Talk:Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz

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It would be interesting to learn more about major themes in works of this writer. ellol 14:31, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Great! Thank you.

However, I see some similarities with Alexander Gromov who used to paint future in dark colours, stating in Step to the Left, Step to the right that unability to change the course will finally lead Humankind to nearly death.. ultimate degeneration in distant future. In Soft Landing a death of Humankind occurred due to unability of democracies to adequately react to sudden disasters. Is it just a coincidence or may be some tendency? It might be, that we should extend "Eastern Bloc" section to our days................. ellol 17:30, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

(forgive my english)

The part about "homophobic opinions" of Rafal Ziemkiewicz should be erased because it is simply not true. The quotation (Ziemkiewicz's essay at Interia Web Portal) at Wikiquote is out of context – you should read the whole article. And, even if you don't want to do it, think. If quotation says "But have no fear of them. [gay people]" you can infere that: 1) he isn't a homophobe because "phoby" = "fear"

  • you're wrong. homophoby is not only FEAR OF gay people. it is also not tolerating them only for being gay (see definition of homophoby) Uummannaq 19:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

2) homosexual doesn't mean gay. every gay is a homosexual, but not every homosexual is a gay. and all of Ziemkiewicz's qutations at Wikiquote are about gay people not about homosexuals. --jnst

  • homosexual doesnt mean gay? its not true - check in wikipedia or oxford dictionary - for most people gay is a synonim of homosexual. not for ziemkiewicz of course, but he is far from being the most appropriate person to define what gay means.
  • all gay people are homosexual people, and they socially represent homosexual people, so not tolerating and fighting gay people is not tolerating and fighting homosexual people.Uummannaq 19:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)


I did erase it. The statement about his homophoby is indeed misleading, considering that - as jnst pointed out - Ziemkiewicz (quite originally, perhaps) clearly distinguished "gays" from "homosexuals", stressing the need of tolerance for the latter, while opposing the former on political grounds.

What's more, this particular issue has never been the main topic of his writing, so I can see no reason for specifically mentioning it, while, say, decommunization (the subject he wrote on much more often)is not mentioned. --Vib

  • i unndid the erasment because erasing it has no ground. criticising homosexuals is a VERY IMPORTANT part of his journalistic work. he's proud of being anti-gay (he doesnt accept the existance of the term "homophoby" but it's his private opinion, has nothing to do). and quotations are quite obvious. besides, wikipedia policy is NOT erasing but adding, so if you want to point out that he's against gays not all homosexuals write on the page. Uummannaq 19:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Also Ziemkiewicz is a great suporter of CAPITALISIM! He nagates all forms of red economy. Therfore I think the part about Ziemkieiwcz criticising predatory capitalisim should b be rewritten.