Yet another petition (everyone's got to sign this one)

[Simon Brooke]

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to sing "We're Going To Hang
Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line" through a megaphone while standing
in a barrel of custard outside Parliament.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6354103.stm

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;; LISP as to make no difference.

 

[Pinky]

Sorry to be an old fart --- but these things are totally irrelevant and,
therefore, similarly without meaning.

The website is just a pointless "media" stageshow.


--
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire,
England, United Kingdom.
www.tapan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

"Just Visiting" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Simon Brooke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to sing "We're Going To
> Hang
>> Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line" through a megaphone while standing
>> in a barrel of custard outside Parliament.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6354103.stm
>>
>
> That's enough petitions. [Ed]
>
>

 

[Just Visiting]

"Simon Brooke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to sing "We're Going To
Hang
> Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line" through a megaphone while standing
> in a barrel of custard outside Parliament.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6354103.stm
>

That's enough petitions. [Ed]

 

[Mike Causer]

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:22:04 +0000, Pinky wrote:

> Sorry to be an old fart --- but these things are totally irrelevant and,
> therefore, similarly without meaning.
>
> The website is just a pointless "media" stageshow.

And, after reading the Beeb guide to it with quotes from the "designer",
very open to abuse. There are several here with their own internet
domains, and every domain can have millions of unique mail addresses. If
we all got together and created a bit of auto-vote and auto-response I'm
sure we could have a petition "signed" by more than the population of the
UK.

For a small number of beer coupons a couple of realistic domains could be
purchased which look like proper ISPs (eg biginternet.com is not currently
assigned), instead of sullying our own names.

As this is Usenet the hard part is going to be agreeing on the subject of
the petition.



Now ask me what I think of E-voting in real elections :-/

Mike

 

[naked_draughtsman]

On Feb 14, 1:49 am, Mike Causer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> As this is Usenet the hard part is going to be agreeing on the subject of
> the petition.

Just add onto an existing 'nonsense' one that's doing quite well e.g.

Replace the national anthem with Gold by Spandau Ballet (http://
petitions.pm.gov.uk/goldanthem/)
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stand on his head
and juggle ice-cream (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/juggle/)

If you can add more than a million signatures then this will be more
important than scrapping road pricing schemes!

peter

 

[Nigel Cliffe]

Mike Causer wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:22:04 +0000, Pinky wrote:
>
>> Sorry to be an old fart --- but these things are totally
>> irrelevant and, therefore, similarly without meaning.
>>
>> The website is just a pointless "media" stageshow.
>
> And, after reading the Beeb guide to it with quotes from the
> "designer", very open to abuse. There are several here with their
> own internet domains, and every domain can have millions of unique
> mail addresses. If we all got together and created a bit of
> auto-vote and auto-response I'm sure we could have a petition
> "signed" by more than the population of the UK.

I'd thought along the same lines.
Then thought I'd be doing something more useful polishing the wheel
reflectors I keep in the "bound to be useful one day" bag in my shed.


> For a small number of beer coupons a couple of realistic domains
> could be purchased which look like proper ISPs (eg biginternet.com is
> not currently assigned), instead of sullying our own names.
>
> As this is Usenet the hard part is going to be agreeing on the
> subject of the petition.

How about:


We the undersigned think that the design of the "Downing Street website
petition system" is fundamentally flawed in the manner in which it can be
abused by small self-interest groups.



> Now ask me what I think of E-voting in real elections :-/

I tend to agree




I thought we voted for governments to govern ? Yes, they should listen, but
their job is to balance competing interests. Every few years we get the
chance to say whether they should continue or some others have a go.



- Nigel



--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

 

[Just Visiting]

At least it looks like the cabinet occasionally gets something right, even
if they do only mutter it.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/14/tony_emails_uk/


"Pinky" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sorry to be an old fart --- but these things are totally irrelevant
and,
> therefore, similarly without meaning.
>
> The website is just a pointless "media" stageshow.
>
>
> --
> Trevor A Panther
> In South Yorkshire,
> England, United Kingdom.
> www.tapan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
>
> "Just Visiting" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "Simon Brooke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to sing "We're Going To
> > Hang
> >> Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line" through a megaphone while
standing
> >> in a barrel of custard outside Parliament.
> >>
> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6354103.stm
> >>
> >
> > That's enough petitions. [Ed]
> >
> >
>
>