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> From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
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> > [dunno if this is at all authentic or worthwhile, but
> things are desperate]
Not the same thing, but a cautionary tale nonetheless...about sending Email to the UN
http://tinyurl.com/5ia8 Web Protests - No Nukes! No War! No SPAM! LONDON (Reuters) - For the past month, an e-mail has circled the globe urging those who oppose military action in Iraq to type in their names and hometowns before forwarding the petition to like-minded friends and associates.
Each time 600 "signatures" are collected, organizers of the petition, titled "International Petition for Peace," say they will forward the antiwar message to the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Washington.
With the threat of war now looming large, such e-mail petitions are prime examples of how the Web has emerged as a tool for peace advocates aiming to marshal the voices and opinions of sympathetic souls.
But using the Web to get the word out has its drawbacks. Electronic messages are often ignored by their intended recipients. They can expose participants to computer viruses and a deluge of unwanted advertisements and solicitations.
The petition addressed to the United Nations is not likely to have much of an impact because the UNIC, in this case, routinely deletes the incoming messages without a moment's thought, a spokesman said. ...ect... Full: http://tinyurl.com/5ia8 --- Sent from UnionMail Service [http://mail.union.org.za]