Petition: Revoke ExxonMobil's Permission to Kill Polar Bears

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The US government has authorized ExxonMobil to kill polar bears (or

using their jargon, " to take polar bears incidental to oil and gas

industry exploration activities " )

 

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register & docid=01\

-23407-filed

 

Gives a whole new meaning to Gale Norton's talk about

" environmentally-friendly " oil exploration.

 

Please take a few seconds to sign the petition (link below) that urges

the government to revoke ExxonMobil's permission to kill polar bears.

 

http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/990644527

 

Srikanth

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Not meaning to lower the spirits of anyone here,but the fact is that

email petitions are virtually worthless. Primarilly because anybody

with a

little spare time can

make a petition and create a few thousand names (or a computer

program to come

up with them) to go on it. Written petitions are often ignored

despite the

ease of

looking at them and seeing a bevy of different handwriting styles and

a

computerized list of names is even worse. While they have some use in

informing people of

important issues that would otherwise be overlooked, their actual

effectiveness

is very doubtful and possibly negative as I'm sure that some people

sign a

petition like this

and feel that they have done their part to help out. This could

subtract from

more meaningful efforts. The most common example of an email

petition I can

think of is the

one about the abuses of women in Afganistan that was circulated

rather widely

prior to the attacks and picked up again afterwards. The address

that petition

was to be

forwarded to has been shut down (this one didn't even give an address

to

forward a completed petition to that I saw) giving no way to report

its results

and has done no

good thus far other than soothing the souls of thousand who felt that

by

signing petitions thay have done something. This one is the same.

When I

recieve the Afgan

women petition I usually reply to it by giving everyone the website

of the

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afganistan (www.rawa.org)

where they can be

productive in their

efforts and I will give people contact of groups where efforts to

stop the bombing will be more productive (though likely still futile,

sorry I'm

in a pessimistic

mood tonight) ...but I'm going off on a tangent here,so I'll stop.

But just so you know. I mean,I still signed it,as I do most of the

petitions I get relasted to a cause I believe in,but...

 

Chris X

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Unlike the Afghan women petition, this one is not an e-mail petition

(though e-mail addresses are collected).

 

Please check out the FAQ at this link:

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petitionfaqs.html

 

<< 9. Is signing a petition effective?

Yes - Often, but the answer really depends on the attitude/policies of

the petition target. In general, the more a target organization is

impacted by public opinion, the more effective are the petitions. Email

petitions (ie those that you sign and send on to other email friends

like a chain letter) are not effective. The signatures get lost or are

duplicated and there is no centralized system. However, ThePetitionSite

enhances the credibility of online petitions by centralizing signature

collection, structuring/regulating signature data collection and

output,

facilitating communication of petitions and by using fraud-reduction

technology. Remember - the effect of a petition usually goes far beyond

the actual list of signatures. Journalists write stories about the

petitions, signers get inspired to take additional actions, and other

" potential targets " conform their behavior to avoid being a target. >>

 

Agreed, the web petition might not be as effective as a written one,

but it's definitely worth a try.

 

Srikanth

 

 

, " Chris X " <XBobaFettX@h...> wrote:

> Not meaning to lower the spirits of anyone here,but the fact is that

> email petitions are virtually worthless. Primarilly because anybody

> with a

> little spare time can

> make a petition and create a few thousand names (or a computer

> program to come

> up with them) to go on it. Written petitions are often ignored

> despite the

> ease of

> looking at them and seeing a bevy of different handwriting styles

and

> a

> computerized list of names is even worse. While they have some use

in

> informing people of

> important issues that would otherwise be overlooked, their actual

> effectiveness

> is very doubtful and possibly negative as I'm sure that some people

> sign a

> petition like this

> and feel that they have done their part to help out. This could

> subtract from

> more meaningful efforts. The most common example of an email

> petition I can

> think of is the

> one about the abuses of women in Afganistan that was circulated

> rather widely

> prior to the attacks and picked up again afterwards. The address

> that petition

> was to be

> forwarded to has been shut down (this one didn't even give an

address

> to

> forward a completed petition to that I saw) giving no way to report

> its results

> and has done no

> good thus far other than soothing the souls of thousand who felt

that

> by

> signing petitions thay have done something. This one is the same.

> When I

> recieve the Afgan

> women petition I usually reply to it by giving everyone the website

> of the

> Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afganistan (www.rawa.org)

> where they can be

> productive in their

> efforts and I will give people contact of groups where efforts to

> stop the bombing will be more productive (though likely still

futile,

> sorry I'm

> in a pessimistic

> mood tonight) ...but I'm going off on a tangent here,so I'll stop.

> But just so you know. I mean,I still signed it,as I do most of the

> petitions I get relasted to a cause I believe in,but...

>

> Chris X

 

 

 

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