In my open letter to Noam Chomsky I have tried, among other things, to raise the issue of responsibility of organisers of petitions with special reference to a petition recently organised by Sanhati. This is particularly serious when signatures are sought from distinguished individuals who are not likely to know the background well enough to give an informed consent. Very distinguished persons like Noam Chomsky are routinely asked to sign hundreds of petitions on a regular basis. In most cases, they are compelled to react in terms of prima facie plausibility based on quality of content, personal acquaintance, previous knowledge, and the like. In some cases, it’s just ‘gut feeling’. But the bottom-line is that, once someone signs a petition, he/she must take full responsibility for the contents of the petition. It is, therefore, perfectly justified for the objectors to a petition to direct their objections to the signatories themselves—especially the very distinguished ones whose consent counts so much.