Why is it relevant the ammount of clothing they were wearing ? <| sep |> I think you a very poorly informed about the real situation that ' s why your opinions is onesided and overcritical . As I wrote yes there are issues and I see both sides responsible for that . Just an opposite example and I do not want to generalize here My sister in law lives in a new area around Vilnius , where a lot of the Polish minority lives . Her kids could have went together with Poles in one school in the neighborhood , but the Polish minority refused any proposal by Lithuanian parents to form a combined school now her kids have to commute every day quite a long distance . You also insinuate you cannot teach kids in Polish which is utterly WRONG . Rather the opposite is very common , that the Polish minority does not learn Lithuanian properly and that of course decreases the chances of youngsters to successfully participate in the workmarket , etc . The effects are wellknown everywhere also in Germany where minorities prefer to isolate themselves . Regarding the closing of schools Schools all over Lithuania unfortunately close in rural areas because of people migrating to richer parts in Europe . Poles in Poland are no lesser affected by this movements in certain areas and of course schools close if too less kids live close by there is no difference between common Lithuanian , mixed or Polish schools , so your argument is misleading . Of course those negative effects might be severe in poorish regions , which in Lithuania are often populated by the Polish minorities . The reasons for this discrepancy also origins among other reasons from the selfisolation and reluctance to integrate in Lithuania by many Poles . As I said . in Eastern Europe . everyone loves to be a victim . Your Kresy have a gathered behind a very idiotic and vocal populist . I see it also as counterproductive for the society in Lithuania , both Poles and Lithuanians if such squaller poison the public discussion . You will find those populists on both sides , especially appealing to a conservative elderly audience who just manages to live with its outcome . We you and me shouldn ' t play the game of these idiots , so my advice is to not listen too much to the kind of Tomaszewskis and their counterparts from the Lithuanian side . There are idiots who are stubborn and live in the past on both sides . I do not want to excuse everything in Lithuania and am by myself impacted by a last name issue , which I find ridiculous . But all the Lithuanians I know , see no problem in changing such issues and lets hope it is soon an issue of the past , because you Poles and Lithuanians share a lot of history and should work together . Instead of listening to people who make mischief it is time for both sides , Lithuanians and the Polish minority in Lithuania to reach out for each other and make peace instead of letting vocal populists spread anger , and false victim stories abroad . Btw I am out of this discussion