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I'm normally not a huge fan of online petitions since half of the ones that get forwarded to me are hoaxes, but a friend sent me a link for this one which is for a pretty good cause and is confirmed as real, so it seems worthy of space on my blog. As a teacher, child abuse is an issue near and dear to my heart. If you share my antipathy for child pornography/sexual abuse cruise on over and sign it yourself.

"The innocent victims of Internet child abuse cannot speak for themselves. But you can. With your help, we can eradicate this evil trade. We do not need your money. We need you to light a candle of support lightamillioncandles.com. We're aiming to light at least One Million Candles by December 31, 2006.

This petition will be used to encourage governments, politicians, financial institutions, payment organisations, Internet service providers, technology companies and law enforcement agencies to eradicate the commercial viability of online child abuse. They have the power to work together. You have the power to get them to take action.

Please light your candle at lightamillioncandles.com or send an email of support to light@lightamillioncandles.com.

Together, we can destroy the commercial viability of Internet child abuse sites that are destroying the lives of innocent children. Kindly forward this email to your friends, relatives and work colleagues so that they can light a candle too."


You do not have to leave any personal data on the site.