> I think that the name they've chosen ('pirate') is one of the worst names they could have picked. If we'd given ourselves a more boring name -- something lik

> I think that the name they've chosen ('pirate') is one of the worst names they could have picked. If we'd given ourselves a more boring name -- something like Copyright and Patent Law Reform Party -- no-one would pay us any attention. Not only that, we needed to use the Pirate name so we could piggyback off Piratpartiet's mindshare. So realistically the choice of name was a no-brainer. And it's a bit like the gay community reclaiming "queer".