Is there any evidence to support that these petitions have done anything that wouldn't have already been done? They seem like a red herring.
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Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
I expect one more like this, these days: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-stat... That is, still no response at all, 4 months later.
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At the time it was 25,000.
> SIGNATURES NEEDED BY FEBRUARY 11, 2013 TO REACH GOAL OF 25,000
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#43Ok Obama, time for some of that Change.
I believe he progressed to a completely new level of nonspeak recently: I'm not against change.
(Compare during the election - Change!, and before the election: When I am president, there will be no more illegal wiretapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. - Senator Obama, December 24, 2007)
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#44At least the petition is another signal that the public is against what the administration is doing on this one.
The petition is not evidence of the public being against what the administration is doing, as it only represents the people who want Edward Snowden pardoned, not the "opposite" view, if such a view exists.
Go ahead and create another petition that asks for Edward Snowden not to be pardoned and to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and I bet that it hardly gets any signatures.
Edit: This is a response to several of the replies. I'm assuming of course that nobody within the government would game the petition system. If we've gotten to the point were they would impersonate people in a petition to the white house then I guess we are pretty much doomed.
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#46I feel fairly silly hawking my own site whenever subjects like this come up, but here I go anyway. Feel free to tell me to shut up. :)
I just simultaneously believe quite strongly in the idea of pairing calls for action with charitable donations. The donations make a clear and measurable message of the idea's importance. Plus, even if nothing happens, the charities benefit.
So in any event, to get to the fireworks factory already:
A plea to the US government to pardon Edward Snowden (donate to the EFF in particular!) [1]
The idea: "More than a petition" [2]
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I expect one more like this, these days: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-stat... That is, still no response at all, 4 months later.
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That rule was put in place after the Swartz petition passed the initial limit of 25,000 in the first day or two. At the time of the change, they specifically said the new 100,000 limit would only apply to new petitions, so the Swartz petition was still under the original 25,000 signature rule.
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#50Ahh.. alright a hundred thousand more people to be targeted..
Which is not a bad thing. We increase it to a couple of million and it might as well be noise.