I have recently been speaking to a flickr friend, elfonse, who lives out in Singapore. In a passing comment he asked if I had heard about the "AcidFlask Incident". Not surprisingly, *I hadn't, but I was curious, so I did a little digging with my good friend Google. Most of the stuff churned up referred to what happened after the incident, but nothing really describing the story, or what brought about the shut down of his weblog.
Allegedly, it is correspondence between Chen and the media, as well as referencing that article that caused so much offense. It's sad that in this day and age there are still people out there who cannot speak their minds. Sure, if you want to keep your job and not get "Dooced", you have to be careful what you say, regardless of where you live, but we still shouldn't take what freedom of speech we have for granted. I am sure there are many fantastic stories to be told, that will never be heard because of censorship.
(*I'm sure a lot of you, like me, also know nothing about this, so I've spared you the digging!)
