On an unrelated note, does anyone know how to update their info on petitions.whitehouse.gov? My displayed city is three years old on there.
Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
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Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#12Is there any evidence to support that these petitions have done anything that wouldn't have already been done? They seem like a red herring.
Proving that existing institutions and strategies are failing is a big part of what activists have to do at the beginning of a movement.
So the questions I'd ask about whether petitions work are: -will they work to get government to reconsider policies? -will they reveal government's unwillingness to act?
Either way, that's a victory in my books.
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#13Is there any evidence to support that these petitions have done anything that wouldn't have already been done? They seem like a red herring.
On the other hand: Considering it takes just a minute to sign one, it's not that much of a downside. Unless NSA is adding the signatories to a special database :-)
At worst, it shows that a lot of people are listening and agreeing with Snowden regarding NSA's snooping
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#14It'll be interesting to watch the Administration entirely ignore this petition.
Kidding, it won't be interesting at all.
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#15Is there any evidence to support that these petitions have done anything that wouldn't have already been done? They seem like a red herring.
Proving that existing institutions and strategies are failing is a big part of what activists have to do at the beginning of a movement. So the questions I'd ask about whether petitions work are: -will they work to get government to reconsider policies? -will they reveal government's unwillingness to act? Either way, that's a victory in my books.
(downvotes, really!?)
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#16Mr. Obama, stop the madness now! You once have been a civil rights activist and you have been awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. Doesn't it make you feel uncomfortable, to have switched the camp in just a few years? There is nothing wrong with becoming a nice guy again.
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#17Is there any evidence to support that these petitions have done anything that wouldn't have already been done? They seem like a red herring.
Proving that existing institutions and strategies are failing is a big part of what activists have to do at the beginning of a movement. So the questions I'd ask about whether petitions work are: -will they work to get government to reconsider policies? -will they reveal government's unwillingness to act? Either way, that's a victory in my books.
Surely the unwillingness of government to act is already evident? The petitions seem to provide an illusion of democratic consultation.
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#18Now we undestand what "yes we can" was supposed to mean. Yes. we can do what we want without giving a f### about what people think.
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Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#20At least the petition is another signal that the public is against what the administration is doing on this one.