I’ve fielded many a question concerning my dear twin sisters decision to go into the Army. Frankly, it’s a difficult subject to discuss with people and I’m never quite sure how to go about it. I think now I’ve finally figured it out: I’ll just print out her most recent post, A Mother’s Call, on a nice little card and hand it out to the well-meaning inquisitors.

Please don’t forward email petitions, trust me it doesn’t work. The math just simply does not add up and generally these petitions are based on false information anyway.

I hereby declare that I will not forward email petitions.

This doesn’t mean I don’t care about the plight of Afghan Women, or I that I don’t believe in God. I assure you I don’t practise the art of “bonsai kittens” and I definitely support the freedom to breastfeed. I don’t however promote the clogging of in-boxes and the false sense that one has helped the world by simply forwarding on a massive list of names that will never meet there intended recipient.

So I now declare a ban on forwarded email petitions. In fact I think I’ll start a petition against it. What do you think. Leave your name in the comments if you agree.
Oh, and here’s some links to support my point.
Don’t forward email petitions
Snopes on Internet Petitions

Note: To abstain from any confusion, I am not speaking of the petitions that are formally hosted on specific websites by notable well respected establishments.