Winning Discussions: Poisoning the Well (Effective Pirating) | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: Poisoning the Well (Effective Pirating) September 29, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Tips & Tricks Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him […]

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Winning Discussions: Affirming the Consequent (Effective Pirating) | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: Affirming the Consequent (Effective Pirating) September 18, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to […]

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2014 August | PirateTimes

A Hollywood Director’s Message to Pirates Part 2 August 28, 2014 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion The full post is now found at A Hollywood Director’s Message to Pirates The full post is now found at A Hollywood Director’s Message to Pirates A Hollywood Director’s Message to Pirates August 27, 2014 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion This is my […]

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2014 August | PirateTimes – Part 2

Wining Discussions – The Bandwagon Fallacy (Effective Pirating) August 11, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent… RoadTrip with Kim Dotcom | The […]

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2014 July | PirateTimes

PPAU Congress: Unhappy with PPI – will they form 5 Eye Patches? July 31, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in General Assembly The Australian Pirates are paragons of democracy. Following their general assembly in Brisbane on 19-20 July 2014 we had to wait for the results until now, as all Australian Pirates can vote on motions and candidates whether they attend the physical… Protesting Parliament […]

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2014 July | PirateTimes – Part 2

Battles for democracy. Week 28 July 14, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic The NSA merely pursues total population control. Turkey is trying to block Twitter…again. TPP will put an end to free expression online. UK might dodge Europe’s top court ruling reinstating and expanding its spying powers. Citizens abused or killed, liberties… Slovenian Pirates Might Enter Parliament Today July 13, 2014 […]

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2014 June | PirateTimes

Special General Assembly of the German Pirate Party June 29, 2014 · by Daniel Ebbert · in General Assembly On the weekend of the 28-29 June 2014 the German Pirate Party held their second general assembly in 2014. It was a extraordinary general assembly which became necessary after three members of the previous board stepped down three months earlier…. Nominate Someone for the EFF Pioneer […]

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2014 May | PirateTimes – Part 2

Global Demonstrations Against TTIP – Hundreds Jailed in Brussels May 19, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News 15 May 2014 was a day of demonstrations in several countries throughout Europe against TTIP. A wiki site was used to organize the trans-national demonstrations. More than 1.600 people across 5+ countries went out in the streets to protest. The… Battles for Democracy. […]

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Youth Absenteeism in European Parliament Elections | PirateTimes

Youth Absenteeism in European Parliament Elections May 20, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic Young people are abstaining from voting in large numbers for the elections to the European parliament. There are three main reasons that youth are not voting in large numbers for the elections: Absenteeism by young people is related to socio-economic factors. There is a mutual distrust between […]

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2014 April | PirateTimes

Czech Pirates Win EU elections for School Students April 30, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election Mock EU elections took place for students (over 15 years) in 254 secondary schools and colleges in Czech republic. In the elections the Pirates came out in first place with 19.19% of the votes. In total more than 25.000 students… “Be a first” – Encourage Activists […]

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