ooc; Regarding events
Hey guys, Poland-mun here.
Several members of the community have expressed their concerns and condolences by directing questions at Poland. I’ve answered these to the best of my ability and the questioners chose to delete the questions on their own. That being said, my responses were also deleted along with them and I want to share them with the community to prevent the same thing from happening again.
So I’m sure most of you guys have heard about the tu-154 crash. On April 10, 2010 a Polish plane crashed in Smolensk, Russia, killing all ninety-six on board, among them, high ranking Polish leaders including the President and his wife. As this is still a developing story, I cannot give any of you details that can be subject to change in the future and as such, if you want more information, I highly suggest reading the news articles relating it.
On Sunday, April 11, Poland held a two minute moment of silence at noon and began a period of national mourning which will last for the week. Russia has also declared that Monday, April 12, will be a day of national mourning. Various masses and services were held in churches all around the world in response as well.
Poland is in a period of national mourning as they all come together to make sense and make it through this tragedy. Despite the losses, Poland's remaining leaders have stepped up to help guide the nation through this time. Elections will be held sometime before June 20th to elect new leaders. Due to how many powerful people Poland has lost, they’ll practically be voting for a whole new government and the effects will be felt, not just in Poland, but all around the world.
The international community has expressed their condolences. Russian officials have been supportive of Poland and have put much effort into the investigation of the crash. They have located the plane's blackbox and (as of Sunday) are reviewing it to find out the cause for the crash. Meanwhile, Russians and tourists in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kaliningrad went to the Embassy and consulates of Poland with flowers and candles to show their support. The same scene can be seen all around the world.
And so, it comes down to this: Thank you for your concern but rather than expressing it here on a role playing community, I hope that you will share your support in a more meaningful way with those who need it the most. Some ways you can express your condolences include (but are not limited to):
If you have any questions pertaining to the crash or what you can do, you can ask them here and I will try to the very best of my ability to answer them here.
Tl;dr? Thank you for your concern but nation_ask is not the place. Please, extend your feelings towards the Republic of Poland and not Feliks of APH.
Several members of the community have expressed their concerns and condolences by directing questions at Poland. I’ve answered these to the best of my ability and the questioners chose to delete the questions on their own. That being said, my responses were also deleted along with them and I want to share them with the community to prevent the same thing from happening again.
So I’m sure most of you guys have heard about the tu-154 crash. On April 10, 2010 a Polish plane crashed in Smolensk, Russia, killing all ninety-six on board, among them, high ranking Polish leaders including the President and his wife. As this is still a developing story, I cannot give any of you details that can be subject to change in the future and as such, if you want more information, I highly suggest reading the news articles relating it.
On Sunday, April 11, Poland held a two minute moment of silence at noon and began a period of national mourning which will last for the week. Russia has also declared that Monday, April 12, will be a day of national mourning. Various masses and services were held in churches all around the world in response as well.
Poland is in a period of national mourning as they all come together to make sense and make it through this tragedy. Despite the losses, Poland's remaining leaders have stepped up to help guide the nation through this time. Elections will be held sometime before June 20th to elect new leaders. Due to how many powerful people Poland has lost, they’ll practically be voting for a whole new government and the effects will be felt, not just in Poland, but all around the world.
The international community has expressed their condolences. Russian officials have been supportive of Poland and have put much effort into the investigation of the crash. They have located the plane's blackbox and (as of Sunday) are reviewing it to find out the cause for the crash. Meanwhile, Russians and tourists in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kaliningrad went to the Embassy and consulates of Poland with flowers and candles to show their support. The same scene can be seen all around the world.
And so, it comes down to this: Thank you for your concern but rather than expressing it here on a role playing community, I hope that you will share your support in a more meaningful way with those who need it the most. Some ways you can express your condolences include (but are not limited to):
- Flying the Polish flag at half staff if you have one. If you don't have one, don't try to substitute it with another flag unless your government has approved it because yadda, yadda, people can be serious about flag etiquette. If you have a Polish flag that cannot be lowered, you can tie a black ribbon around the staff.
- If you are religious, pray for Poland and the friends and families of the victims. You can also check up with your local churches to see if any services are being held. If you are not religious, then please keep these people in your hearts and minds and wish them the best as they make it through this time.
- If you live near a Polish embassy or consulate, you can lay flowers down. This is also a very good place to ask if there is anything else you can do. Locations for the Polish embassy can be found here. For a list of consulate locations in the USA you can click here. Also for the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
- Monday will be a national day of mourning in Russia and this week will be a national week of mourning in Poland. Other countries have announced days of mourning on the day of the Polish president Lech Kaczyński's funeral (the date as of now, hasn't been released, I'll edit it later when I find out).Even if you do not live in any of these nations, you can show your support through participating in it.
- On Tuesday, at the Summit Meeting in Washington DC, a moment of silence will be held before it meets. 47 of the world's leaders will be participating to "mark solidarity between the international community and the people of Poland." I'm assuming this will start sometime between 10AM and noon. I cannot find the exact time online at the moment. If it means anything at all, in Poland, it was held at noon for two minutes.
- I can't even begin to list the international responses so please, look up your own nation, region, state, city, etc to find out if your area is doing something.
- A smaller note compared to the above but just as important given the relations between Poland and Russia: The crash is still under investigation. Yes, the circumstances are very coincidental but the cause of the crash has NOT been confirmed as of yet. Be respectful and don't go around joking about Poles and conspiring Russians. If anything, as mentioned above, the Russians have been working closely along side with the Poles to work through this.
- And what can you do in the fandom? Personally, I would prefer if this whole ordeal was kept out of fandom out of respect to the Polish people but I know I can't stop anyone from doing what they want though but because of the sensitivity of this issue: exercise common sense and tact when referring to it in the fandom. Hetalia is a fun webcomic about imaginary characters; this is a real tragedy.
If you have any questions pertaining to the crash or what you can do, you can ask them here and I will try to the very best of my ability to answer them here.
Tl;dr? Thank you for your concern but nation_ask is not the place. Please, extend your feelings towards the Republic of Poland and not Feliks of APH.