>who has some thoughts about the usefulness of online petitions, >anyway? they're all over these days, and i've heard it said that >they're worthless.
There are two kinds of petitions on-line, the kind that get passed around in e-mail. ( Most of these are a complete time waste, don't bother )
and the kind that are actually moderated and passed along to the proper authority. These can actaully have an impact if the numbers are there.
