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icymist

(15,888 posts) Thu Jan 5, 2012, 11:07 PM Jan 2012

Swedish File-Sharing Club Forms Church to Legitimise Piracy Practice

Young Pirates, the youth wing of Swedish political party Pirate Party, has registered as a religion and church allowing its 3,000 members to freely practice their faith: file-sharing.

The group is now called the Church of Kopimism, which is derived from their online movement Kopimi or "copy me," after Sweden's Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency accepted its application for registration as a religious group in late December, according to its spiritual leader Isak Gerson, 20.

"Being recognized by the state of Sweden is a large step for all of Kopimi. Hopefully, this is one step toward the day when we can live out our faith without fear of persecution," Gerson said Thursday, according to Associated Press.

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/277323/20120106/swedish-file-sharing-club-forms-church-legitimise.htm

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Swedish File-Sharing Club Forms Church to Legitimise Piracy Practice (Original Post) icymist Jan 2012 OP

Thuggee, another faith whose central doctrine was theft, fared ill under the Brits. dimbear Jan 2012 #1

dimbear

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1. Thuggee, another faith whose central doctrine was theft, fared ill under the Brits.

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Thu Jan 5, 2012, 11:59 PM

Jan 2012

In an unsporting demonstration of colonial despotism, they exterminated them. We still use the word, tho, as a belated tribute. Thugs.

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