# Peace petition to sign **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687 "2001-09-19T22:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nicklz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicklz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicklz)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687/21 "2001-09-21T05:08:52Z")
A petition for peace???..ahhh Are you a part of Bin Ladens organization, by any chance? Because, I’d be petioning for peace to if I were associated with him or any other terrorist organization. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687/22 "2001-09-21T05:35:45Z")
I, too, think that a position of “no retaliation” would surely encourage more terrorist strikes. Put yourself in the mindset of a man who wants to destroy America at any cost… if you were able to act with impunity, wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687/23 "2001-09-21T11:05:14Z")
How come I keep following **SPOOFE** into threads? I feel like a sniffer dog… ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687/24 "2001-09-21T11:43:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barbarian \* > \*\*How come I keep following **SPOOFE** into threads? I feel like a sniffer dog… \*\* Should we mention what you _look_ like? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687/25 "2001-09-21T12:32:55Z")
IMHO, electronic petitions aren’t worth the electrons they’re printed on, because _nobody_ pays attention to them. It is standard policy in most governmental offices to automatically delete such e-mail, because they are too easily faked. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687/26 "2001-09-21T12:42:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bluepony \* > \*\*Hey, this is cool. I just got a new printer and I printed out the petition. I liked the way it looked on a new sheet of paper, the words were really bright and bold. > Then I wiped my ass with it. \*\* [TriumphtheInsultComicDog]This is a great petition . . . _ **for me to poop on!!** _[/TriumphtheInsultComicDog] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687/27 "2001-09-21T12:47:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bluepony \* > \*\*Hey, this is cool. I just got a new printer and I printed out the petition. I liked the way it looked on a new sheet of paper, the words were really bright and bold. > > Then I wiped my ass with it. \*\* Warning to Dopers! Never read a **Bluepony** post while eating breakfast! ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687/28 "2001-09-21T13:38:41Z")
Say what you will about the OP’ers other recent actions on this board, and the efficacy of e-petitions, but I’ve seen this one on hard copy, and I signed it. There has been a frieghtening tendency towards an innapropriate amount of militarization after this tragedy, as well as vague concerns over loss of civil liberties. To his credit, Bush has resisted both impulses so far. I never would have said it a month ago, and I may very well disown this staement a month later, but he is becoming a president I can become proud of. (Unfortunate naming aside, “Infinite Justice” indeed :rolleyes). Nevertheless, it’s important to tell our leaders that we’re we not be motivated by bloodlust and revenge, and we won’t trade our freedom for security. They may already know this, but it never hurts to remind them. ~Menocchio [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-petition-to-sign/82687.md?page=1)