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WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA
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Re: WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA
#22Uh, why are we petitioning the White House? Do we hope that Obama will veto it when the bought-and-paid-for congress rubber-stamps it? Oh, just answered my own question.
PS The link doesn't work. It seems whitehouse.gov is under construction.
Re: WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA
#23https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/stop-e-para... Working link (for me at least).
This should work for everybody:
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petitions/popular/0/...
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#24It's down...
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#25nice stunt. maybe a statement against this a month ago would have been appropriate, but waiting till after its dead?
It's not dead yet: While introduced last month, Wednesday was just the first hearing regarding HR3261. The House Judiciary Committee will reconvene on it in a few weeks. ( http://staff.tumblr.com/post/12930076128/a-historic-thing ) It's more widely known thanks to yesterday's mass movement, but the bill is still far from what anyone could call "dead."
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#26Have we all not yet come to the conclusion that the white house petition board is a rarely-checked suggestion box with the minute chance an intern might post a formulaic and meaningless response?
It has more value than that. It gives visibility to important issues, and to the fact that they're being ignored. And that results in news stories that increase that visibility even more. I plan to continue signing these petitions.
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#27The URL link needs a token-hash at the end. I went through that when posting the link on HN some time ago:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3206604
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3198244
I didn't get much respond even though the patent issue seems as important as SOPA. Wallawe said that this petition system is better than sending hundreds of letters to congressmen:
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#29"This Section of our site is currently undergoing maintenance We appreciate your patience while we make some improvements Please check back shortly" Page under heavy load?
Owned.
Who'd have thought we don't like this bill going through? Now, listen to the people, government.
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#30Sigh. I can't hide my disgust for internet petitions, their efficacy is demonstrably absent, you might as well be praying for change.