[pp.int.general] float my boat, separation of powers, international pirate parliament.

[thijs.markus at piratenpartij.nl]

Let's cut straight to the chase:


4. what is the biggest problem you see in the creation of a parliament?

Well, I can see multiple bears on the road, and quite a few beers till 
those are navigated.

First off, there is that we'd make another 'official' organ. They 
usually do not perform as expected or indeed as is legally required of 
them. I wonder, first and foremost, how this pitfall would be avoided.

-Some people get voted on / appointed. Then they disappear. Better luck 
next year. A fluid democratic system perhaps - i.e. permanent elections?

-At the most cynical I would say it feels like: "lets play parliament". 
Lets debate and argue over everything, so the real work can get done by 
competent people elsewhere. Not a bad trade per se, but a system we are 
trying to alter, I belief.

Secondly, there is the voting procedure.

-You mention voting by members of a country. Why on earth would an 
ordinary member of an ordinary pp care for a ppi parliament? The boards 
themselves have learned not to.

-You mention wanting to protect smaller countries from getting overrun 
at point 2. Yet, one member one vote, and say compare the size of the 
German party to your average member... Just goes to show it's never a 
good thing I eventually carved a 7/10 grade for German at school. One 
could argue that bigger parties have more qualified members. But without 
some prominence amongst the Swedish/German pirates you're likely 
excluded from a seat.

Lastly, perhaps more importantly, we are talking about the separation of 
power, without discussing power. Perhaps a note of my own personal view 
on power, but I do not belief in power by paper. Power lies inseparably 
with action. Words can be ignored by general convenience, bend by 
skilful manipulation, words only carry weight in the action they imbue. 
Action shapes the world.

The question pops up: What activity would flow from this parliament? 
What would be its ongoing vital service?
Political line? Shouldn't we do that in an inclusive fashion, taking 
great pains in favour of direct member participation and 
spectrum-covering expertise?
Ratifying board decisions? Why is this bureaucracy necessary at this 
point?

The ultimate question is always very simple: What does it do?