[pp.int.general] Greens saying Pirate Parties unnecessary

[Pasi Palmulehto]

Just to give some other perspective.

Yesterday when I was on radio with one who many think to be main devil
on copyright subject in Finland, Antti Kotilainen from TTVK (Copyright
Informing and Supervising Center), there was also a call from one local
Green candidate for municipal elections. She openly told that PP is for
sure most knowing in things of Internet structure and possibilities and
it sounded like she was near to admit we know better on everything we
want to achieve. Of course I would have wanted to widen the scale from
Internet to most of information society, but the time was short.

Pasi "Scoffa" Palmulehto
Leader of Finnish Pirate Party

> This is a snip from an interview with the leader of the Greens in
> Canada, Elizabeth May.  The full interview is
> here: http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28206
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> "p2pnet: What do you think of Pirate Parties and the fact it looks as
> though Canada and soon join other countries in having one of its own?
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> May: Did you notice that the Pirate Party in the EU Parliament has
> joined the Green Caucus?  We don’t need a pirate party in Canada. The
> greens are championing those issues. We shouldn’t further fracture the
> efforts of Canadians who want to restore real democracy, including in
> undemocratic copyright rules."
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> Elizabeth May has previously said similar things in an attempt to
> undermine the Pirate Party of Canada.  We've got 'Green Pirates'
> trying to win new votes for the Green party in mainland Europe.  In
> the UK, similar things are starting to happen, with the Green Party
> attempting to undermine Pirate Party support because they see it as a
> threat.
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> Who is taking the lead to counter Green Party propaganda, publicly
> saying there is a need for a separate Pirate Party movement?  If it is
> not coordinated internationally, than national parties will have no
> choice but to fight back individually to stop votes, members and
> support being lost to the Green Party.
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> Best regards,
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> Eric
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> Eric Priezkalns 
> Treasurer
> Pirate Party UK
> +44 7958 467273 
> treasurer at pirateparty.org.uk
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> http://pirateparty.org.uk
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