[Kaitain]

Originally Posted by danrok

What is the point in censorship?

Censoring something only arouses curiosity in those who may otherwise have been uninterested.

Better to educate people and then let them work it out for themselves.

That's the point the former President's cabinet have been making. Aside from anything else, everybody except the computer-illiterate know about proxies and are routing their traffic through Singapore or California. I used Áedán's computer for this purpose when I was over there (thanks, Á).

Originally Posted by danrok

As for the "51% deal", that's bound to be at the root of many problems. We should all be trading using much the same rules. That's the only fair way to do it.

This is what's called "protectionism" and "progress". Not all that long ago foreign investment wasn't allowed at all. China's opening up, but doing it slowly so as not to shock their economy. Western businesses are somewhat more aggressive and more polished in their marketing than Chinese - their govt wants their own guys to catch up before they turn the market place into a free for all.

Europe and America can talk about "fair trading" after they have removed their subsidies on home industries and caps on imports. How's that?

Originally Posted by dsio

You're just jealous because you didn't think of it first :P

Yeah, that's my fast buck lost...