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- valkir, on 06/08/2009, -2/+86Urge to move to Sweden...rising...
- alexra, on 06/08/2009, -0/+70being one of the happiest countries in the world (yes they have a happy rank), with one of the best eductation systems in europe, and some of the lowest crime in europe, plus a country with 80 percent are non religious, sounds good to me, plus no rush limbaugh, so yah its very tempting to move to sweden
- m0cka, on 06/08/2009, -3/+72Maybe there is hope in the future for filesharers at last.
- CATSCEO2, on 06/08/2009, -2/+63"Pirates in the Parliament" - sounds like a movie title.
- Marvelboy, on 06/08/2009, -0/+42I'd pirate that movie.
- Majjen, on 06/08/2009, -0/+39@fasda "[...]English isn't a very popular language[...]"
We start learning English in the third grade and most of us are able to speak it fluently. And yes, the winters can be cold, but we do enjoy 20+ hours of sunlight during the summers (which is quite amazing, midnight sun <3). - nepidae, on 06/08/2009, -2/+34"I'm sorry, but I find it hard to take the Pirate Party seriously."
I think this _was_ exactly the sentiment of the people who are losing seats to them. Think about that. - inactive, on 06/08/2009, -0/+31Well the RIAA and MAFIAA are pirates themselves..
- dalittle, on 06/08/2009, -0/+31This is not hope. It is getting rid of corrupt judges and paid off politicians and getting representatives to do what they are suppose to.
- Forcen, on 06/08/2009, -0/+27Pirate can mean a lot of things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_(disambiguatio ... - Lane, on 06/08/2009, -7/+33Next the USA!
http://www.pirate-party.us - Crisender111, on 06/08/2009, -3/+28By intuition DougP1 is Douche#1 !
- Polycarp87, on 06/08/2009, -0/+24I agree. In the article it mentioned that the leader of the majority party, who received the most votes in the 65+ age group, has already sat down to discuss the policies and beliefs of the pirate party with others. Hopefully this will prove to other leaders that this is an issue that their people support and they will take heed. Still, this is the first, and perhaps the most important, step.
- vman81, on 06/08/2009, -2/+26Incredible. Factual errors, gibberish and even godwined in 1½ line of text.
Truely you are the king of internet forums :D - Erowid, on 06/08/2009, -1/+24@fasda: I've been in Stockholm on business on and off from December until now (much more time spent in Sweden than Canada this year)... I absolutely love Sweden.
To a couple of your points:
- The vast majority of people (in Stockholm at least) speak English rather fluently.
- In the winter (December, January, February) it's actually pretty warm. It seems to hover around the freezing point (a little above most days) which really surprised me given how far north it is, but was an extremely mild winter... Other parts of Sweden would be quite cold, but Stockholm stays pretty warm in the winter.
- I don't know much about the government, but there are a lot of good points from what I've seen: Public health care, free university tuition, lots of social programs and the like... As I said, this is something I don't know much about, but overall things seem to be in good shape. - 0tis, on 06/08/2009, -8/+31I'm sorry, but I find it hard to take the Pirate Party seriously. They know they have the youth vote with their main issue; all other policies are secondary. To me, that doesn't make them good candidates for government. Hopefully, their rising popularity will cause more serious parties to reconsider their stance on copyright reform, even if only to win (back?) the youth vote.
- Llanowar, on 06/08/2009, -0/+22What an amazing copy skills you've got there!
- irkalla, on 06/08/2009, -0/+22How the hell is it anti-democratic? The European Parliament represents some 500 million people, and Sweden has a population of 10 million. 7% of that is 700,000, or 0.14% of the whole of Europe. Though I'm only roughly calculating total population and not voters, that seems perfectly democratic to me.
- kurupttek, on 06/08/2009, -6/+27Cool beans!
- catvllvs, on 06/08/2009, -0/+18Rather than complaining they will have ***** all influence, why not use this as a starting point to get versions up in our own countries?
If you think it wont have a difference you are wrong. In Australia we could easily get 2 seats, possibly 4 in the federal upper house - even 1 would make a difference.
But the main thing is it will show politicians that there are other views apart from those the RIAA and other lobbyists spoon feed them.
It is not just about supposed theft - the laws proposed by lobbyists are akin to buggy manufactures demanding car manufacturers pay a royalty for using wheels or a closed down because they steal billions of dollars of revenue from buggy companies (all the pirating of Wolverine really impacted the bottom line didn't it). Let alone the internet censorship issue in nearly all countries.
We have conservative career politicians making technological decisions based on what lobbyists want. That does not bode well for the future.
Anyone interested can contact me at catvllvs[at]hotmail.com - RedSaint, on 06/08/2009, -0/+16@fasda - the taxes goes to hospitals and schools and infrastructure. but yea I imagine it gets pretty cold up north during the winter :s
what interferences are you talking about? sweden is less bureaucratic than the us. - inactive, on 06/08/2009, -0/+16It would be ARRR rated. Dear me...
- STPZ, on 06/08/2009, -1/+16Soundtrack by AARRR Kelly
- Schmich, on 06/08/2009, -0/+14The party's name was chosen to mock the "Antipiratbyrån".
- Maxplosion, on 06/08/2009, -0/+14But, one of the happiest nations in the world must mean those really aren't that bad...
- nbx909, on 06/08/2009, -0/+13we have one, US election laws make it a PITA to get a 3rd party in a race. http://www.pirate-party.us
- BlackJackJester, on 06/08/2009, -1/+14The 'information freedom' stance traces back to many large key political ideals. Mind you, it may seem that filesharing is their primary point, but what supports that point is net neutrality, net privacy, ISP security, copyright reform, foreign copyright law.
The issue is deeper, and has a larger political leg to stand on that it may seem. - diemunkiesdie, on 06/08/2009, -0/+13I hear their females are pretty bangin as well.
- bonarez, on 06/08/2009, -5/+17COPYLEFT RULES!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft - Nicoon, on 06/09/2009, -0/+12@fasda: Being a swede I'm obliged to bury you for nonsense.
- ArthasMenethil, on 06/09/2009, -1/+12fasda: as an American you embarrass me.... if you knew the first thing about Sweden you would know they all speak English and most can probably speak it better than half of New York City (I live there, so I know) or perhaps the deep south. Yeah taxes are high and gas is more expensive but you are comparing two types of governments and economies apples and oranges.
- shutaro, on 06/08/2009, -3/+14***** THE RIAA!!!
- inactive, on 06/08/2009, -12/+23If the price you charge for your skill or trade is upsetting to enough people that they form a political party and demand fair prices and a modern (digital, in this case) marketing scheme, then your skill/trade is obviously not worth what you think it is, or said skill/trade is obsolete.
The consumer controls prices and means of delivery, ultimately, not the producer. - Spamorama, on 06/08/2009, -3/+14Wow nothing escapes you!
- MediaCrisis, on 06/08/2009, -0/+11I hear the meatballs are pretty bangin.
- superfusion, on 06/08/2009, -0/+10That was such a half-assed effort. Here, I fixed it for you:
How Pirates Shook European Politics
torrentfreak.com — With 7.1 percent of the vote, the Swedish Pirate Party has shocked its critics and secured a seat in the European Parliament. The Pirates received more votes from those under 30 than any other party in the European elections yesterday, and this was celebrated with pints of rum and loads of pirate chants. - MWeather, on 06/08/2009, -1/+11Don't you get it? The US Congress is anti-democratic. You can only elect your state's representatives.. not others. So you end up having virtually no influence towards laws that affect all 50 member states of the US.
Sounds silly when you say it like that, doesn't it? - BlackJackJester, on 06/08/2009, -0/+9We have one. It's the government and they're robbing us blind as we speak.
- s73v3r, on 06/08/2009, -0/+9I would hope that people working to cure cancer are doing it because they, you know, want to cure cancer and help people.
- Darrelc, on 06/08/2009, -0/+9Cheers, I missed that in the article and the description
- Data33, on 06/08/2009, -0/+9Is it just me who thinks it's a -good- thing that we send down people who are more or less experts on their main issues and who will actually focus on those issues? I mean, you can't expect a single person to read up on thousands of issues per year and become experts and vote in the best way, can you?
I'd rather have politicians who vote right in their main issues than ones who vote wrong in every issue there is, and that is why my vote was for Christian Engström of the Pirate Party. - STPZ, on 06/08/2009, -6/+15yes?
- RobertJecl, on 06/08/2009, -4/+12RUM FTW!
I am going to get myself drunk now. - muzzy, on 06/08/2009, -4/+12@ MrUploads
Not what the pirate party is about. Try again. - ohreilly, on 06/08/2009, -6/+14Torrentfreak, that unbiased, unblemished source of fair and balanced "news".
When the BNP (unfortunately, thanks to those up north) can get 2 seats compared to the PP's 1 seat, I think it shows how insignificant they really are. - inactive, on 06/08/2009, -1/+8You're right, theft shouldn't be part of it, which is why I shouldn't be restricted to 3 installs on SecuRom software, prosecuted for backing up DVDs I legally purchased, or limited to the number of devices I can put my purchased music on.
That's where the real theft is. - s73v3r, on 06/08/2009, -1/+8Property Rights involve something tangible; Intellectual Property Rights involve mostly ideas.
- talonh, on 06/08/2009, -1/+8Slippery slope much?
- IceHunter, on 06/08/2009, -5/+12By definition a pirate is someone who hijacks ships - they fight to have the amoral copyright amended.
Copyright is theft. - inactive, on 06/08/2009, -2/+9From the title I expected this to be a history piece about the 1700's.
Pleasantly surprised though. -
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