http://internetfiltered.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/you-can-filter-an-individual-facebook-account/ Share with us your thoughts & rantings Wed, 21 May 2008 15:43:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://internetfiltered.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/you-can-filter-an-individual-facebook-account/#comment-25 sy Wed, 21 May 2008 15:26:07 +0000 http://internetfiltered.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-25 I will not comment on the political implications of China's actions and decisions towards Tibet. What I would like to point out and question is, given that you have the freedom of speech for your political/humanitarism (etc.) beliefs, does it then mean that you have to right to make use of a public tool (Facebook) to proprogate actions acting on your beliefs (making known plans to protest during Olympic torch relay). I believe freedom of speech comes with responsibility. Even if you intended to announce your plans to the whole wide world, do you have the right to do it on a social network where you agreed to a bunch of terms and conditions? I say do it on your own hosted website to whatever audience you can harness. A much reiterated point is freedom of speech is not equivalent to freedom from being prosecuted for what you say. Secondly, can I point out the inappropriateness of protesting at the Olympic torch relay event when Olympic Games emphasis sportsmanship, and friendship across countries? It is not a forum for you to express your political stands. The foreign embassy is more appropriate. I will not comment on the political implications of China’s actions and decisions towards Tibet. What I would like to point out and question is, given that you have the freedom of speech for your political/humanitarism (etc.) beliefs, does it then mean that you have to right to make use of a public tool (Facebook) to proprogate actions acting on your beliefs (making known plans to protest during Olympic torch relay). I believe freedom of speech comes with responsibility. Even if you intended to announce your plans to the whole wide world, do you have the right to do it on a social network where you agreed to a bunch of terms and conditions? I say do it on your own hosted website to whatever audience you can harness. A much reiterated point is freedom of speech is not equivalent to freedom from being prosecuted for what you say.
Secondly, can I point out the inappropriateness of protesting at the Olympic torch relay event when Olympic Games emphasis sportsmanship, and friendship across countries? It is not a forum for you to express your political stands. The foreign embassy is more appropriate.

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