The signs were all there, the signs were all there

[venta]

I appear to be very stupid and not quite on the same planet as everyone else this morning.

However. I'm unsure whether this is a further example of my stupid, or whether someone else is being stupid.

I was being encouraged to sign this petition:

http://apps.facebook.com/fourwaystospeakout/

... but I can't anywhere work out what the actual text of the petition I would be signing is. I understand I'm being asked to "send a strong message to the government", but what is the message?

NB I'm not logged in to Facebook, if that makes any difference.

Comments

[emarkienna.livejournal.com]

Logged in, and can't see any actual text of a petition either.

So it seems that's perhaps 6,579 people signing without even knowing what they're signing - I always thought petitions were bad ways of judging public opinion, but this takes "Signing without considering what you're signing" to the extreme. But hey, it says "Help save lives", and who could possibly not want to oppose domestic violence, obviously whatever they're proposing must be worth signing!

(Even their website doesn't show the text. The page http://www.fourwaystospeakout.co.uk/speak-to-the-government/ has "Encourage the Government to do more to support women and children experiencing domestic violence." so perhaps that's it, though it's a bit of a vague petition.)

[dr-bob.livejournal.com]

The website also says "Add your name to our petition – demand an end to the postcode lottery of domestic violence services." But yes. Vague.