“WEBSITE COMBINES ONLINE GAMING AND .NET ACTIVISM TO HELP IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
A new website that uses the power of internet gambling to raise money for civilian casualties of a US-led war against Iraq. The premise of the game is simple: visitors to www.marchtowar.com place $5.00 bets on when the war will begin. The player whose bet is closest to the actual start of hostilities will win prepaid gasoline cards totaling 20% of the total money collected. The remainder will be donated to agencies providing humanitarian relief to civilian victims of the coming war.
“This isn’t about protest,” said Marcel Champion, one of the site’s founders. “The decision to go to war was made a long time ago, whether we like it or not. The Bush administration has made it abundantly clear that they don’t give a hoot about opinion of either US citizens or the international community. While we empathize with the millions of Americans who question the President’s commitment to democratic processes, marchtowar.coms position is purely pragmatic.”
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Members of the United States armed forces and National Security Agency are prohibited from participating in the pool.”
