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The world is too complex for most short strings to be objectionable in<br>
anythign but a highly localised and subjective way. As far as I can tell<br>
about the only things which might reasonably be banned from creation as<br>
generics are things that can cause confusion (such as recognised country<br>
names) and <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">a very small set which most would agree are too troubling for</span><br style="background-color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="background-color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">
almost everyone (the only one of these that comes to my mind is .paedophile)."</span><br clear="all"> <br><br><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="je comprends ta position par rapport à cette approche mais tu as si bien souligné dans ta dernière phrase une de mes préoccupations." onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">I understand your position on this approach but you have so aptly pointed out in your last sentence is one of my concerns. </span><span title="Il est vrai que nous vivons des cultures différentes mais qui sont à la croisée." onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">It is true that we live in different cultures but are at a crossroads. </span><span title="Il est vrai que le .xxx ne représente aucun danger selon vous." onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">It is true that .XXX is harmless according to you. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Mais ce n'est pas la même lecture dans la plupart de nos cultures africaines." onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">But this is not the same reading in most of our African cultures. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="La pédophilie a une source." onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">Pedophilia has a source. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Faut-il l'internationaliser par le .xxx?" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">Should we internationalize pedophilia by . XXX ? </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="je pense qu'il ya lieu d'être conséquent et d'analyser cette recommandation point par point." onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">I think it is necessary to be consistent and to analyze the recommendation point by point.<br>
<br>Baudouin<br></span></span>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/1/12 Andrew A. Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaa@meiji.ac.jp">aaa@meiji.ac.jp</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I disagree with Dwi and Schombe here. The reason that the ALAC statement<br>
stressed that settled international law (UN resolutions and treaties with<br>
broad though not necessarily universal accession) should form the only basis<br>
on which objections could be made is precisely because of the vast<br>
differences in national law and culture which the Internet spans. Should<br>
.jihad be banned because the term Jihad has been misinterpreted to mean the<br>
armed struggle by Muslims against non-Muslims? Should .ira be banned from<br>
introduction as a financial services TLD because of the terrorist association<br>
with that name (and various modifiers) still in operation in Northern<br>
Ireland? Should .poppy be banned from being adopted by peace campaigners and<br>
war dead remembrance sites because the poppy is the source of opiates?<br>
<br>
So far, yes, NCSG has supported the creation of .xxx because there has been<br>
no solid argument put forward that its existence would have any significant<br>
net (sorry for the pun) effect on the amount of erotic material (or porn, or<br>
obscenity, YMMV) available online.<br>
<br>
The world is too complex for most short strings to be objectionable in<br>
anythign but a highly localised and subjective way. As far as I can tell<br>
about the only things which might reasonably be banned from creation as<br>
generics are things that can cause confusion (such as recognised country<br>
names) and a very small set which most would agree are too troubling for<br>
almost everyone (the only one of these that comes to my mind is .paedophile).<br>
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Artificial scarcity is one of the things holding back the Internet from<br>
achieving its full transformative potential. Let's not collude in another<br>
attempt to re-inforce this scarcity.<br>
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Professor Andrew A Adams <a href="mailto:aaa@meiji.ac.jp">aaa@meiji.ac.jp</a><br>
Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and<br>
Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics<br>
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan <a href="http://www.a-cubed.info/" target="_blank">http://www.a-cubed.info/</a><br>
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