A number of petition and campaigning groups are to merge to pool their resources and emotional blackmail capacity it has emerged.
38Degrees, SumOfUs and Avaaz are to form GuiltTrip Inc. to pursue more vigorously those whose conscience can be easily pricked.
'We believe we can achieve more if we share email lists and campaigns with each other and spam the inboxes of anyone who has ever dared to sign one of our campaigns with even more email' said group director Ash Kennedy
'We only send two of three emails daily each. Rather than campaigning for one massive change, we find we can bribe more money out of people if we just nibble at the edges of issues and affect no substantive change.'
'That justifies our existence and salaries. And we can grind down anyone who has ever cared about the world until they are so fatigued with compassion they will sign anything.'
'GuiltTrip Inc. For a brighter, more equal, and exhausting tomorrow.'