You simply won’t believe what this petition was trying to achieve
Anybody can start a petition, if there is an issue on which they have strong feelings, but not every petition makes sense. Some are rejected without making it into the public domain and others are just weird, like the one to include spiciness measures on food packaging.
Author, Nick Harkaway, has unearthed a spectacularly unsuccessful petition that was genuinely open to the public back in 2013; it only received two signatures, and when you see it, you’ll understand why.
Let’s take a closer look at that.
That’s right. A member of the Scottish Parliament – still sitting – thought that a 9pm watershed could be introduced on the worldwide web. Erm … Anyway, when the pre- and post-watershed internet found out about the petition, people immediately grasped the problem in a way that Rhoda Grant MSP had not.
Incredible. We have an MSP (Rhoda Grant) in our parliament who actually thought you could put a watershed on the internet. https://t.co/SY5ZUCp8Rf
— Doug Daniel 🧀🏴 (@DouglasDaniel) September 5, 2018
HAHAHA. MSP Rhoda Grant wants a watershed for the internet, I cannot even deal http://t.co/EsHXqaXGHT
— Nat (@unfortunatalie) October 15, 2013
But it’s always 9 pm somewhere in the world??
— Keith Kellett (@NomadKeith) September 6, 2018
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Does she think the internet is like television? People like her shouldn’t be allowed near an abacus, nevermind a computer!
— Mr Dr Mark Bastardingtön GNVQ, BTEC, MFI, PVC, TIT (@MardyGoth) September 6, 2018
Lest you might think this has all been a slur on the poor woman’s name, this is the link to her petition.
Someone posed an excellent question.
Assuming she signed it herself, who the hell was the other person?
— Simon MacMichael #FBPE (@simonmacmichael) September 6, 2018
Incredibly, there’s an actual clip of Rhoda in one of her I.C.T. classes.
H/T Nick Harkaway