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Re:Tell congress to stop SOPA with a physical letter by zeratul on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @02:12PM (#3244559)
Wallawe: Do you think this on-line petition system is useful? Instead of going through a congressman, one could go through the White House?

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/how-why/terms-partic...

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Re:Tell congress to stop SOPA with a physical letter by cWallace on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @07:06PM (#3245774)
This wasn't addressed to me but I thought I'd comment.

The We The People petitions, I believe, are there to make the people believe they are making an impact in policy by signing one. Most, if not every, response from the White House has been a generic, basically meaningless response from an unknown staffer.

Case in point: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/we-demand-v...

Notice how this petition has been signed by more people than most of the others...

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Re:Tell congress to stop SOPA with a physical letter by wallawe on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @04:56PM (#3245275)
I think it is probably more useful and would get more attention than an individual letter or phone call to your congressman.
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