Laughing at the thought that a country’s leadership apparantly believes that blocking the internet will help them solve their problems.  Unless they’re prepared to completely cut the wires that cross their international borders, it’s just a matter of time before someone digs up an old 56K modem and starts dialing long distance to post to their blog.  Or taps into some private or corporate satellite link.  But what does it matter?  Lots of documentation exists of the slaughter at Tiananmen Square, but the collective attention span of the world is short, and people will simply forget.  Maybe the masses would quiet down faster if rather than blocking access the junta offered free internet porn.

But then again, maybe they’ve got the right idea.  Maybe it’s time someone started blocking financial transfers out of Burma.  And airline reservations.  If the junta’s going to flee with their purloined wealth, they should at least have to fly one of their local carriers and have the gold bars count against their checked bag allowance.