I am a proud pirate
Today I have decided to join the Pirate Party of Sweden and I intend to vote pirate in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament. The Pirate Party is a political party that explictly limits is policy opininons to issues of internet regulation, intellecual property, file sharing and surveilance.
I intend to vote pirate despite the fact that I have opinions in any other areas of policy primarily for two reasons. Firstly, I think that those issues are critically important and are not properly addressed or even understood by any other of the major political parties in Sweden. Secondly, I am frustrated by the current political parties inability to provide voting alternatives for people like me who value the classical liberal values of individual freedom and rights. I'd love to vote for a truly liberal party that would credibly promise not to sacrifice privacy and individual liberties and be the enablers of truly horrible pieces of legislation such as the FRA law. However, in the current situation there is no such party that even comes close to have a chance to get representation.
So, without further ado I now pronounce myself a member of the Pirate Party and I encourage every swedish voter to vote pirate on June 7th.
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Intressant! Jag funderade faktiskt för första gången IDAG på att åtminstone rösta på dem. Men jag sneglar lite på miljöpartiet även om man med dem får med en del övriga puckade idéer på köpet. Om de nu törs välja den egna väg en del i partiet föreslagit.
O.T. så kolla in http://glandberger.net imorgon kväll. Tror du kommer finna det intressant (om inte något tekniskt strul sätter käppar i hjulen).
Hmm, intressant. Just vad gäller EU-parlamentet tycker jag nog att Hökmark (M) och Fjellner (M) gör ett nog så bra jobb. Men jag är inne på samma linje, att bli både medlem och även lägga min röst på PP iaf i EU-valet. Ska resonera med mig själv ett tag till innan jag gör mitt val.
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