Saturday, July 9, 2011

Taiwan Blogger Jailed for “Salty” Noodles

According to a recent report, a Taichung woman was sentenced to thirty days in jail for blogging that a restaurant’s beef noodles were “too salty.” In the court’s opinion, it was out of line for the woman surnamed Liu to slam the restaurant, writing about roaches and the “bully” owner, Yang. She also went too far, according to the court, for calling the noodles “too salty” since she had only tried one bowl and two small side dishes. She was ordered to pay the owner NT $6,900 (approximately US $200.00) and serve thirty days in prison. What can we learn from this? If your beef noodles are too salty, keep it to yourself!

What do you think?