*How many of these petitions are genuine? I have heard tell of many hoax ones.
* Are there more effective ways of putting pressure on using the internet. (I am not suggesting virus attacks or hacking!)
Derek McMillan
QUOTE
This is an online petition to the Brazilian
government, asking them to review a recent decision
concerning their rainforests:
Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that
will reduce the Amazon forest to 50% of its size. It
will take 1 MINUTE
to read this, but PLEASE put your names on the list
and forward this on as
instructed below.
The area to be deforested is 4 times the size of
Portugal and would be mainly used for agriculture and
pastures for
livestock. All the wood is to be sold to international
markets in the
form of wood chips, by large multinational companies.
The truth is that the
soil in the Amazon forest is useless without the
forest itself. Its quality
is very acidic and the region is prone to constant
floods. At this time
more than 160,000 square kilometres deforested with
the same purpose are
abandoned and in the process of becoming deserts,
meaning that this
proposal is in the short-term interests of a few, and
in the long term
interests
of none.
Please paste and copy the text into a 'new e-mail' put
your complete name in the list below, and send to
everyone you know. (DON'T JUST FORWARD IT AS IT WILL
THEN END UP WITH ROWS AND ROWS of '>'s)
If you are the 600th person to sign please send a copy
to:
fsaviolo@openlink.com.br Thank you for your help.
government, asking them to review a recent decision
concerning their rainforests:
Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that
will reduce the Amazon forest to 50% of its size. It
will take 1 MINUTE
to read this, but PLEASE put your names on the list
and forward this on as
instructed below.
The area to be deforested is 4 times the size of
Portugal and would be mainly used for agriculture and
pastures for
livestock. All the wood is to be sold to international
markets in the
form of wood chips, by large multinational companies.
The truth is that the
soil in the Amazon forest is useless without the
forest itself. Its quality
is very acidic and the region is prone to constant
floods. At this time
more than 160,000 square kilometres deforested with
the same purpose are
abandoned and in the process of becoming deserts,
meaning that this
proposal is in the short-term interests of a few, and
in the long term
interests
of none.
Please paste and copy the text into a 'new e-mail' put
your complete name in the list below, and send to
everyone you know. (DON'T JUST FORWARD IT AS IT WILL
THEN END UP WITH ROWS AND ROWS of '>'s)
If you are the 600th person to sign please send a copy
to:
fsaviolo@openlink.com.br Thank you for your help.