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German Member of Parliament Joins Pirate Party

Posted by kdawson on from the first-pirate-in-office dept.

Political Observer writes "Jörg Tauss, a member of the German Parliament (Bundestag), left the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which is part of the coalition government, and announced that he is joining the German Pirate Party (Google translation; original German article). Tauss resigned from the SPD after all but four of the party's members voted for a new censorship law, which passed the parliament on Thursday. The law, which aims at reducing child pornography, introduces an infrastructure for DNS-based content blocking and is the subject of major criticism from Internet users. In March 2009 Tauss became the subject of investigations by the German police for possession of child pornographic material. He said he had this material only for research as part of his role as a member of parliament. Investigations are still continuing."

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  1. Wow, the world IS changing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    First a black president, and now a pirate party! Amazing!

  2. Ninja party for the win by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 3, Funny

    I agree with the Pirate Party but I'm still holding out for a Ninja party since Ninjas > Pirates.

    1. Re:Ninja party for the win by bluemonq · · Score: 5, Funny

      Will they conquer inferior spelling and grammar as well?

    2. Re:Ninja party for the win by bsharitt · · Score: 4, Funny

      The terminator conquest will be so great, a verb would not suffice in describing it, only a noun could contain it.

    3. Re:Ninja party for the win by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 3, Funny

      All terminators are based on Austrians who've taken English classes so their English isn't the best. Aside from "Are you Sarah Connor?" and "I'll be back.", they're pretty shit at English.

    4. Re:Ninja party for the win by Jurily · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah. Everyone knows it's spelled Konqueror.

    5. Re:Ninja party for the win by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ninjas certainly are better, but I don't much care for their health care plan.

    6. Re:Ninja party for the win by CrystalFalcon · · Score: 5, Funny

      The ninja parties are there. They just aren't visible in the polls.

    7. Re:Ninja party for the win by Lars+T. · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wow. This must be the first article about Germany where the grammar nazis get mentioned before the actual Nazis.

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      Lars T.

      To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck

  3. Re:Why chase pedofiles and not child molesters? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    But people who just download it from peer to peer networks without anyone profitting or getting hurt more because of that download? Hell, it might even prevent some child abusement cases.

    That's definitely true, if you use the RIAA's logic. Hell, he can claim that he "stole" money from child pornographers.

  4. Re:kiddie porn "research" by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why don't you have a seat over here and tell me what you are doing with 9 year-old ballerinas in your thumbnail cache?

  5. Re:No one here's buying it. by takshaka · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, the child isn't being directly harmed by someone viewing their exploitation, however their honor and dignity are chipped away at with each viewing.

    Indeed. We must preserve the honor and dignity of 10-year-olds so they will have some left to throw away when they are 17.