[pp.int.general] GOODBYE!

[Reinier Bakels]

I have noted today that the PPI has very naive ideas about "transparency", allowing journalists to participate in any PP meeting they like. Reality is that journalists make a business by serving their audience, not the people they report about. The audience is often not interested in a precise, "scientific" account, but in controversies, scandals etc.

It is something for intellectuals to foster "open debates". Politics basically are business, which means that you only trust someone if it is in your own interest. Other perceptions are naive.

On the Dutch PP mailing list is an attorney that supports copyright owners. This is really tough business. He already put me under moral pressure (in vain, because I am really independent), and I am sure he will exploit all and any weaknesses of Pirates in his efforts to serve his clients.

Are all Pirates really naive? Or are there perhaps (other) trolls among us? It all depends on trust. I don't trust someone who has *obviously* conflicting interests.

When I worked in private business, it was always strictly forbidden to me to talk to journalists. Well, you may be forced to talk to the to say "no", but then I was required to report to management immediately. Was this a violation of the principles of a free press? No, it is the consequence of a *realistic* perception of the basic conflict of interest between journalists and the people they report about. Whether you are in business or in politics, you want to achieve results. So you fight anyone obstructing your work.

It is totally naive to invite your ennemy and sit with your in an informal setting to have a beer. You may pretend an informal setting, but then it is still to work on your objectives.     

GOOD LUCK! GOOD BYE! 

All wars are dirty in a sense. I won't be part of this       
 
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>>> REINIER B. BAKELS PhD LL.M. MSc
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