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Originally posted by RawAlex@Dec 7 2004, 08:28 AM
I have a problem with organized groups that attempt to abuse systems in order to effect change. ...Organized campaigns don't require original thought from the complainers: Just go here, click on this link, and a premade complaint will be formed up and sent to the FCC. That isn't complaining, that is just clicking buttons.
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On the ACLU website you can send a letter to your senator "Urging the Administration to Release all Torture-Related Documents " with two clicks. The letter is pre-written. You can also oppose a Federal Marriage Amendment or oppose changes to immigration law.
Now I think if you feel strongly about such a thing you should go ahead and click those buttons. If people feel strongly opposed they should organize opposing websites
How long would slavery have lasted in the world without all the various abolitionist groups and efforts? How would women's suffrage have ever happened in the western world without such groups? Sure, 90% of the participant weren't involved in "original thought". Sure, they parroted the slogans of the women's rights movement or the abolitionist movement.
But these were democratic processes just the same as the ones under discussion.