Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Blogger Stabbed in Beijing

My condolence to Mr. Xu Lai, a famous Chinese blogger, who was stabbed while giving a public reading in a bookshop in Beijing. Mr Xu Lai is popular for satirical writings about government policies and the likes.

bbqchickenwings does not condonce violence of any form (unless its a frag shootout in Combat Arms, a FPS online game). There is no place for harming people anywhere and the perpetuator has to be punished heavily in accordance with Chinese laws.

Lessons to be learnt
  • It is good to hide under a pseudonym, even a weird one like bbqchickenwings. Get a nice looking avatar. You never know who don't like your writings and have intentions of making their feelings known via violent methods given the openess of the Internet.
  • Don't give public appearances. Don't be a hero especially when your writings are not favoured by the government or other people.
  • Hire bodyguards for loan if you really need to make public appearances. Now, where is my Lara Croft?
  • Give your user id and password to someone close. They can make an announcement on your blog to tell everyone you got hurt/kidnapped/arrested and you need some urgent blood donation/ransom fee/public demonstration to get you released. 
The above only applies if you are some big-time bloggers hitting 5000 views a day or more. bbqchickenwings is happy to remain small and be able to go buy some chicken wings without wearing a Kevlar bullet-proof vest.

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