[pp.int.general] PPI platform for EU Election 2009

[Carlos Ayala Vargas]

Reinier Bakels wrote:
>> That is not the essence for PIRATA: the essence for PIRATA is that 
>> there must be counterweight & control mechanisms available to the 
>> citizens to avoid /representatives/ -notice the italic font-style- 
>> misrepresenting eligible voters and deciding the opposite from 
>> people's will.
> Sorry, I did not mean the PP essence, but the essence of our debate on 
> referenda.
I understood you, and I repeat it is not, for PIRATA, the essence of a 
debate on referendum; for PIRATA, the essence is what I said and you 
quoted from me.
> There are various reasons why politicians don't "obey" their voters.
There is mainly one ...
> * European politics, and even member state politics on issues such as 
> copyright and privacy, suffer from a total lack of public visibility.
> If there is any political debate, it is fueled by a) potential rights 
> owners b) conservative politicians who hate privacy and believe that 
> we should use all available technology to spy everybody everywhere at 
> any time, for protection against terrorists. In this opaque situation, 
> politicians can do whatever they want. The remedy is: inform, inform, 
> inform, inform, inform, inform
Agree on that, except on the /conservative/ thing -otherwise, in Spain 
all or almost politicians, United Left, Socialist Workers Party, Popular 
Party, etc, should be considered /conservative/, as all or almost all of 
them use to agree on liberticidal laws-.


                                                                                            
Carlos Ayala
                                                                                             
( Aiarakoa )

                                                                      
Partido Pirata National Board's Chairman