2009/10/21 Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 08:35:10AM -0400, Flamsmark wrote: > > > I don't really want to stretch this analogy too far, and I certainly > don't > > think that it's reasonable to compare people who obtain, share and > > distribute media in ways often suggested to violate local laws; with an > > organised group of armed political activists/terrorists who killed many > in > > bombings. Nonetheless, wouldn't Piratpartiet already be the Sinn Fein > > (completely legitimate political arm) to the massive group of sometimes > > self-identified pirates (the legally dubious underground organisation)? > > Spoken as a Pirate Party member, that's pure slander. > > Among its many goals, Pirate Party does not want to abolish copyright > altogether. > However, it definitely wants to change the current status quo, which is > unacceptable, and hurts both the artists/content producers and consumers.
I don't think that Sinn Fein enjoyed the death and fear that was the result of IRA actions either. However, they shared a belief in a more unified Ireland, much as 'pirates' and Piratpartiet share a belief in more reasonable copyright laws, and execution, as well as a variety of other electronic and surveillance freedom issues. If you think that what I said was slanderous, you may be interpreting more of a normative view than I was trying to espouse.
