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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">It is totally naive to
invite your ennemy and sit with your in an informal setting to have a beer. You
may <EM>pretend </EM>an informal setting, but then it is still to<EM> work
</EM>on your objectives. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">GOOD LUCK! GOOD
BYE!</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">All wars are dirty in a
sense. I won't be part of this </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Groeten, Grüße, Regards,
Cordialement, Hälsningar, Ciao, Saygilar, Üdvözlettel, Pozdrowienia, Kumusta,
Adiós, Oan't sjen, Ave, Doei, Yassou, Yoroshiku, Slán, Vinarliga, Kćr
Kveđja<BR>>>> REINIER B. BAKELS PhD LL.M. MSc<BR>private: Johan Willem
Frisostraat 149, 2713 CC Zoetermeer, The Netherlands telephone: +31 79 316 3126,
GSM ("Handy") +31 6 4988 6490, fax +31 79 316
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