I really hate that petition site. As much as I'm strongly against this bill, that petition is so poorly worded that there's no way I'm going to sign it. I did

I really hate that petition site. As much as I'm strongly against this bill, that petition is so poorly worded that there's no way I'm going to sign it. I did sign a somewhat poorly worded petition before and, not unexpectedly, the condescending "response" merely addressed the more hyperbolic rantings it contained rather than any of the reasons over 100K people signed it. There really needs to be some way to greenlight draft petitions before they start getting major traction, so that anything that makes it to parliament reads like it was written by either a lawyer or journalist and not some outraged and poorly-informed 14 year old. I really seems like that site only serves to placate people that might otherwise write to their MP, go out and demonstrate, or take some other form of potentially effective action, while never actually achieving anything. Write to your MP instead. And please try to present a cogent, well-informed argument that might actually persuade that MP to champion the cause. Rants like this petition might be effective when it comes to preaching to the choir, but it's never going to change anyone's mind.