Gallo: "If you're campaigning against ACTA you're a terrorist."

Falkvinge.net - In a remarkable statement, the copyright monopoly fundamentalist Marielle Gallo – of the Gallo Report infamy – says that the citizens of Europe who have been campaigning against ACTA are terrorists.

In a just-published interview (in French), Marielle Gallo – a Member of the European Parliament, no less – calls the anti-ACTA campaigns “A soft form of terrorism” (une forme douce de terrorisme). Yes, she really does say that the citizens of Europe, her constituency, who contact her colleagues in Parliament regarding a concerning political matter should be regarded as terrorists.

 

Screenshot from PCInpact with the Gallo interview (in French)

This shows a couple of things.

  1. The monopoly maximalists have completely gone bonkers, off the deep end, and fishing. Calling your own constituents terrorists in media when they express political opinions that differ from your own is more than political suicide, it’s straitjacket material.
  2. The monopoly maximalists are scared beyond their wits of getting their dogma questioned, their facade scratched at, and losing their control of the monopoly-maximizing discourse. Apart from the obvious proof of having lost their wits, they are now acting in desperation and are at a loss for stronger words to denounce their opponents. (“Pirate” has kind of lost its denouncing effect when people get elected on the pirate banner.)
  3. Accordingly, the pendulum is starting to swing back in the right direction. The reason for the dogmatic maximalists’ obvious discomfort to this level of ridiculous statements – on the record, no less – can be no other than a feeling of situational control slipping through their fingers.

Overall, this is an excellent sign. Let’s continue with this form of “terrorism”. Myself, I just call it democracy at work.

Beyond a win on ACTA, we should take the opportunity to reverse the trend and express our opinion that the monopolies should begin to dismantle.

UPDATE: Several people have pointed out that Gallo also states in this interview that the Members of European Parliament should be doing the thinking, and not citizens.

 

About The Author: Rick Falkvinge

Rick is the founder of the first Pirate Party and is a political evangelist, traveling around Europe and the world to talk and write about ideas of a sensible information policy. He has a tech entrepreneur background and loves whisky.

 
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Comment by Meriem K. Peillet on June 28, 2012 at 12:54pm

That is incredible! No one or few have heard about the Gallo report here in Europe. The Gallo report has been approved yesterday. That really upset me.

Comment by Meriem K. Peillet on June 28, 2012 at 12:47pm

Thank you...I am going to study this Gallo report. It would be nice if you could share the links. Would be easier to share

Comment by Meriem K. Peillet on June 28, 2012 at 12:43pm

So I am...

Comment by DTOM on June 27, 2012 at 10:30am

That's funny, a lot of Europeans see the EU as an unelected form of tyrannical occupational government...

Please, keep pushing the people and see what happens...

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