German Member of Parliament Joins Pirate Party

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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kiddie porn "research"

[MeatBag PussRocket]

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."

what? for research? if by research he means being a sadistic pedophile then i can understand that. of course i'm sure he had to force himself to look at these 'researh images' for several hours a day so he can better understand the mind of a pedophile. so if i'm a scientist, and i'm doing pharmaceutical research, can i use that as my excuse for a small mountain of cocaine on my coffee table?

Roll up the welcome mat

[Bill_Royle]

Yeah... I'm thinking that the Pirate Party can do without pedophiles.

Re:Well done Germany

[Gravedigger3]

Please don't patronize me, I know the history of democracy.

Just because you invented it doesn't mean you perfected it.

And don't presume to know anything about me based off of my one sentence attempt at humor above. I just got back to the states after 3 years living in Germany (US Army), I have a very realistic picture of both your countries and mine, so please stop stereotyping Americans as I'm sure you hate it when American's do it about you.

The Pete Townsand defeinse is alive and well in DE

[Anonymous Coward]

Yay, more peados for Slashdot to hold up and defend as good guys. Tear down those Gary Glitter posters, creeps !!