# Slacktivists and gross cancer baby pictures

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slacktivists-and-gross-cancer-baby-pictures/617129>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 29, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slacktivists-and-gross-cancer-baby-pictures/617129 "2012-03-29T07:16:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slacktivists-and-gross-cancer-baby-pictures/617129/21 "2012-03-30T15:39:14Z")

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Just like to point out that some internet petitions are significant. For example, there is a convention that any petition to receive 100k signatures on the official website for the UK parliament ([direct.gov.uk](http://direct.gov.uk)) will be discussed in the Commons. Sadly the most popular petition was a poorly thought out one… Hardly the best advertisement for direct democracy. ☹

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