> If the main users of this site are using it to get around sanctions placed against their country, the site becomes far less sympathetic in my eyes. I struggl

> If the main users of this site are using it to get around sanctions placed against their country, the site becomes far less sympathetic in my eyes. I struggle with this. An opposing perspective is that there's a bunch of students who are trying to do their research and push science forward, but a country (or group of) half-way around the world has decided that they'd rather the student not have access to the world's body of research. I can see merits in both angles...