Lyvim Xaphir grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 03:56, David Guntner wrote: > > > > E-Mail is largely ignored, and is an ineffective way to petition most > > representatives and senators. If you're going to petition them in a way > > that will be noticed, you still need to send regular paper US mail. > > Dave, > > This had not occurred to me. Like most technical types, political > activism is a new thing for me. I thank you for this advice; I will > discuss this with the guys at the local ISP. Hopefully your input will > generate even more influence.
Glad I was able to provide some useful information. Unfortunately, even though othe US congress is (slowly :) moving into the electronic age, they don't take as much note (if any, really) of E-Mail. It's easy to send, and they get tons of it - and it's just electrons on the screen. Paper mail, on the other hand, takes some effort to send and presents them with something physical. So it carries a lot more weight then E-Mail does. There's an online petition at http://www.PetitionOnline.com/SSSCA/ which I did "sign." But I also realize that it won't carry much weight (if any). So I just spent the last hour and a half tracking down addresses for my various reps and senators, and printing out letters to mail. :-) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key
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