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Swedish Voters Keelhaul Pirate Party

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ye'll-get-im-next-time-buckos dept.

Billosaur writes "Apparently the 'scurvy dawgs' are still in control. Results from Sunday's Swedish national election were not favorable for the Pirate Party, according to Wired News. According to the article, 'The Pirate Party not only failed to score the 4 percent required for a seat in Sweden's Parliament, but appears to have missed the 1 percent that would have afforded the party state assistance with printing ballots and funding staff in the next election.' However, the party sees this as a learning experience and morale is still good."

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  1. Oh, purlease, don't be so naive. by Rogerborg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If it walks like a duck, don't believe it when it quacks that it's a sheep.

    Piratbyran is a front for commercial copiers. Let's not mince words; these guys make their living from other peoples' creations. The "Pirate Party" is just a particularly clever wheeze to give a veneer of respectability to their actions. Yes, they believe that what they are doing is right, but so do paedophiles, and you wouldn't give much credence to the Kiddie Fiddling Party, would you?

    Say... has anyone checked how they spent their campaign contribitions?

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