Poland's controversial 'Highway to Hel' 666 bus revived
16d 19h ago by piefed.social/u/misk in european@piefed.social from www.bbc.com
Poland's seaside resort called Hel is getting its 666 bus service back, despite earlier opposition from Christian groups.
Religious conservative groups fiercely opposed the "satanic" association of 666 with Hel, so in 2023 the number was changed to 669.
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Poland also, in a coincidence that shocks literally no one, one of the few remaining democracies in the world that still routinely prosecute "Crimes Against Religious Feeling".
This has been used notably in the past to censor Polish art and artists, as well as foreign artists and musicians performing in Poland, and has been the subject of cases in the European Court of Human Rights.