Talk:Polish homosexuals flee persecution by new right-wing government

Latest comment: 16 years ago by SVTCobra in topic Title of the article

Title of the article edit

I have added a question mark to the title of the article. In previous form, it might suggest that it has been proven that Polish gays really emigrate due to political reasons (and not because substantially higher salaries). The article in left-sided Guardian cites only one side of the issue (some representants of Polish LGBT movement), not any Polish officials or even Polish independent experts. Mr Biedroń can say whatever he want, he does not cite any reliable survey. I think that in order to maintain minimal NPOV, we should at least put a question mark in the title. --Derbeth 18:58, 20 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Would 'supposed homophobia' be more appropriate? The question mark just doesn't sound correct in the title in my opinion. --Vessol 16:04, 20 July 2007 (EST)

Given the issue of "investigating the tellitubies" for tinky-winky being gay, and so forth, a questionmark seems inappropriate. Homophobia is present in any country, any place, and Poland was named the worst in Europe by the EU, or something to that effect, anyway. Basically, I would remove the questionmark from the title. 82.152.157.75 20:54, 20 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Well, Poland may be a bit homophobic, but there is no evidence that gays leave Poland for the UK mostly due to homophobia. Earnings in Great Britain are significantly higher than in Poland. Mr. Biedroń hasn't got anything confirming his words; British newspapers show mostly his interpretation of facts. --Derbeth 22:00, 20 July 2007 (UTC)Reply
I am also not fond of a title with a question mark. However, the original title is too "absolute" and suggests that they are all doing so. How about something like "Homophobia drives some Polish homosexuals to emigrate" or similar? --SVTCobra 22:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)Reply
The actual title does not correspond with the content - the title proposed by SVTCobra would be much better (and maybe "Homophobia in Poland drives some Polish gays to emigrate to UK"
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