And two fellas in Singapore get shafted. I’m sure by now the whole Singapore blogging community is in an uproar, or has been in an uproar for the past few days. Apparently two yahoos got themselves charged with… making racist slurs on their blogs. I wonder how that would measure up against our content code, though I’m sure comments denigrating another race is beyond the pale under the general prohibitions.
I’ve discussed this before at some length, over here. I don’t thinkI should rehash anything, it’s just vaguely disturbing that all this comes about two weeks after I wrote that bit. I’ll have to grab a hold of Singapore’s Seditions Act, so if google expert can help me out here, I’d appreciate it.
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