It’s pretty darn interesting (blimey!) that a political party inspired by music and video file-sharing (or stealing, depending on your point of view) could garner 7.1% of the vote in a free, fair elect
ion to a major governmental body. I wonder how many people who voted for Sweden’s Pirate Party earlier this week were secretly hoping Johnny Depp would attend a rally? I’m sure people thought it’d be a real hoot to have a Pirate in the European Parliament, to accompany all the unofficial pirates, but it does seem to undercut the seriousness of any election. Well, considering the number of faux cowboys that have been elected to the White House (I changed “elected” from active to passive since I certainly wasn’t involved), I won't sit in judgment. And I do admire the group for managing to broaden its message beyond its original single issue to a wider platform of civil liberties, rather the way the Green Party has done in so many countries. Sweden, and other complacent political parties, could use a little shake-up. Aaaaarrrrrhhhh!
P.S. That isn’t their real logo, BTW.
The Pirate Bay would have got a vast majority of the young vote, so I guess that it was kind of inevitable.
Posted by: Japanese Rocket | June 17, 2009 at 09:00 PM
Captain Slappy and Old Chumbucket must be quite proud...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/talklikeapirateday/1312969009/
Posted by: Pixiestyx | June 30, 2009 at 02:43 PM