RE: [HCDX] Dutch authorities have been discussing the actions againstthe Dutch pirates in the government

["Andy Sennitt" <andys@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Alfred Zoer wrote:

>Dutch authorities have been discussing the actions against the Dutch
pirates in the
>government

>Our thoughts is they own the right to be there as they have been there so
long.

Just one observation: Alfred wrote several convincing arguments in favour of
allowing some form of unlicensed broadcasting in The Netherlands, but IMHO
spoiled it by including the sentence above. I do not believe that repeatedly
doing something in the knowledge that it's illegal eventually gives you the
*right* to do it. According to that line of argument, a petty criminal has
the *right* to break into peoples' homes and steal because he has repeatedly
done it in the past. I know that isn't what Alfred means, and I'm not for a
moment suggesting that he or any other pirate radio operators have ever
engaged in any form of illegal activity other than harmless broadcasting.
But I just think that, if making a case to the authorities, it would be
better not to include this line of reasoning, as it might in fact work to
your *disadvantage* by appearing to suggest that persistent violation of the
law is in itself sufficient justification for changing the law. As a Dutch
resident and taxpayer (as, indeed, are all the radio pirates) I think this
could set a precedent we might live to regret.

Andy Sennitt (speaking only for myself, not Radio Netherlands).



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