Cryptocurrencies are designed by nature to be universal. If they really want they can fight their government to use any of the other of the great cryptocurrencies disposable to them such as BTC, LTC, DOGE and so on.
Yeah, let's distribute 50% of these to them and they may. I am surprised by the negativity here for Auroracoin. BTC, LTC, DOGE are acceptable because they are already in circulation (and you and others here presumably hold them) but AUR is not because? These network attacks, negativity. It really only points to their success until now.
Again, why should anyone give them a free meal ticket? They don't even help secure the blockchain of AUR let alone any other; so why give them something for nothing? And for your information, I don't hold any BTC, LTC or DOGE. In fact I currently hold a modicum of Beecoin and nothing else just because I mined some and enjoyed their very fair and discreate launch.
And I am not asking anyone here to believe in Auroracoin. But I do want to get your attention towards the parallels when people used to mock BTC. Long time members here were underdogs then and AUR is a new entrant now. I want to see Auroracoin to be hugely successful (even more than BTC, however stupid it sounds now) just so any new crypto in the future don't get treatment like this.
You want a coin that was given away for free to people who don't help cryptocurrencies at all by even helping secure a blockchain to be successful; you either holding a bag or just completely certifiable.