Showing posts with label Chinese blogger stabbed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese blogger stabbed. Show all posts

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.