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

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

Yes, what I meant was that you did the thing phlebas accused the campaign of doing. I expect the campaign has to take care about hyperbole.

Even more so than venta, I haven't seen what the campaign actually is saying, but perhaps some confusion is caused by the call for "specialized" services. Someone who didn't know the subject might get the impression that domestic violence support exists even in the highlighted areas, but the campaign is calling for it to be more specialized for women and children. I assume that actually the call is for services specialized to deal with domestic violence, as opposed to general policing and general social services.

This sort of ambiguity could be a magnet for pedants and the terminally bored, and could worry those who think domestic violence shouldn't be always portrayed as against women. This quite aside from anyone who genuinely has an agenda against campaigns on behalf of women.