Ai Weiwei has not been censored: Lego is a toy, not a force for evil

The dissident artist should know better than to call Lego’s refusal to sell him bricks censorship. And what are these ‘questionable values’ he’s talking about?

The dissident artist Ai Weiwei has finally found a target, other than the Chinese government, worthy of his scorn. It is that notorious corporate source of evil … Lego.

Yes. The artist who criticises China’s suppression of free speech and who has campaigned for important causes such as justice for the victims of the 2008 Sichuan province earthquake, has turned his ire on the Danish toymaker.

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