A petition is usualy given to someone who can do something about it.. The Observer can't do anything... No matter how many people sign it..
Theres no way they will admit to being wrong re: Warning against youngsters and the Internet one week then encouraging a 12 yr old to run a public messageboard the next..
The only person that can do anything is the boys parents ..They are being advised by a neighbour of theres who posts as Arkan. He has run his own messageboard for some time at
http://www.horizonforums.com and is also the one that supplies them with there messageboard and hosting. They all live on the same street.
All the obsrver will do is print letters and they wont print any that makes them look stupid . I agree with the whole issue of it being wrong for a 12 yr old to moderate a public forum. But the Observer can't do owt about it I am afraid
