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Old 07-February-2007, 03:18 PM
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I've been following the petition all day as it climbed 30,000 to reach it's 750,000 target within a few hours. Now it's not budging at all.

I'm now suspicious of a spambot at work. It's sad because I wanted the target to be reached, but not if its fraudulent.
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Old 07-February-2007, 04:06 PM
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I've been following the petition[...]
Oh, how I wish people would care more about their audience and describe to what they are linking.

The petition begins:

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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Scrap the planned vehicle tracking and road pricing policy.
The idea of tracking every vehicle at all times is sinister and wrong. Road pricing is already here with the high level of taxation on fuel. The more you travel - the more tax you pay.
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Old 07-February-2007, 04:28 PM
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Never mind. Panic over. It's just shot up by 20,000. Must have been an update problem.

Else the spam bot was on lunch break.

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The petition itself is unimportant. The important thing is how it seemed to have stopped its increase.
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...The petition itself is unimportant. The important thing is how it seemed to have stopped its increase.
Your missing 01101001's point---too many OP's contain cute wry little remarks that demand clicking on a link without a proper summation of why we, who have no idea what is being talked about, should even bother.
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Your missing 01101001's point---too many OP's contain cute wry little remarks that demand clicking on a link without a proper summation of why we, who have no idea what is being talked about, should even bother.

There is something very ironic in this post. But in a good way.
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