In the true spirit of the great free trade area of Mercosur, Argentina complained that Uruguayans were emptying their border towns of all those great frozen priced subsidized goods. Our fraternally minded border town merchants agreed that Uruguay should show solidarity with Argentina by making cross border shopping illegal in order to prevent our selfless shopkeepers from having to lower their prices and thus further damage the Uruguayan economy already suffering from a lack of Argentine hard currency tourists. After all, is not Mercosur all about making the free movement of goods, people and capital between our brotherly countries all but impossible the ultimate goal.