<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">For those of who know Mike from Council, ICANN parties, etc., this is mildly amusing, ironic, or something…<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.thedomains.com/2012/09/26/world-trade-center-association-tells-icann-wtf-is-too-vulgar-to-deny-the-application/">http://www.thedomains.com/2012/09/26/world-trade-center-association-tells-icann-wtf-is-too-vulgar-to-deny-the-application/</a></div><div><br></div><div>In a comment submitted by Mike Rodenbaugh on behalf of the World Trade Center Association (WTCA), they think the .WTF extension should not be approved by ICANN for being “Too Vulgar”…."Generally, ICANN ought not be allowing an accredited TLD operator to sell domain names specifically centering on that 'F-word,' which is vulgar and offensive to many people...ICANN’s Applicant Guidebook states that a TLD should not be approved if the applied-for gTLD string is contrary to generally accepted legal norms of morality and public order that are recognized under principles of international law….The word’s use is considered obscene in social contexts…. In the modern English-speaking world, the word […] is often considered highly offensive….The word also carries a sacrilegious connotation to some. Many religious people oppose the use of profane, vulgar, and 'curse' words which they see as offensive to a deity."</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><br>***************************************************<br>William J. Drake<br>International Fellow & Lecturer<br>Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br>University of Zurich, Switzerland<br><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://www.williamdrake.org">www.williamdrake.org</a><br>****************************************************</div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div>
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