Change.org doesn't Change Anything
- Pratik Badgujar We all have become familiar with the pain that the poor elephant has to go through in Kerala. Very strong reactions have rightly emerged from all factions of society. Among such voices, my friend sent me a link to website which had an online petition for demanding formation of strict laws against such incidents. Here is a chat that followed: I: Are such petitions useful? He: May be but, doing it doesn't harm anyone, and if effective then it will be helpful in some sense at least. I: I believe that such petitions are not very useful as they give a false sense to the signee that "i have done my part". After signing, one doesn't even think about what he/she personally should do about such issues. So, in effect, signing such non-legal petitions is a bad idea. He: It depends on person to person, I am doing because I consider this brutality inhuman and want it to stop, why are you thinking so much? if you sign, it may lead to change, but if y