As a (simple) member of the Spanish Pirate Party, I have to agree that it would be interesting to have as many members of any Pirate Party to attend the event. It is true that those who normally participate on the ESF event are not neutral on the issues most of the Pirate Parties have decided to remain "neutral", but that shouldn't stop us from discussing with them about the issues we are not neutral. <br>
<br>Given the current state of the Pirate Party International thing, I would consider suitable that the members of the different Pirate Parties speak as members of the PPI, but not representing the whole PPI (just like i'm not representing the whole Spanish Pirate Party). They should represent just themselves, or, at the most, their national PP's opinion.<br>
<br>There are some differences between the different Pirate Parties, and that shouldn't be considered a problem when participating on a forum, especially when the forum is aimed at enrichening each one's opinion on the subjects to be analyzed through a diversity of opinions. I mean, if we match with the aim of the ESF event, this could help us in bringing us together and creating a strong PPI.<br>
<br>Regards,<br><br>Félix Robles, a member of the Spanish PP<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Ole Husgaard <<a href="mailto:pirat@sparre.dk">pirat@sparre.dk</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am going to attend to the ESF event. I'll attend as a PPI member, but<br>
I will not try to speak as the voice of all PPI members - instead I will<br>
speak as the chairman of PP DK, and try to explain the views of the<br>
other PPI members as I understand them.<br>
<br>
Cooperating with other political voices by having common events does not<br>
IMHO mean that we endorse other views. Instead it gets us an opportunity<br>
to discuss and present our views to other people. People who might<br>
support or even join the pirate parties.<br>
<br>
In my view this event is mainly an event that we can use to gain new<br>
members. People from all over Europe are attending, and I want to keep a<br>
list of the websites for the national parties so I can refer any<br>
interested people to their local party.<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
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Ole Husgaard.<br>
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