Singapore Government Forces Blogger to Apologize

Well, it looks like the Government of Singapore has 'bloggers' in its sites (blogger) - "Either bloggers will obey their masters, or face prison sentences." All I can say that it is a sad day for mankind. How can a blogger threaten a government and cause harm? Gee, WTF ever happened to the idea of 'freedom of idea and thought'? I guess that in some countries, citizens are nothing more than mere - - (_________) [you can fill in the blank yourself]. Or you can choose one of these possible answers.

Answer Choices
(1) puppets
(2) sheep
(3) slaves
(4) stupid idiots
(5) faceless entities
(6) ways to extract riches for the government
(7) road kill
(8) baby-making machines of future slaves
(9) food for government officials