A 24-year old blogger of Chinese extraction was arrested in Singapore for an allegedly racist post. The blogger goes by the name “Fragrant Prince.” (Ick.) A visit to the blog URL results in a message, “This blog is open to invited readers only.” Other bloggers said “Fragrant Prince,” whose name is Franco, replaced the allegedly offensive post with an apology. Google cached his blog. It looks like he said a guy was a “stupid Malay” and that he stank. Well, it’s official, the guy’s a tool. And now he’s in jail for it.

There have been Chinese-Malay riots in the past in Singapore and that seems to be the rationale for arresting this guy for a “thought crime.” But once you start arresting people for being tools, you better have a gigantic prison. In reality, of course, this is a tool for the maintenance of “order,” at all costs.