Nobody would think uncozy republics in eastern Europe are capable of maintaining newly gained virtues like freedom of speech; otherwise one would be bothered about Latvia's fight on freedom of speech, when an economist got arrested because he dared to criticize the policy of his government. But South Korea is no better, as the blogger Minerva obviously transgressed the common sense. Spreading of rumours seems to be the next big thing after throwing bombs and copying music, so to say.