September 7, 2007
A Barnard Tenure Case Hits the Internet, and Petitions Fly
PetitionOnline.com is a largely unsung frontier of digital democracy — rowdy, omnivorous, often poorly spelled. Last month on the site, which proclaims "more than 55 million signatures collected," a few of the most active campaigns were "Don't Execute Kenneth E. Foster!" (a prisoner on death row in Texas), "Remake Final Fantasy 7" (a computer game), and "Please don't kill our EJ!!!" (a character on Days of Our Lives).
Also among the most active campaigns were two petitions
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