El Wed, Jun 10, 2009 11:21:28PM +0200, Uriel escribió: > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Szabolcs Nagy<nszabo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 6/8/09, Uriel <lost.gob...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I forgot to mention that the German Pirate Party has taken a more > >> 'expansive' approach to their positions, and that actually has put off > >> a few people I know from voting for them. > >> > >> I hope for the next election they learn from the Swedish Pirate Party > >> and they stick to the topics where we all agree. > > > > the problem is that one can only vote for one party > > > > there are many political issues so why would i vote for a party which > > only covers one? > > Given that most people don't vote at all, I don't think this is an issue. > > And your argument cuts both ways, if you vote for a party that has > positions on more issues, it is very likely you will disagree with > many of their opinions, so why should you vote for them?
Good points! And there are also new issues that come up only within a legislative period, i.e. after the elections. All the above remember me of the idea of a party in which its members (= voters) decide all the time on the position of their representatives. -- Iván F. Villanueva B. Initiator http://StopSoftwarePatents.eu Board member of FFII e.V. http://www.ffii.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/ffii Jabber: i...@ogai.org VoIP: sip:o...@ekiga.net GSM: +49 160 23 160 13
