[pp.int.general] Current state of Piratenpartei Deutschland in general.

[Max Moritz Sievers]

Rick Falkvinge wrote:
> > Two important topics which are nearer to the real thing are sexuality of
> > infants and illegal drugs. We have to take a well-defined position on
> > these if we want to be serious.
>
> Ok, this is where you derail totally.
>
> Keep your eyes fixed on the target. We can do this, lift the copyright
> oppression and safeguard civil liberties, because (and only because) it
> has popular support.

If you want to dictate which drugs other people are allowed to use, you don't 
value freedom. If you oppress the sexuality of your childs, you don't value 
freedom. Why do you think the people allow oppression through copyright and 
constraints of civil liberties?

| We're playing with half a deck as long as we tolerate that the cardinals of
| government and science should dictate where human curiousity can
| legitimately send its attention and where it can not. It's an essentially
| preposterous situation. It is essentially a civil rights issue, because what
| we're talking about here is the repression of a religious sensibility. In
| fact, not /a/ religious sensibility, /the/ religious sensibility.
-- Terence McKenna: Non-Ordinary States Through Vision Plants

> What you suggest will kill any such initiative immediately. It is not a
> coincidence that the Lobby constantly and vigorously tries to associate
> file sharing with child porn.

Child porn is a side issue. When I call for to stop oppressing the sexuality 
infants, I don't encourage child porn. There is a relation between child porn 
and the oppression of the sexuality of infants: it's a vicious circle. This 
is true for every kind of child abuse. I want to break the cycle. Why 
shouln't this be a goal of our movement?

It's a hot subject and that is why it could profitable for us. It is not 
reasonable for me to be member of a party which will never be in a 
parliament. I reckon this will be the case with those core-topic focused 
Pirate Parties. If they would even so suceed, life would be a bit easier or 
at least we would have a bit more freedom. But then the real problems 
wouldn't be touched -- and not solved.

-- 
regards
Max Moritz Sievers