Please help now - Dem Mega-Activist Aaron Swartz

[commenter8]

White House petition to fire Aaron Swartz prosecutor Stephen Heymann: 
 
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fire-assistant-us-attorney-steve-heymann/RJKSY2nb 
 
The Heymann petition is very important - it has 23,415 signatures & it needs 25,000 by February 11th. Please spread the word!!! 
 
White House petition to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: 
 
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reform-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act-reflect-realities-computing-and-networks-2013/qMvdwVNw 

Read about Aaron Swartz here:

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/02/aaron_swartz_he_wanted_to_save_the_world_why_couldn_t_he_save_himself.single.html

[NightWatcher]

1. What happens when you get your signatures? Nothing

Petitions don't accomplish anything.

But go sign anyway.

[Cleita]

2. Signing doesn't hurt. It lets them know that the natives are restless and

there might be war drums next.

[NightWatcher]

3. Or it's a way for people to think they are doing something when really they're not

It's called Slacktivism.

Re gun control: polls show 90%+ people are in favor of background checks, yet they tell you to go sign more petitions. They don't need petition signers to know what we want. Plus no petitions have led to legislation. The WH Petition Page is a joke. A gazillion people sign one for marijuana legalization....what happened, nothing. Petitions are about feeling good for doing nothing.

[Cleita]

5. Well, you enjoy your half empty glass. I prefer mine half full. n/t

[NightWatcher]

6. Sorry, I used to sign but got jaded

I'd love to see a petition get something

[commenter8]

4. WH will (eventually) respond

The petition to fire US Attorney Carmen Ortiz already has 52,192 signatures. Heymann was the guy on the phone to Swartz's attorney who insisted on a felony conviction with jail time. He deserves to be fired even more than his supervisor Carmen Ortiz.

The petitions of Internet users already stopped SOPA and PIPA despite their strong backing from industry lobbyists. Your voice does have a powerful effect. At 25,000 signatures the White House will respond to the petition. Thank you for signing!