblade (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 30 Agosti 2011 11:54:52 alasiri
ceigered:I'm wondering though if Esperanto in some manners would count more as a "social club" thing rather than a culture culture. Is there a distinction?One could probably look at it that way, but I wouldn't emphasise that part. In many ways I reckon just the fact of it being more than a hundred years old and still in use qualifies it as 'culture'.