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If there is ever a reason why dubai would fail as a modern, forword-looking city along with the great visions of its leaders, it is due to the backward looking pressures from certain sections of the society.

That said, etisalat is providing servies in censorship that is needed to limit the shock effect on large section of the conservative society. Given a choice between having large section of the population surfing the net with censorship or having parents ban internet in their homes due to lack of blockage of inproper sites, i would prefer the earlier. I have noticed societies in the middle east *tend* to take extreme measures in most aspects. (Please feel to correct me if i am wrong!).

What is needed is a proxy-free internet for people who need it. Maybe something like the liqour license the govenment has. I know this is a money making idea, but money is what moves the organizations here. Atleast that would be a good start.

Now as for the reasons behind the proxy, that issue is a debate on its own merits.