When you are the head of a police-state, this is what you ARE SUPPOSED to be doing!

When you treat the people as enemies of state, then the enemies of state tend to become the people (...with apologies to Commander Adama...)

Just guessing here...mandatory firewall with a whitelist of acceptable browsers / other software. Such a prohibition would obviously not just apply to browsers but any software that is used to connect to the Internet (would defeat the purpose otherwise).

They could force Microsoft to alter the EU version of Windows so that only "authorized" browsers will work. They have already forced Microsoft to offer Opera (and other browsers) in the EU version of Windows, so this would not be an unreasonable move for these guys. After all, feeble minded Europeans (who apparently don't know how to download their own choice of browser) need to be protected against all the dangerous websites containing uncensored and pirated (shudder) music and video!

Not just a customs problem... "Product selection on canada.zappos.com is limited due to distribution agreements with the brands we sell in the United States".

Although I was being slightly sarcastic, the comments I made do have a grain of truth. You get what you pay for. It is easy to suggest slightly lower standards, but not so easy to accept the personal consequences of those reduced standards (which is why it comes across as sarcastic). If I (or a family member) is ill I expect medical professionals to pull out all the stops to make things right. This is something one has to be prepared to pay for.

...or blood sucking vampires...

Per a 2006 article... "Since last November, 103 small pharmacies countrywide have shuttered, most citing the price controls, according to a survey by the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa. "Since then a lot more have gone," said society spokesperson Clive Stanton. "Patients are getting a cheaper service, but the problem is that in some areas they will get no service at all."" [ http://www.thebody.com/content/news/art23818.html ] More pharmacies shutting down... [ http://www.fightingmalaria.org/article.aspx?id=1549] Not only have pharmacies in smaller and poorer areas closed down, but bright youngsters are (obviously) opting pick other professions entirely... "Changes in legislation, around pharmacist remuneration for example, has however led to much lower numbers of students applying for access into pharmacy programmes at most schools, a much higher percentage of applications were thus accepted and students barely making the cut-off criteria were accepted." [ http://www.sapj.co.za/index.php/SAPJ/article/viewFile/600/546 ] Fixed dispensing fees were implemented in South Africa in 2004. In 2005 there was a 23,5% decrease in the enrollment of student in pharmacy programs. [ http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/downloadpdf.php?pdffile=files%2FPDF%2F2218%2F19_HRD_Review.pdf&downloadfilename=Human%20Resources%20Development%20Review%202008%20-%20Chapter%2019%20-%20Pharmacists ] Those that qualify are leaving the country... At one South African university more than half of the South African pharmacy students are considering emigrating upon qualification. [ http://dar.ju.edu.jo/jjps/v2n2/Article%207.pdf ] Most concerning for me is resource allocation. It's well known that drug companies invest their resources in developing drugs that are likely to give the best return on investment. Baldness is likely to get more resources than malaria. Why? Rich bald guys don't bleat on about price controls and patents. You get what you pay for. No shortcuts.

Its called sarcasm...yeah, you saw through it... :)

I think that this demonstrates the limits of Facebook - one social network to rule them all is not what people want (and the reason I won't comment on FB until they revert to Disqus).