You understand the kool-aid that you've been fed by the mean-spirited idiots in charge of the party. I'm glad to have rid myself of them, and I'd like to avoid as many others as possible falling into the same trap.
No. Vote Lib Dem. Whilst I support the global Pirate movement, the UK Pirate Party are run by some very unpleasant, selfish, mean, and holier-than-thou people. Don't touch them with a bargepole. I'd sooner vote BNP than UK Pirate Party.
1. Although they supported most of the bill, at least they insisted that it should have much more debate and be left until after the election. That is honourable. 2. They actually stand a chance of getting a decent number of seats under the current electoral system. 3. They are the only ones who will actually try to push through proper electoral reform, resulting in an STV proportional representation. In turn, that will allow parties to get seats who REALLY DO oppose this stuff. It's a means to an end.
They will just add the Pirate Party to that list of blocked websites
Hopefully.
I support the global Pirate Party movement, but tragically the UK Pirate Party is made up of bullies and arrogant assholes who treat you with contempt if you try and debate forcefully on their forum or chatroom. They are an utterly undemocratic party who have turned quite a few people who I know OFF the party, and I certainly shan't be voting for them or renewing my membership. Good riddance to their website.
Good luck, global Pirate Party movement. Rot in hell, UK Pirate Party.
Why does your party embrace an atmosphere of hate, bullying, and shouting down of newbies to the forum? Why have you not expelled Eric Priezkalns, an utter prick who I know has personally put many people off being part of PPUK?
Don't vote for the UK Pirate Party. They're run by arrogant assholes, and they are more than happy to have bullying self-important pricks in the party, like a guy called Eric Priezkalns. You don't want to meet him. Ever.
Vote Lib Dem this coming election. They may actually get some seats, and are a far better party. They even have a manifesto that covers something a bit wider than 3 core policies!
I did. However, the fact that you guys endorse bullying cunts like Eric turned me, and plenty of other people, off. So, fuck you. If you were running in my constituency, I wouldn't vote for you. I'm voting Lib Dem.
I still support the global Pirate Party movement, but the PPUK is run by a bunch of assholes. It's a shame, but I don't consider it representative of the pirate movement.
You, Peter, are one of the guys I hold responsible. If you gave a shit about new people's views not being shouted down and considered character assassinations a relatively negative thing, you'd have been calling for the expulsion of scum like Eric from the party. So screw you, too.
Also bear in mind that this DEB is one of the half-dozen or so pieces of legislation that the government is going to 'rush through' parliament right at the end of their term, before the general election. Even if somebody agrees with the content of the bill, it's utterly immoral for this government (no surprise there) to ram a bill this comprehensive and game-changing through, towards the end of their tenure, in the full knowledge that they're probably doing it because they'll be kicked the hell out in the upcoming general election.
I hope New Labour and all their cronies fucking rot in hell.
I would have said shame on the journalist, instead.
You would?
Can you imagine a foreign power 'liberating' the US, coming on to US soil, taking out the US government (OK, even if we assume it was a nasty brutal one), and years later, terminating innocent civilians because of a 'misunderstanding' (even though the gunners sound like bloodthirsty kids playing a computer game)? Can you imagine how you'd feel towards the occupying force? Would it be pretty much OK as they kind of thought innocents might theoretically be a threat? Or would you want to kill people like that?
Those who insist on using 'fanboi', (or other variants of the word) to describe normal people who are satisfied with what they bought
No; there are normal people who are satisfied with what they bought, and then there are people who will queue up for hours in New York to be greeted for a few minuted by some noisy Apple employees in a nightclub-like atmosphere to get there hands on a thing. I think the term 'fanboi' is quite a useful one in this instance.
Also bear in mind that entertainment is one of the biggest exports of the US, and the economy would suffer hugely were its revenue to be lost. Not saying it's a good thing, but it's something to consider.
Remind me why, for this specific thing (iPlayer etc.), Flash is so bad? Assuming you block it on other sites, it's guaranteed to support Spark, VP6, and H.264. There is a Linux Flash client. It runs on most mobile devices except the iPhone, and that's only because Apple are too stubborn to allow it.
How about a service I think is seriously underrated, Reuters news agency? Find it at http://www.reuters.com/. They seem to provide remarkably unbiased news. I guess they make their money selling stores to, well, newspapers. So if the newspapers model dries up, Reuters will too. Still, at the moment, it's good quality news.
Security? Never mind that - if Microsoft want to lock people in to their dumbass app store, Flash provides the perfect backdoor for developing an app without getting MS approval - just direct people to your webpage with the Flash plugin. That's the main reason Apple don't allow Flash on the iPhone. It sucks bigtime.
Therefore, to top off their greatness by refusing to deal with a censoring, dissident-hacking corrupt communist-only-in-name dictatorship is both admirable and gutsy and uniquely American. If only all American companies operated on principles rather than pure greed, think what a better society we would have, and a better world.
I admire Google when they do the right thing and all, but do you realize that what you've said there sounds unbelievably arrogant? Almost as bad as, 'God Bless America'.
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Why don't you reveal who you really are? Yet another hallmark of the moronic leaders of the worthelss PPUK - cowardice.
You understand the kool-aid that you've been fed by the mean-spirited idiots in charge of the party. I'm glad to have rid myself of them, and I'd like to avoid as many others as possible falling into the same trap.
No. Vote Lib Dem. Whilst I support the global Pirate movement, the UK Pirate Party are run by some very unpleasant, selfish, mean, and holier-than-thou people. Don't touch them with a bargepole. I'd sooner vote BNP than UK Pirate Party.
I would suggest Liberal Democrat. 3 reasons:
1. Although they supported most of the bill, at least they insisted that it should have much more debate and be left until after the election. That is honourable.
2. They actually stand a chance of getting a decent number of seats under the current electoral system.
3. They are the only ones who will actually try to push through proper electoral reform, resulting in an STV proportional representation. In turn, that will allow parties to get seats who REALLY DO oppose this stuff. It's a means to an end.
They will just add the Pirate Party to that list of blocked websites
Hopefully.
I support the global Pirate Party movement, but tragically the UK Pirate Party is made up of bullies and arrogant assholes who treat you with contempt if you try and debate forcefully on their forum or chatroom. They are an utterly undemocratic party who have turned quite a few people who I know OFF the party, and I certainly shan't be voting for them or renewing my membership. Good riddance to their website.
Good luck, global Pirate Party movement. Rot in hell, UK Pirate Party.
Maybe you just rub people up the wrong way. You and your party. Ever stop to think about that for a picosecond?
Why does your party embrace an atmosphere of hate, bullying, and shouting down of newbies to the forum? Why have you not expelled Eric Priezkalns, an utter prick who I know has personally put many people off being part of PPUK?
Don't vote for the UK Pirate Party. They're run by arrogant assholes, and they are more than happy to have bullying self-important pricks in the party, like a guy called Eric Priezkalns. You don't want to meet him. Ever.
Vote Lib Dem this coming election. They may actually get some seats, and are a far better party. They even have a manifesto that covers something a bit wider than 3 core policies!
I did. However, the fact that you guys endorse bullying cunts like Eric turned me, and plenty of other people, off. So, fuck you. If you were running in my constituency, I wouldn't vote for you. I'm voting Lib Dem.
I still support the global Pirate Party movement, but the PPUK is run by a bunch of assholes. It's a shame, but I don't consider it representative of the pirate movement.
You, Peter, are one of the guys I hold responsible. If you gave a shit about new people's views not being shouted down and considered character assassinations a relatively negative thing, you'd have been calling for the expulsion of scum like Eric from the party. So screw you, too.
Also bear in mind that this DEB is one of the half-dozen or so pieces of legislation that the government is going to 'rush through' parliament right at the end of their term, before the general election. Even if somebody agrees with the content of the bill, it's utterly immoral for this government (no surprise there) to ram a bill this comprehensive and game-changing through, towards the end of their tenure, in the full knowledge that they're probably doing it because they'll be kicked the hell out in the upcoming general election.
I hope New Labour and all their cronies fucking rot in hell.
I would have said shame on the journalist, instead.
You would?
Can you imagine a foreign power 'liberating' the US, coming on to US soil, taking out the US government (OK, even if we assume it was a nasty brutal one), and years later, terminating innocent civilians because of a 'misunderstanding' (even though the gunners sound like bloodthirsty kids playing a computer game)? Can you imagine how you'd feel towards the occupying force? Would it be pretty much OK as they kind of thought innocents might theoretically be a threat? Or would you want to kill people like that?
Those who insist on using 'fanboi', (or other variants of the word) to describe normal people who are satisfied with what they bought
No; there are normal people who are satisfied with what they bought, and then there are people who will queue up for hours in New York to be greeted for a few minuted by some noisy Apple employees in a nightclub-like atmosphere to get there hands on a thing. I think the term 'fanboi' is quite a useful one in this instance.
whatever the language-de-jeur is
I believe you mean language-du-jour.
Luckily you can always trust that the BBC doesn't muck around like this.
Same set of people who think that people aren't fit to bear arms... except when it's the people they personally prefer.
Too right! Who are to say who should and shouldn't have tanks, apaches, and nuclear weapons?
And makes it a royal pain in the ass for people when there is a reason to use it, like live streaming video.
Sometimes the only way to deal with a shithead is to be[at] the crap out of them
Ahh... the raison d'être of the United States.
Also bear in mind that entertainment is one of the biggest exports of the US, and the economy would suffer hugely were its revenue to be lost. Not saying it's a good thing, but it's something to consider.
Remind me why, for this specific thing (iPlayer etc.), Flash is so bad? Assuming you block it on other sites, it's guaranteed to support Spark, VP6, and H.264. There is a Linux Flash client. It runs on most mobile devices except the iPhone, and that's only because Apple are too stubborn to allow it.
How about a service I think is seriously underrated, Reuters news agency? Find it at http://www.reuters.com/. They seem to provide remarkably unbiased news. I guess they make their money selling stores to, well, newspapers. So if the newspapers model dries up, Reuters will too. Still, at the moment, it's good quality news.
Security? Never mind that - if Microsoft want to lock people in to their dumbass app store, Flash provides the perfect backdoor for developing an app without getting MS approval - just direct people to your webpage with the Flash plugin. That's the main reason Apple don't allow Flash on the iPhone. It sucks bigtime.
And, finally, delivering.
What? Videos on Wikipedia don't replace an article, they're used in floated, captioned boxes to enhance an article.
Therefore, to top off their greatness by refusing to deal with a censoring, dissident-hacking corrupt communist-only-in-name dictatorship is both admirable and gutsy and uniquely American. If only all American companies operated on principles rather than pure greed, think what a better society we would have, and a better world.
I admire Google when they do the right thing and all, but do you realize that what you've said there sounds unbelievably arrogant? Almost as bad as, 'God Bless America'.
Come on, that's below the belt.
Gates isn't THAT incompetent.