Pirate Party wins seat at EU Parliament


	Pirate Party wins seat at EU Parliament

ratilfar

6-8-2009 10:25 PM

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eu, parliament, elections, pirate, party, copyrights, patents, privacy, internet, data

ratilfar says:

I wonder if some EU meeting will now be conducted in Pirate-speak - "Will all those in favour of spending the afternoon pillaging say Yarr."

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6-9-2009 12:16 AM

BobbyRutan

A return to the doubloon standard?

6-9-2009 8:30 AM

ratilfar

That would make the Spanish happy, I guess.

6-9-2009 8:24 PM

darkduskx

Yar Yar and a bottle of rum!

6-9-2009 9:26 PM

The Infowarrior

Pro privacy and filesharing? Hell they got my vote.

7.1% isn't an amount to be sniffed at. I wonder how many people that amounts to?

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