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Will be interesting to see if this will influence the Swedish parliament reelection in march.

by mrkickling 12y ago

eli 12y ago
Is Pirate Bay & file sharing really that big an issue among the general public in Sweden?
- colechristensen 12y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#Political_impact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#Politica...
- Joona 12y ago
  I believe around the founding of the Swedish Pirate Party, they got a lot of attention (and votes) because of TPB being featured heavily in the news. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#2009
- johansch 12y ago
  No, not really. The somewhat associated Pirate Party used to be a big thing here, but then the party was hijacked by a new leader who mostly seemed to care about LGBT issues. Said leader just resigned last week, and the Swedish Pirate Party is now in a reboot phase.
  - wingless 12y ago
    SJWs infiltrating every single group on earth instead of voicing their opinions in groups related to their cause.
    - guipsp 12y ago
      ...what?
      - psykovsky 12y ago
        SJW Social Justice Warrior. A pejorative term for an individual who repeatedly and vehemently engages in arguments on social justice on the Internet, often in a shallow or not well-thought-out way, for the purpose of raising their own personal reputation. A social justice warrior, or SJW, does not necessarily strongly believe all that they say, or even care about the groups they are fighting on behalf of. They typically repeat points from whoever is the most popular blogger or commenter of the moment, hoping that they will "get SJ points" and become popular in return. They are very sure to adopt stances that are "correct" in their social circle. The SJW's favorite activity of all is to dogpile. Their favorite websites to frequent are Y Combinators' Hacker News and Reddit. They do not have relevant favorite real-world places, because SJWs are primarily civil rights activists only online. #1: A social justice warrior reads an essay about a form of internal misogyny where women and girls insult stereotypical feminine activities and characteristics in order to boost themselves over other women. The SJW absorbs this and later complains in response to a Huffington Post article about a 10-year-old feminist's letter, because the 10-year-old called the color pink "prissy". #2: Commenter: "I don't like getting manicures. It's too prissy." SJW: "Oh my god, how fucking dare you use that word, you disgusting sexist piece of shit!"
        elektor 12y ago
        You need some help.
        psykovsky 12y ago
        I need some help because I copy pasted what a SJWis because someone doesn't know? I think the ones who downvoted are the ones who need help
  - A_COMPUTER 12y ago
    Anna Troberg stepped down? I can't find documentation of this. edit: found it. http://piratetimes.net/leading-swedish-pirates-step-down/ http://piratetimes.net/leading-swedish-pirates-step-down/
- sandstrom 12y ago
  Swedes were early internet adopters, and at that time there were no other [online] means to get music and movies. Among my friends, almost everyone use Spotify for music, and the paid-for streaming-services for movies/shows. File-sharing is too much hassle. I still think people care about internet-freedoms though (surveillance, monitoring, etc).

Will be interesting to see if this will influence the Swedish parliament reelection in march.

eli 12y ago

Is Pirate Bay & file sharing really that big an issue among the general public in Sweden?

colechristensen 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#Political_impact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#Politica...
Joona 12y ago
I believe around the founding of the Swedish Pirate Party, they got a lot of attention (and votes) because of TPB being featured heavily in the news. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_of_Sweden#2009
johansch 12y ago
No, not really. The somewhat associated Pirate Party used to be a big thing here, but then the party was hijacked by a new leader who mostly seemed to care about LGBT issues. Said leader just resigned last week, and the Swedish Pirate Party is now in a reboot phase.
- wingless 12y ago
  SJWs infiltrating every single group on earth instead of voicing their opinions in groups related to their cause.
  - guipsp 12y ago
    ...what?
    - psykovsky 12y ago
      SJW Social Justice Warrior. A pejorative term for an individual who repeatedly and vehemently engages in arguments on social justice on the Internet, often in a shallow or not well-thought-out way, for the purpose of raising their own personal reputation. A social justice warrior, or SJW, does not necessarily strongly believe all that they say, or even care about the groups they are fighting on behalf of. They typically repeat points from whoever is the most popular blogger or commenter of the moment, hoping that they will "get SJ points" and become popular in return. They are very sure to adopt stances that are "correct" in their social circle. The SJW's favorite activity of all is to dogpile. Their favorite websites to frequent are Y Combinators' Hacker News and Reddit. They do not have relevant favorite real-world places, because SJWs are primarily civil rights activists only online. #1: A social justice warrior reads an essay about a form of internal misogyny where women and girls insult stereotypical feminine activities and characteristics in order to boost themselves over other women. The SJW absorbs this and later complains in response to a Huffington Post article about a 10-year-old feminist's letter, because the 10-year-old called the color pink "prissy". #2: Commenter: "I don't like getting manicures. It's too prissy." SJW: "Oh my god, how fucking dare you use that word, you disgusting sexist piece of shit!"
      - elektor 12y ago
        You need some help.
        psykovsky 12y ago
        I need some help because I copy pasted what a SJWis because someone doesn't know? I think the ones who downvoted are the ones who need help
- A_COMPUTER 12y ago
  Anna Troberg stepped down? I can't find documentation of this. edit: found it. http://piratetimes.net/leading-swedish-pirates-step-down/ http://piratetimes.net/leading-swedish-pirates-step-down/
sandstrom 12y ago
Swedes were early internet adopters, and at that time there were no other [online] means to get music and movies. Among my friends, almost everyone use Spotify for music, and the paid-for streaming-services for movies/shows. File-sharing is too much hassle. I still think people care about internet-freedoms though (surveillance, monitoring, etc).