[pp.int.general] Wikileaks : German "Young Liberals" declare war to the Pirate Party. | Junge Liberalen erklären in internem (geleaktem) Dokument der Piraten-Partei den Krieg, 6 Aug 2009

[JaRrr]

Maybe the PP.de should propose them to merge with them troug ha press 
release ? :p

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reinier Bakels" <r.bakels at planet.nl>
To: "Pirate Parties International -- General Talk" 
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Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [pp.int.general]Wikileaks : German "Young Liberals" declare war 
to the Pirate Party. | Junge Liberalen erklären in internem (geleaktem) 
Dokument der Piraten-Partei den Krieg, 6 Aug 2009


>> Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Wikileaks : German "Young Liberals" declare 
>> war to the Pirate Party. | Junge Liberalen erklären in internem 
>> (geleaktem) Dokument der Piraten-Partei den Krieg, 6 Aug 2009
>
> It seems that the FDP perceives the Pirates as a threat. The FDP is always 
> close to the 5% threshhold, sometimes above, sometimes below, so just a 
> few votes going to the PP can keep the FDP out of the parliament 
> (Bundestag) altogether, and hurt them tremendously. And the elections are 
> next month! No time to loose!
>
> Hence the "strategic" proposal *NOT* to debate with the PP, in order not 
> to make PP wider known than it already is! Doesn't it run counter to basic 
> democratic principles, a political party that is unwilling to discuss with 
> any other party???
>
> They are afraid of competition in the human rights field - apparently the 
> FPD has similar views. Which is probably explained from their role as an 
> opposition party, vs. the present government having a poor track record in 
> that field.
>
> On copyright, they adopt a traditional, conservative perception. Like the 
> CDU/CSU. Merkels' CDU is apparently very popular these days. Isn't it an 
> unattractive proposal from the FDP to offer "more of the same" in this 
> field? Why wouldn't one vote then for "the real thing", Angie Merkel, in 
> that case?
>
> reinier
>
>
>
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