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 Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: Michelle Obama and *that* Picture |
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| Quote: | The US firm conceded that the picture – which depicts the US First Lady with the features of a monkey – was offensive but resisted calls to take it down.
The disturbing image was the top result suggested to anyone who typed “Michelle Obama” into Google Images, the firm’s picture search engine. |
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The image has now been removed from the original hosting site and it's bugger as I can't seem to find another copy!
Do you reckon Google was correct in refusing to take the image down? Who is responsible?
I reckon they made the right call, they merely display what other people publish.
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What was it trying to convey? what message was it trying to represent? - how is it racist?, oh that's right, she's black. This wouldn't of mattered if she'd been white 
It's this attitude that keeps things like this going, if it wouldn't of mattered if she had been white, then it shouldn't matter if she's black.
Who's interpretation climbed to the top of the pile ahead of anyone else? - who perhaps showed some semblance of sense? - we now have to take whoever's opinion now that it was all these things when it might not of been.
Who took offence?
Sorry I can't be more accurate, I would point out how this picture could of meant all sorts of other things but some blinkered in-duh-vidual didn't look into alternate meanings they just decided that what they thought was right and everyone else had to follow them. How sad, so much for free speech eh?
I take offence at seeing pictures of someone who looks like an action man who's been left near a fire for slightly too long click here
Nope they are still there...
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and it's bugger as I can't seem to find another copy!
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I bet you could if you looked long enough, or you knew where to look.
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