The Australian Pirates Leave PPI February 15, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of Australia has been unhappy with the structure functioning of Pirate Parties International for some time and after the PPAU membership gave their board the power to potentially leave international organisation at their last national conference. After making proposals to change the organisation’s statutes and […]
Pirate Security Conference Held in Munich February 12, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Europe, Pirate Party News On Saturday, 24 January 2015 the German Pirates held a conference on international security. You might wonder why Pirates should be interested in Security. The fact is that most of our rights are being degraded in the name of increased security. The speeches and discussions have […]
Winning Discussions: No True Scotsman (Effective Pirating) February 2, 2015 · 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 […]
Pirate Visions: A new series of Guest Articles January 21, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Vision As we approach the Pirate Parties International General Assembly to be held in Warsaw in July there is tension in the international movement. The reasons for this are varied but some of the reasons might be: The disappointing election results in various countries, although this is […]
The Pirate Times is now Accepting Bitcoin Donations January 20, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Inside Pirate Times Up until now the only way you have been able to contribute monetarily to the work of the Pirate Times is to use Flattr. We are thankful to those who have helped us to defray our basic running costs from our Flattr income. This year we […]
Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) January 9, 2015 · 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… News about the pirate movement International Pirate […]
Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) January 9, 2015 · 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… News about the pirate movement International Pirate […]
Winning Discussions: argumentum ad ignorantiam (Effective Pirating) November 21, 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 […]
Czech Pirates Celebrate their First Pirate Mayor November 17, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election If we look at Pirate history we see that the Czech pirates already have a Senator but now history is being made again. The first Pirate mayor in the history of the Czech Republic has been elected in the spa town of Mariánské Lázně (also known as Marienbad). Vojtěch Franta, a […]
Pirates Elected to Office [Pirate History] November 15, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election, Pirate History When asked why he started a political party Rick Falkvinge answered “Because activism is not enough”. Since the formation of the first Pirate Party in Sweden in 2006 millions of votes have been cast and hundreds of Pirates have been elected. They are now representing their voters in […]
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