Bells goes to petition spot dot com

[Bells]

What a mistake that was...

So, out of a penny arcade link i find a Petition (from someone else) asking the writer of Dragon Age 2 to be fired for writing gay Stereotypes in the game.

Ok...

Also, here it is

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/FireDavidGaider/

So, it tickles my fancy and i ask myself "what else are the peeps of the interwebs Petitioning for?"

So, i click on "latest" and here are the top 5 as of this writing

"GET RID OF SKANKS LIKE KALEY NICOLE FORD"

"save syrian from killing by Bashar elassad forces"

"Josh Stieler is a homosexual."

"Breaking Dawn (Rated R, Directors Cut)"

"Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar"

oh boy....

Now, ok, i would -not- be surprised if a lot of those are Troll Petitions for giggles and shitz... most likely quite a few are. Then again, sometimes i see this...

Really band nonsensical rant about slavery

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/endslaverynow

You may not know, but slavery is still going on, just under the radar. It also goes by a different name, too. In several AFRICAN and ASIAN countries, people are using innocent CHILDREN!!!!! PLUS, IF THEY DO SOMETHING WRONG, OR JUST DO NOT WORK AS FAST AS THEIR OWNER WANTS, SNOT WITH A BELT, BUT WE WILL BEAT THEM! AND NOT WITH A BELT, BUT WITH A WHIP! AND NOT JUST ANY WHIP, BUT COW SKINS, RAWHIDE, BULL WHIPS, AND, BLACK SNAKE OX WHIPS!!! THIS KIND OF TORTURE MUST END NOW!!!! WHEN YOU SIGN THIS PETITION, YOU ARE AGREEING THAT SLAVERY SHOULD NOT BE PRACTICED AT ALL, AND IS AN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY, CRUEL, UNJUST,AND INHUMANE THING TO TO DO. SO, WHY HAS IT NOT STOPPED? BECAUSE PEOPLE FAIL TO REALIZE THAT IT IS STILL GOING ON, EVEN THOUGH THE HISTORY BOOKS SAY THAT IT HAS ENDED, IT DID NOT!THIS PETITION MAY NOT END SLAVERY, BUT IT WILL AT LEAST MAKE PEOPLE AWARE THAT IT IS STILL OCCURING, AND THEN EVENTUALLY, SOMETHING MAJOR CAN HELP PUT AN END TO IT ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!!! HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF THESE INNOCENT CHILDREN!!!!

So... online Petitions... GURH! Amirite?

Or maybe just another fine example of how people with internet connections can be aimless dicks and/or stupid.

[ChaoticBrain]

I was going to start a petition asking people to end petitions just to be ironic and lulzy, but I changed my mind because I didn't feel like coming up with a 20,000 character description.

[Mr.Bookworm]

As a homosexual playing Dragon Age 2, I've witnessed the worst stereotype homosexual characters in this game. If you refused to make your moves on a gay character then you are received rivalry points for not wanting to be gay for the character.

This is completely wrong, homosexuals do not approach people and force them to kiss us, the person that wrote this game should be fired for stereotyping homosexuals in such a disrespectful way, as well as creating the worst writing in characters, plot and everything else in DA2.

It felt very odd that my male companions kept making passes at me, when I never found any interest or even flirted with them. This sort of thing shows that gays are unable to be normal people and think nothing about sex. This is the type of garbage that has people believe that gays shouldn't serve in the military. We are human beings that are the same as everyone else!

Please sign this petition if you wish that Dragon Age senior writer David Gaider should be fired.

Given the non-English and general stupidity present in the petition that "tickled your fancy", I'm surprised that you were surprised.

Also, I don't think people on the internet being stupid jackasses has been a thing for a while.

[Amake]

Originally Posted by Bells

"GET RID OF SKANKS LIKE KALEY NICOLE FORD"

Wow, I never thought online petitions ever accomplished anything, but that line still managed to destroy my faith in online petitions.

Also yeah sometimes people will kiss you and risk a slap in the face to find out if you're attracted to them. I don't think that's unique to straight people.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

I don't know who Kaley Nicole Ford is but fuck her. What a bitch.

[Magus]

If she's a skank I'm kinda hoping even someone like I might be able to get bizayy

[bluestarultor]

Honestly there really, really aren't any gay stereotypes in DA2. All of the vanilla love interests are bi and the DLC guy is straight. For that matter, of the four standard love interests, one male and one female will proposition you regardless of gender, while the other two you'll have to work at regardless of gender. Anders, easily one of the best characters of the series, is just as "friendly" with Hawke either sex, and despite an awkward lack of a friendship option in response to his initial pass, if you take the "It's... unexpected" option (at least for a guy) and then change the subject, he takes the hint and you let him down easy. For that matter, the only real issue is the lack of an immediate friendship option. The guy is honest, but subtle and respectful about it, and he's very sincere. If ever put in a similarly awkward position, he's pretty much the type I'd hope I was dealing with.


...Oh, wait, this is about retarded petitions in general, isn't it?

Yeah, 90% of petitions are retarded. Also, there's no need to worry, because petitions as a whole pretty much never accomplish anything unless they're governmental, so yeah.

[Raiden]

Considering the comments the user who made the petition got for his petition, I don't think it'll be going anywhere. He's been given the verbal smack down pretty good.

[Observer]

I was really excited about the guy who wanted to teach the children of Jupiter parkour until I realized it wasn't actually about space aliens.