{"id":4360,"date":"2009-01-16T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2009-01-16T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T06:54:00","slug":"the-candlemakers-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-candlemakers-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Candlemakers\u2019 Petition"},"content":{"rendered":"
Version One<\/a><\/b> by Bastiat: A petition by candlemakers for protection against the sun, which is “flooding the domestic market” with “production of light” at “an incredibly low price.”<\/p>\n Version Two<\/a><\/b> by Sabnis: A petition by candlemakers against online petitions, which have affected the sale of candles by replacing candlelight vigils as the ultimate in “futile and convenient empty gestures.”<\/p>\n Quite. The first person to point me to an online petition that has actually achieved something in the real world gets a lifesize wax statue of Himesh Reshammiya with a wick on top. (Conditions apply.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"