Help Trevor
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Topic: Help Trevor
Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Subject: Help Trevor
Date Posted: April 10 2008 at 16:59
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Hey guys and girls, i was wondering if you'd all take a moment of time to sign this petition. This poor Canadian fellow has a terminal illness which is being treated by drugs which are on a medical trial, and unless the drug is approved, Trevor will surely die.
http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/TrevorPare It only takes a few moments to sign and with 500,000 names we could be saving a mans life Thanks a bundle Mikey ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
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Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: April 10 2008 at 20:03
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Please expound as to why an collection of names gathered through email would make a difference to a governmental body ?
------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 10 2008 at 23:42
 Geez online petitions are almost always bogus, in my experience.
Sorry, but I'll wager you've been suckered.
I'm going to research this -- hang on. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 10 2008 at 23:53
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Apologies, cynthiasmallet -- it seems to be genuine (links to mainstream newspaper articles, photo of boy, nothing about it on the Snopes urban legends site, etc.)
I hope you understand my initial cynicism -- one sees so much "sign/forward this"-type crapola on the web.
(Still, I don't want to send out my email address to the petition-hosting site just like that.)
I imagine real letters and paper petitions might work better -- indeed, the article I viewed mentions his schoolmates starting a letter-writing campaign.
Good luck. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |