Saudi Arabia objects to some new gTLDs

[Milton L Mueller]

This link doesn't get you directly to the article. I had to search for "ICANN" within the site
Maybe this link will work: http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/14/icann.receives.registration.complaints.on.moral.health.grounds/#ixzz23drBbmjd

Once you get there, it is a good example of how GAC facilitates a censorship mentality. The Saudis should be publicly ridiculed for their absurd and restrictive ideas; they seem to think that because they have dirty minds they have the right to impute their own wild associations to the rest of us. For example, they objected to Johnson & Johnson's .baby because "there is a risk that this string is used in the same way as .XXX to host pornographic websites."

Yes, and there is a risk that KSA might be used by someone as an acronym for Kiss my Ass. So Maybe the name of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should be banned...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Horacio T. Cadiz
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:39 AM
> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] Saudi Arabia objects to some new gTLDs
> 
>    We've been discussing new gTLDs and HR. Milton objected to the
> statement:  "Consideration of applications for new TLDs should be
> mindful of sensitivities."
> 
>    KSA objects to .virgin, .baby, and others
> 
> http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/0/14/icann.receives.registration.co
> mplaints.on.moral.health.grounds/
> 
> 
>     The sensitivities of the KSA have been aroused.
> 
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