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What better way to start a blog than by discussing someone else's?
Sixth Seal, a blog reviewing food, travel, products, and illegal narcotics, has recently been taken down after several years of obscurity if not infamy. In addition to surprisingly well written pieces discussing the differences between noodle dishes in Singapore and China, an odd botted beverage containing a glass orb, and the ins and outs of the Singapore nightclub scene, writer Poh Huai Bin's blog occasionally featured educational ramblings by "guest writer" Veritas. This contributor published articles on drug use and culture which were often accompanied by photographs and even videos of the writer preparing and consuming illegal narcotics.
After 3 years of consumption and confession, Sixth Seal was featured on the front page of a major Singapore newspaper. Legalities pending, Huai Bin agreed to remove all content deemed inappropriate for public display. Though he was quick to restructure his site, his URL, www.sixthseal.com, is currently inoperable.
Though a relatively small fish in the sea of the interweb, Sixth Seal may set precedent for similar cases in years to come. The issue of freedom of speech has been the instigator in revolutions, wars, and persecution about as long as mankind has been able to vocalize, but the colossal megaphone that is the internet introduces new complications. Where is the line drawn? What, precisely, is the crime? Is freedom of speech limited to auditory and written communication or are we free to invite the world to sit at our desks?
Perhaps free speech is limited to anonymous individuals or collaborative authors. There are a multitude of websites, for example Erowid and Lycaeum, which educate in depth on the topics of legal and illegal narcotics. These websites are contributed to by the general public, providing chemical, experiential, and behavioural data and personal accounts. All the reader knows about each contributor is what little he or she chooses to share. Bin Huai has chosen to disclose his identity, his likes and dislikes, his lifestyle habits, and his visage on his website. Is it truly the illegal content that pushes his site over the edge, or the compliment of otherwise ordinary personal data?
I'll not raise my personal beliefs on this matter. I am simply disclosing it to the public so that they can make their own informed decisions. Don't make yours, however, until you've gotten to know Bin Huai a little better.
Like most web pages, archives of Sixth Seal can be found on The Wayback Machine, sans multimedia content.
Sixth Seal, a blog reviewing food, travel, products, and illegal narcotics, has recently been taken down after several years of obscurity if not infamy. In addition to surprisingly well written pieces discussing the differences between noodle dishes in Singapore and China, an odd botted beverage containing a glass orb, and the ins and outs of the Singapore nightclub scene, writer Poh Huai Bin's blog occasionally featured educational ramblings by "guest writer" Veritas. This contributor published articles on drug use and culture which were often accompanied by photographs and even videos of the writer preparing and consuming illegal narcotics.
After 3 years of consumption and confession, Sixth Seal was featured on the front page of a major Singapore newspaper. Legalities pending, Huai Bin agreed to remove all content deemed inappropriate for public display. Though he was quick to restructure his site, his URL, www.sixthseal.com, is currently inoperable.
Though a relatively small fish in the sea of the interweb, Sixth Seal may set precedent for similar cases in years to come. The issue of freedom of speech has been the instigator in revolutions, wars, and persecution about as long as mankind has been able to vocalize, but the colossal megaphone that is the internet introduces new complications. Where is the line drawn? What, precisely, is the crime? Is freedom of speech limited to auditory and written communication or are we free to invite the world to sit at our desks?
Perhaps free speech is limited to anonymous individuals or collaborative authors. There are a multitude of websites, for example Erowid and Lycaeum, which educate in depth on the topics of legal and illegal narcotics. These websites are contributed to by the general public, providing chemical, experiential, and behavioural data and personal accounts. All the reader knows about each contributor is what little he or she chooses to share. Bin Huai has chosen to disclose his identity, his likes and dislikes, his lifestyle habits, and his visage on his website. Is it truly the illegal content that pushes his site over the edge, or the compliment of otherwise ordinary personal data?
I'll not raise my personal beliefs on this matter. I am simply disclosing it to the public so that they can make their own informed decisions. Don't make yours, however, until you've gotten to know Bin Huai a little better.
Like most web pages, archives of Sixth Seal can be found on The Wayback Machine, sans multimedia content.
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posted by Brian Damage at 4:49 PM
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HB is from Malaysia. Sabah actually.
I miss Veritas.. I hope is feeling well and writing!
Correction HB is from Sibu(town), Sarawak(state), Malaysia(country) not Sabah ( neighbouring state of Sarawak also in Malaysia )
hHuai Bin Poh should go to jail..
He is a disgrace to Sibu, to sarawak and to Malaysia..
shame to his father who used to can students in school for their disciplinary problems. He can;t even control his own son. I heard that HB lost one of his kidney due to overdose. Well done HB. Keep it going on. His sister is responsible as well. His sister is a bright student since young and now is a doctor in Auckland, NZ. Maybe his sister overshadow him in everyway and make HB the person he is today...phycologically imbalance and want to escape from this reality world..
what a sad story..
He works somewhere near my office once in Jalan Padungan, Kuching. He hails from Sibu but works in Kuching. Met him in person several times. Considering that he is good in his career (real one) but then is stupid in confessing his drug addiction to the world on web. I have long treatened him by posting comments in his site saying that he ought to be caught and jailed by the police as there was more then enough evidence posted in there.
Never knew such a bright and clever person could be sooo stupid and ignorant.
Poh Huai Bin, u are just a stupid jackass. U belong in jail.
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