<div>Good point, Wolfgang,</div><div>probably it is disambiguated, i.e. announced as such e.g. by inverted commas, or cue cards with "Laugh" on it.</div><div> </div><div>Aldo</div><div><br><br> </div><div class="gmail_quote">
2012/1/31 "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de">wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de</a>></span><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">
Hi<br>
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is "joking" protected by the first amendement of the US constitution and part of Article 19 (right to freedom of exression) of the UN Human Rights Declaration?<br>
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wolfgang<br>
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Betreff: [governance] Caution on Twitter urged as tourists barred from US<br>
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31 January 2012 Last updated at 12:51 GMT<br>
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Caution on Twitter urged as tourists barred from US<br>
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Post-9/11 USA is highly cautious of any perceived threat, Abta said<br>
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Holidaymakers have been warned to watch their words after two friends were refused entry to the US on security grounds after a tweet.<br>
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Before his trip, Leigh Van Bryan wrote that he was going to "destroy America".<br>
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He insisted he was referring to simply having a good time - but was sent home.<br>
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Trade association Abta told the BBC that the case highlighted that holidaymakers should never do anything to raise "concern or suspicion in any way".<br>
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The US Department for Homeland Security picked up Mr Bryan's messages ahead of his holiday in Los Angeles.<br>
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The 26-year-old bar manager wrote a message to a friend on the micro-blogging service, saying: "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America."<br>
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The Irish national told the Sun newspaper <<a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4095372/Twitter-news-US-bars-friends-over-Twitter-joke.html" target="_blank">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4095372/Twitter-news-US-bars-friends-over-Twitter-joke.html</a>> that he and his friend Emily Bunting were apprehended on arrival at Los Angeles International Airport before being sent home.<br>
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"The Homeland Security agents were treating me like some kind of terrorist," Mr Bryan said.<br>
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"I kept saying they had got the wrong meaning from my tweet."<br>
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No joke<br>
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Abta, which represents travel companies in the UK, said holidaymakers need to learn to be ultra-cautious when it comes to talking about forthcoming trips, particularly after 9/11.<br>
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Continue reading the main story <<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810312#story_continues_2" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810312#story_continues_2</a>><br>
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Airport security staff do not have a sense of humour when it comes to potential risk"<br>
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"Posting statements in a public forum which could be construed as threatening - in this case saying they are going to "destroy" somewhere - will not be viewed sympathetically by US authorities," it told the BBC.<br>
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"In the past we have seen holidaymakers stopped at airport security for 'joking' that they have a bomb in their bag, thoroughly questioned and ending up missing their flights, demonstrating that airport security staff do not have a sense of humour when it comes to potential risk."<br>
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In another tweet, Mr Bryan made reference to comedy show Family Guy saying that he would be in LA in three weeks, annoying people "and diggin' Marilyn Monroe up".<br>
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Mr Bryan told the newspaper that he was questioned for five hours about his Twitter messages.<br>
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'Tweeter account'<br>
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After the interview, Homeland Security's reported: "Mr Bryan confirmed that he had posted on his Tweeter website account that he was coming to the United States to dig up the grave of Marilyn Monroe.<br>
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"Also on his tweeter account Mr Bryan posted he was coming to destroy America."<br>
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Paul Chambers was fined after posting a message about Robin Hood Airport<br>
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The US Customs and Border Protection agency said in a statement that it tried to maintain a balance between "securing our borders while facilitating the high volume of legitimate trade and travel that crosses our borders every day".<br>
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It added: "We strive to achieve that balance and show the world that the United States is a welcoming nation."<br>
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Mr Bryan is not the only person to suffer from a misjudged tweet. In January 2010, Paul Chambers tweeted that he would blow snow-affected Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster "sky high!" if it was not reopened in time for him to see his girlfriend.<br>
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He was fined £385 plus £2,600 in costs - a sum which actor Stephen Fry offered to pay on Mr Chambers' behalf.<br>
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