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sl8

(13,787 posts)
Sun May 1, 2022, 06:50 AM May 2022

(Polish) Govt. launches guide on how to survive Russian invasion, with tips including ...

https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/govt-launches-guide-on-how-to-survive-russian-invasion-with-tips-including-how-to-prepare-for-war-and-what-to-do-if-hostilities-break-out-29427

Govt. launches guide on how to survive Russian invasion, with tips including how to prepare for war and what to do if hostilities break out!

NEWS & POLITICS | LIFE | UKRAINE
STUART DOWELL APRIL 05, 2022



Entitled ‘Be Ready. Guidebook for Crisis and War’, the list of dos and don’ts was written by experts from the Government Centre for Safety (RCB), who say that "it pays to be knowledgeable and prepared for different situations."
Rządowe Centrum Bezpieczeństwa


A new ‘guidebook’ giving Poles tips on what to do if they are captured by Russian soldiers in the event of invasion includes instructions such as ‘don’t beg’, ‘make eye contact’ and only run away ‘if you are sure you can make it’.

Entitled ‘Be Ready. Guidebook for Crisis and War’, the list of dos and don’ts was written by experts from the Government Centre for Safety (RCB), who say that "it pays to be knowledgeable and prepared for different situations."

The RCB posted the advisory on its website Tuesday, April 5, just a couple of days after news of images of Russian war crimes from Bucha emerged.

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(Polish) Govt. launches guide on how to survive Russian invasion, with tips including ... (Original Post) sl8 May 2022 OP
Isn't that a damn shame in the year of our Lord 2022 . . . Lovie777 May 2022 #1
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2022 #2
A Black Mother Reflects On Giving Her 3 Sons 'The Talk' ... Again And Again cbabe May 2022 #3
All my ancestors left Poland in 1935 due to similar circumstances. Throck May 2022 #4
"Why can't people just let people live their lives?" The old attraction.. Money and power.. mitch96 May 2022 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Throck May 2022 #5

Lovie777

(12,278 posts)
1. Isn't that a damn shame in the year of our Lord 2022 . . .
Sun May 1, 2022, 07:28 AM
May 2022

we should be going forward in peace, but oh noes, we as a world is going backwards.

cbabe

(3,548 posts)
3. A Black Mother Reflects On Giving Her 3 Sons 'The Talk' ... Again And Again
Sun May 1, 2022, 12:04 PM
May 2022

… You know, it's obviously not the first time. They are 16 and 14. And for some people, this may be the first time they've had to have the conversation. It is not the first time for us. We've had to have what's known in Black culture as "the talk" many times.

I'll never forget there was a time — the kids wanted to go to the park. This was right around the time of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. My third son was just born. And I had many moments where I was holding him or nursing him and crying as I did so. Because, while I loved this little bundle of joy immensely, also just the amount of fear and worry for who I just brought into the world again, another Black son, and the burdens that I have to carry with that again. It was really raw for me around that time.

I remember the kids asking to go to the park and the laundry list of what I had to tell them: "Don't wear your hood. Don't put your hands in your pocket. If you get stopped, don't run. Put your hands up. Don't make a lot of moves. Tell them your mother works for NPR." I mean, it just went on and on.…

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/28/882383372/a-black-mother-reflects-on-giving-her-3-sons-the-talk-again-and-again

Throck

(2,520 posts)
4. All my ancestors left Poland in 1935 due to similar circumstances.
Sun May 1, 2022, 12:22 PM
May 2022

My mom's and dad's grandparents.

If it's not one tyrant it's another. Why can't people just let people live their lives?

mitch96

(13,912 posts)
6. "Why can't people just let people live their lives?" The old attraction.. Money and power..
Sun May 1, 2022, 12:58 PM
May 2022

Money and power..Money and power..Money and power..Money and power..
Money and power..Money and power..Money and power..Money and power..
Autocrats will expound on "helping the people" Getting rid of a perceived threat
but it's the lure of Money and power.....YMMV
m

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