I don't know...the whole idea of the Internet was to become paperless and here we are, 30+ years later, still drowning in paper and creating more by the second. It seems we don't use the technology we already have to the end it should be used for.
I can understand spam isn't usually snail-mailed, that form letters are like, boring, that petitions can be rigged - but outside of that, I don't see a problem with the last, so much. Anyone can start a petition, sure, but that's also the beauty of it - anyone can.
But let's assume most congresscritters have no respect for just anyone, so let's say a well-known, respected, even fairly powerful organization starts a petition. Say it gets millions of signers. Is that not going to impress any of the congresscritters, in and of itself? If we could be sure the petition couldn't be rigged, then? Better?
Which basically says phone calls are actually best, and explains why from someone on the inside. Kind of interesting. I don't like calling or writing anyone except for sometimes online, so I guess that's where I kind of got hung up on all this. Thanks for the links!
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Re: They give me the Internet, but then I can't use it to do anything right...
Date: 2016-12-16 05:05 pm (UTC)I can understand spam isn't usually snail-mailed, that form letters are like, boring, that petitions can be rigged - but outside of that, I don't see a problem with the last, so much. Anyone can start a petition, sure, but that's also the beauty of it - anyone can.
But let's assume most congresscritters have no respect for just anyone, so let's say a well-known, respected, even fairly powerful organization starts a petition. Say it gets millions of signers. Is that not going to impress any of the congresscritters, in and of itself? If we could be sure the petition couldn't be rigged, then? Better?
For the sake of self-edification, I was googling in-between replies and came across this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/contacting-your-congressional-representative_us_582a0965e4b060adb56f8e95
Which basically says phone calls are actually best, and explains why from someone on the inside. Kind of interesting. I don't like calling or writing anyone except for sometimes online, so I guess that's where I kind of got hung up on all this. Thanks for the links!