Honestly, I'm not entirely sure on that. On one hand, I doubt he bothers to read them. On the other hand, if you make enough of a fuss, people will listen to you.
"The squeaky wheel gets all the grease." Quotation from a Peanuts cartoon, oddly enough, but it's stuck in my head.
If a lot of people sign petitions, then the numbers are counted. Democracy is supposed to be about the people running the government; it's our votes on the line, so if we sign petitions, then we're making it clear that this is an issue that matters to us and will sway how we vote. Even if they don't care who we are, they probably still count the votes and use that to decide where a country is.
Passing out shiny buttons is great. Glaring at the television, well, at least you have an opinion. Signing petitions or sending e-mails is something that makes it very easy for senators, representatives, the people who come up with statistics for the news or whomever to see what the figures are. 5K signatures? Okay, that's five thousand angry Americans from whatever state. Probably deserve some attention. 50K? More likely to get their cause pushed through.
Calling them would be even better but let's face it, journal entries nagging people to call their representatives would get ignored. With petitions, there's a better chance that people will click it, sign it, and thus make themselves heard.
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"The squeaky wheel gets all the grease." Quotation from a Peanuts cartoon, oddly enough, but it's stuck in my head.
If a lot of people sign petitions, then the numbers are counted. Democracy is supposed to be about the people running the government; it's our votes on the line, so if we sign petitions, then we're making it clear that this is an issue that matters to us and will sway how we vote. Even if they don't care who we are, they probably still count the votes and use that to decide where a country is.
Passing out shiny buttons is great. Glaring at the television, well, at least you have an opinion. Signing petitions or sending e-mails is something that makes it very easy for senators, representatives, the people who come up with statistics for the news or whomever to see what the figures are. 5K signatures? Okay, that's five thousand angry Americans from whatever state. Probably deserve some attention. 50K? More likely to get their cause pushed through.
Calling them would be even better but let's face it, journal entries nagging people to call their representatives would get ignored. With petitions, there's a better chance that people will click it, sign it, and thus make themselves heard.