[pp.int.general] Canadian Pirate candidate the first one outside Europe?

[Justus Römeth]

Didn't want to take anything away from the Canadians, just thought that, 
when speaking to the press, it could be good to note that the students 
indeed have nothing to do with the movement PPI represents.

On 08.11.10 12:59, Gregory Engels wrote:
>
> On 08.11.2010, at 12:21, Justus Römeth wrote:
>
>> What about the one who got elected in a town in Russia? Was that in 
>> the European part of the country?
>
> He was not elected, but got "only" 20%. It was in the city of 
> Shumerlya, and this is located in the center of the European part of 
> russian federation. It is outside of European Union, but still on the 
> European continent.
>
>> Also, make sure to mention the students in the US, and that they are 
>> not affiliated with PPI or PPUS (I would, at least).
>
> No point in making the achievement of the Canadian Pirate Party any 
> smaller. Those Students don't share anything with the pirate movement 
> but a name. But so does also the Pitsburgh Pirates (a US baseball 
> team) Croyden Pirates (UK baseball), Portland Pirates (hockey), East 
> Carolina Pirates and Hampton Pirates (university sports teams), 
> Cornish Pirates (rugby), East Kilbride Pirates (UK football team), 
> Orlando Pirates (South Africa football), Essex Pirates (basketball), 
> Pool Pirates (UK racing team), or the football club of Bristol 
> "Rovers" who are nicknamed Pirates.
>
> it would be of no sense pointing to the sports trophies  of those 
> "Pirates", even if they happened to be outside of europe.
>
> What come to my mind, is that the Pirate Party in Peru got two people 
> elected to the Commission for the Development of the Information 
> Society (CODESI) http://www.codesi.gob.pe/
>
>
> Gregory Engels
> International Coordinator
> Pirate Party of Germany
>
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