Marc, I think the final point Andrew McLaughlin made in his open letter to Tarek Kamel, the economic consequence of administrative network partition, is important, and should to along side the freedom of expression message. Last year I was evaluating siting for one or more registries offering Arabic script, and Egyptian data centers were attractive, for proximity to the largest Arab market, for proximity to the submarine cable landings (Alexandria and Suez) linking Europe and Asia, and for the availability of Tier 4 data centers. Jamie Cowie's note in the Renesys blog [1] points out the risks that a network partition poses if the mode of failure goes beyond prefix withdrawal to transit media. The economic damage to the data center business happened at 22:00 hours Thursday. Foreign and local investors, a few thousand tech employees, etc. However, the rest of the Egyptian economy is also harmed by the loss of data, and ultimately this comes down to the prices of basic commodities and freedom from hunger. Data is not just dissent and distraction, it is integral to transactions upon which commodity availability and pricing are affected. It is not as immediate, but its affects are vastly greater, harming the voiceless as well as the voiced. All this note is intended to offer is that the effect to be complained of is not just freedom of expression. Think of it as a proposed "friendly amendment". Eric