oh my...

Date: 2006-04-21 08:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enthiomaniac.livejournal.com
I'd be interested in the percentage of women he got to sign it. Don't suppose it's possible that was just sneaky editing?

Re: oh my...

Date: 2006-04-21 08:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crasch.livejournal.com
No doubt he edited out most of the women who knew what suffrage meant. However, I think the women who signed did actually sign the petition without knowing what they were doing.

Date: 2006-04-21 09:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kirinqueen.livejournal.com
I didn't look at the link, but this was a bit on The Man Show years ago.

Date: 2006-04-22 03:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] waitingforoct.livejournal.com
Yep - same bit really. Priceless.

Penn and Teller did something similar . . .

Date: 2006-04-21 09:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] adderyn.livejournal.com
Circulating a petition to ban Di-hydrogenated Oxygen (or a similar scientific name for water)
Sadly many people just signed without asking what the hell it was.

Re: Penn and Teller did something similar . . .

Date: 2006-04-22 03:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nder.livejournal.com
dihydrogen monoxide.
horrible stuff. kills thousands.