Suresh,<div><br></div><div>It's always a matter of opinion. Anybody can hit the delete key if that particular item perplexes them. But you know some of us who can make the connection - then it's not a big deal. The picture of the president and the first lady hugging and is heavily tweeted (and even circulated in Facebook) is a sign of free speech online. Please don't get me wrong - you are entitled to ask. There are so many facebook pages created in the US that is devoted to political opinions, e.g. "<i>Politically Incorrect and Proud of It Too</i>." Anybody can subscribe to humorous quotes, posts and pictures that pokes fun at President Obama. That's like normal squabbling. You have the likes of Michelle Malkin who is a very strong conservative blogger who uses her Twitchy website to post her tweets (as screenshots) to make a political point. So those people who tweeted on Obama's winning are probably his supporters, thus, expressing their own right to express themselves via social media. I see nothing wrong with that regardless if one is a liberal, conservative or a libertarian. Do I really need to elaborate on this issue? Nope - it's a no brainer. I just want to point out that this is how I would think of the issue. But I wouldn't chide Fahd for posting that here as well as he is also is exercising his right to share his opinion. I also chose to give him a break.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Charity Gamboa-Embley<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net" target="_blank">suresh@hserus.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-family:Arial">Well you see, without some commentary about it in this context from the original poster, it is practically impossible to tell the difference between that and idle forwarding of random news articles.<br>
<br>--srs (htc one x)<div><div class="h5"><br><br><br>----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Ivar A. M. Hartmann" <<a href="mailto:ivarhartmann@gmail.com" target="_blank">ivarhartmann@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>>, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net" target="_blank">suresh@hserus.net</a>><br>
Cc: "Fahd A. Batayneh" <<a href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com" target="_blank">fahd.batayneh@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [governance] Barack Obama Victory Tweet Most Retweeted Ever<br>Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 4:26 AM<br>
<br></div></div></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>I believe major happenings in the field of social networks are of interest<br>to IG.<br>In this case, it's more strong evidence of the use of social networks for<br>
political speech. This relates to cyberdemocracy theories and concerns<br>stakeholders involved in regulating free speech online as political speech<br>is deemed in almost all democracies to be the type of speech that calls for<br>
the stronger protection.<br>Just my opinion.<br>Best,<br>Ivar<br><br><br>On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net" target="_blank">suresh@hserus.net</a>>wrote:<br><br>
> May I ask your opinion on how or why a photo of a couple hugging is anyway<br>> remotely related to igov?<br>><br>> --srs (iPad)<br>><br>> On 08-Nov-2012, at 1:26, "Fahd A. Batayneh" <<a href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com" target="_blank">fahd.batayneh@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20237531" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20237531</a><br>><br>> The words "four more years", coupled with a photo of Barack and Michelle<br>
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