October 15, 2009

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Civil servants in Taiwan have become obsessed with the Facebook game, Happy Farm, prompting government officials to issue a statewide ban on Internet games in government offices. The game involves players setting up farms in a fiercely competitive environment where points are won by growing crops and stealing the crops of rivals. Citizens are outraged, accusing the government of meddling. “It’s a step back for democracy,” said a message on an online forum. Allow me to second that voice and add that any self respecting democracy is meaningless unless its civil servants are free to be completely unproductive.

Civil servants in Taiwan have become obsessed with the Facebook game, Happy Farm, prompting government officials to issue a statewide ban on Internet games in government offices.

The game involves players setting up farms in a fiercely competitive environment where points are won by growing crops and stealing the crops of rivals.

Citizens are outraged, accusing the government of meddling.

“It’s a step back for democracy,” said a message on an online forum.

Allow me to second that voice and add that any self respecting democracy is meaningless unless its civil servants are free to be completely unproductive.

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