@bogart yeah... the established parties in Sweden have recently been all too eager to introduce lookalikes to the US DMCA and warrantless wiretapping laws, etc. The pirate party seems to be the only one being firmly behind free speech online.
I'd be surprised if they got anything close to 20-30% though, even the most optimistic polls I've seen are more in the 4-8% range...
Yes. This election is not about the Swedish government though (next election for that is in 2010), but about the European Parliament, which is the elected body of the EU.
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Guessing you voted for the Pirate party? NPR reported they had something like 20-30% of the population's support.
7 months ago by bogart
@bogart yeah... the established parties in Sweden have recently been all too eager to introduce lookalikes to the US DMCA and warrantless wiretapping laws, etc. The pirate party seems to be the only one being firmly behind free speech online.
I'd be surprised if they got anything close to 20-30% though, even the most optimistic polls I've seen are more in the 4-8% range...
7 months ago by oscar
I didn't believe it when I heard it, either. So I either misunderstood the statistic (maybe it was a particular demographic) or they got it wrong.
Does Sweden have a representative government?
7 months ago by bogart
Yes. This election is not about the Swedish government though (next election for that is in 2010), but about the European Parliament, which is the elected body of the EU.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuropeanParliamentelection,_2009
7 months ago by oscar
wow Jaiku botched that link... guess it doesn't like underscores in URLs
7 months ago by oscar
Ahh! I feel like such an ill-informed American... Oh, wait, I am! bah.
Interestingly, that link worked fine in my email notification. Thanks for that, it is very helpful.
7 months ago by bogart