By James Maceda, NBC News foreign correspondentTwo rakish young men with ponytails order drinks at a bar.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) “What'll it be?” asks the barman in Hebrew. He, too, is thin, with shoulder-length gray hair. One of the two men leans forward and says, “Make it two chasers – freedom and democracy – please!'
They all laugh heartily.
Thus begins a paid political ad for the Pirate Party (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B918S20hQI_EMFRLcFJ6MkxiQTQ/edit), one of a range of fringe parties competing for votes in Israel's parliamentary elections, to be held Tuesday.
If you've ever been tempted, as I have, to write-in “Mickey Mouse” on your ballot, you'll understand why I jumped at the chance to meet up with the people ordering – and purporting to serve – shots of freedom and democracy. They could be found at a Pirate Party (http://www.piratim.org) media event at the heart of Jerusalem.
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