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Pirate Party Invited To, Then Banned From Gaming Exhibition

Posted by Soulskill on from the make-up-your-minds dept.

esocid writes with this excerpt from TorrentFreak: "Despite having booked and paid for their booth at Gamex, Sweden's largest gaming exhibition, the Pirate Party have been excluded from the action this week. The party, who say they were nagged for 2 to 3 months to book for the event, were this week informed they were too controversial and no longer welcome. ... [Pirate Party leader Anna Troberg] says that after the sales people from the exhibition pursued the party for months to participate, they decided to book and pay for a booth. ... 'I thought it was a bit strange, but in the afternoon, the pieces fell into place when the fair manager, Bear Wengse, phoned me and kindly, but firmly, announced that the Pirate Party was no longer welcome at the fair.' Wengse informed Troberg that the exhibition is a meeting place and not a venue for political conflict and the party's presence could cause problems, particularly since some of their work "could be perceived as criminal."'"

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  1. Refund? by ohnocitizen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Will they get their money back? Because pursuing them so doggedly then banning them could probably also "be perceived as criminal".

  2. Re:Translation: "The developers when apeshit" by miffo.swe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A tradeshow that wanted to appeal to 99% of the exhibitors customers? Or wait, make that 100%.

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  3. Re:Obviously. by nepka · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because sales guy wanted his commission and when the higher ups figured out who the booth had been sold to, they cancelled it.

  4. Poorly edited summary by sabt-pestnu · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > they decided to book and pay for a booth. ... 'I thought it was a bit strange, but in the afternoon, the pieces fell into place

    This is an example of either poor clipping, or intentionally inflammatory clipping. From having RTFA, the pirate party had called to get answers on a couple of practical issues, and the person they talked to sounded vague and extremely stressed out. THAT is what Troberg, as quoted in the actual article, thought strange.

  5. Re:Obviously. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    What is wrong with you? He got like 2 small details wrong but he has a good point where as your post is stupid and pointless. You are an idiot and an asshole. Go die.