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When armchair activism backfires

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday February 21, 2003 14:42author by Paul Kinsella - Variousauthor email paulkinsella53 at yahoo dot comauthor address 53 Lorcan Grove, Dublin 9, Eireauthor phone 087-9748511

Beware of bogus petitions

Always very cynical about petitions anyway. The below just proves my point.

WHEN ARMCHAIR ACTIVISM BACKFIRES
Michael Serazio, AlterNet
An antiwar petition is gathering thousands of names to send
to the UN to protest war in Iraq. There's just one problem
-- it's a hoax.

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