Agozer Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 (edited) Excuse me if I sounds skeptical and pessimistic here, but I think that online petitions hardly reach their intended status. Edited December 19, 2004 by Agozer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powuh_of_PIE Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 (edited) Excuse me if I sounds skeptical and pessimistic here, but I think that online petitions hardly reach their intended status.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually, a number of them have actually been passed in various states, so it's only a matter of time b4 some1 takes it to the next level. Why can't that be us? EDIT: Oops, sry for the double "actually" Edited December 19, 2004 by powuh_of_PIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeval Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I'm not sure we could scrounge 2000 over-18 signatures here, could we? And do we, an emulation site, really want to be representin' in congress? There's got to be a petition online somewhere already? It's a noble pursuit, I'm just not sure 1emu is the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powuh_of_PIE Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 ya, i guess u r right, 1emu is not the place. But some1 should start this up somewhere else, if it already hasn't been. I don't know how to design that kind of a site, though. I would if i could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted December 20, 2004 Author Share Posted December 20, 2004 Well, im taking Java classes next year, by then we should have more people over 18, but I wouldnt mind tackling the idea, it would be a good challenge, but of course we need someone elses name to be under the site, if they find out a 15 or 16 year old is running the site or the group it can kill the case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cominus Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 I don't think it's too rational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 If you want to start a petition then just do it here: http://www.petitiononline.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 On-line petitions don't work. And for a number of reasons, including:1. (Unlike a pen-and-paper petition) There's no way to tell if people signed more than once (at least the originator of a pen-and-paper petition will be more likely to know if someone signed it twice)2. (Unlike a pen-and-paper petition) There's no way to put your actual signature on the petition (with pen-and-paper petitions, you can search the sigs for similarities, to tell if some entries have been faked)3. (Unlike a pen-and-paper petition) There's no way to tell if people signing it come from the relevent age or geographic area or whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Heh. Random pretty much proved my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeval Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Heh. Random pretty much proved my point.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, that list is right. You could try to track by IP, as I think most petition sites do, but I doubt anyone higher up is going to take that kind of tracking seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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