We learn so much on the internet.
And, every so often, we’ll read a horrifying account of cruelty or unfairness which makes our blood boil. It’s accompanied by a petition to help put things right, and we sign up gladly.
So, what happens after we sign the petition?
Within hours – or seconds – we’ll be deluged with requests to sign other petitions. For topics completely unrelated to the cause we chose to support. For problems we didn’t know existed, political issues we never felt strongly about and things we didn’t previously want to save or prevent.
After all, we’re warm-hearted, caring people – we must have an opinion about dolphin-smuggling in the rainforest, homeless elephants with breast cancer, or transgender supertankers in prison.
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