On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 03:17:34 -0800 "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote and hopefully I read right:
> 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 > To give everyone a quicker way of finding your reps go to http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ziptoit.html A service provided by the US mail. It will find them and give you links out to contact them. James > >
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