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Pirate Party Comes to the U.S.
Spy der Mann writes "Wired news has published an interview with the Pirate Party of the U.S., which was formed a week after the raid on Pirate Bay. The group patterns itself after Piratpartiet, the Swedish political party associated with The Pirate Bay, and says it wants to reform intellectual property and privacy laws."
"Say AAARGH now, ye scurvy pirates!"
In other news, Swedish politicians tell Bush, "Keep the lot of 'em!"
Arrrghhh.....Our first pirate party act, will be to capture that scurrvy ridden rodent, and have him walk the plank....yarrr....
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At least they didn't spell it this way: P1r8 P4rty
Agreed. Everyone knows ninjas are superior.
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How about the "Let's Party"?
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Holy convergance of idealologies Batman!
We all know Al Gore is all about Global Warming (See Here), and we also know there is a direct link between the number of pirates and the average temperature of the earth! (See Here)
This cannot be an accident - it's fate!
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With that name they'll get the religious left on their side. As a Pastafarian I can state that by definition our religion will have to fully support the Pirate Party.
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So spot on, judging from this text only, it seems that I agree with all they say! (hmm, which is the definition of "good", right?) If I were American, I'd vote for them. But wait, I'm Swedish!
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Let me know when the Ninja Party makes its way to the US. Ninjas beat pirates any day. I'm sure they would totally flip out and pass an act abolishing copyright, the *AA, and panhandling all at once. The first two for obvious reasons, the second and third because ninjas don't like whiners.
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If a party designed to "reform real property laws" called itself the "Robber Party", I would never vote for it, send it money or let its rhetoric/policies influence my politics.
I'd call the cops.
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"Everytime Mickey gets close to falling into PD congress will suddenly find it in their interest to extend copyright..."
Arrrghhh.....Our first pirate party act, will be to capture that scurrvy ridden rodent, and have him walk the plank....yarrr....
Not if the Ninja party has anything to say about it.
I've heard Disney just signed Masaaki Hatsumi http://www.geocities.com/mrdsouza/hatsumi.html as their first line of
defense..
*ducks*
"Bring in a leader with teeth and some money and we'll talk."
:)
They should just talk people into sending them a percentage of the purchase price every time someone pirates something! Even Bush couldn't raise that much money...
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To quote bash.org:
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<Brenty> You know, I think the media really fucked up when they called it "software piracy"
<Brenty> Everyone WANTS to be a pirate
<Brenty> If they'd called it "software faggotry" everyone would still buy all their shit
So every movie Rob Schneider has ever made should be public domain the moment it's released. But that would mean Rob Schneider movies would never show a profit... and no more of them would never be made...
Let's get this amendment approved ASAP!
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If the EFF would add Union to their name, then they'd be the "EFF U" which is catchy and marketable.
Just saying.
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And with any luck, Pirate will become the new Terrorist will become the new Communist.
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You know, I think the media really screwd up when they called it "software piracy" Everyone WANTS to be a pirate. If they'd called it "software faggotry" everyone would still buy all their shit
The greatest revenge in life is massive success.
On the contrary... who better to move in and take over another party than a pirate party. Shouldn't that be their standard operating method?
So, MrChaotica, you admit that you are not a creator of original content.
No wonder then -- you just want to be a leech on everybody else, with no respect for artists or people who actually produce things. You just want everything handed to you for free. You don't want to buy software, you want to steal it. You don't want to pay for music, you want to steal it. You don't want to pay for a movie, you want to steal it. While everybody else works to produce things, you sit on your lazy ass and steal, steal, steal.
When are you going to move out of your parent's basement?
In the end, all pirates end up either drowned or on the gallows.
May your body be hanging at the end of rope.
i've tried bribes, extortion, blackmail, physical violence, attempted hypnosis, clandestine activites, begging and pleading...maybe now i'll be able to get my friends to vote if i tell them that they're gonna vote for a dude who wears an eyepatch.
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And lead us into temptation, But deliver us some Pizza.
For thine are Meatballs, and the beer, and the strippers, for ever and ever. RAmen.
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If you're not with us, you're with the Pirates, Arrrrh, ye scallywag!
And this is why the "Pirate Party" will never be taken seriously. There are legitmate organizations like the EFF, etc., that are all for copyright overhaul. Creating "The Pirate Party" removes a degree of legitimacy from anyone calling for copyright reform.
However, it is scientific fact that global warming is due to a lack of pirates, so with the advent of a pirate party global warming will reverse itself!
Add to that that when election time comes around, people can't vote for the EFF. I can see a lot of people who are fed up with the two party system going "hmm... Marxist, Libertarian, Green... Hey... this looks neat! a Pirate party!" I bet they'll steal a lot of the Marijuana and Rhino party votes.
There's also ninjas. They can flip out and kill a whole boatload.
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