Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] word police was the "it excludes some applicants" argument

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

As we collect more and more words we are not allowed to used in the ICANN 
context,  

(News Headline: Forget TLDs ICANN now defines new four letter words!)  

i want to take issue on the definitional front.  

i have little to say about the insult front as I know that with a little bit of 
effort  i could insult someone  using any almost any word in the dictionary, 
just depends on how i use it, and whether they are ready to take offense.  kind 
of like fouls in futbol.

On 9 Jul 2010, at 13:47, Brian Cute wrote:

> First as one of the organizers of the web site in question, along with PIR 
> and Neustar, I take no personal offence to Milton’s use of the word “jihad.”  
> I would only note that the word jihad means either a “holy war”  (overly used 
> and a sometimes incorrect interpretation by non-Muslims) or an “internal, 
> individual, spiritual struggle toward self-improvement, moral cleansing and 
> intellectual effort.”  It’s safe to say that our collective efforts to 
> vigorously advocate for a policy solution within the ICANN process doesn’t 
> square with the meanings of the word.


among the definitions i found are:

          - A crusade or struggle: 
        "The war against smoking is turning into a jihad against people who 
smoke" (Fortune).

         - a crusade for a principle or belief

        -   An aggressive campaign for an idea.

         -    (theology) a personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and 
against evil

        -  relentless campaign: a relentless campaign against somebody or 
something

        -  a fanatic campaign for or against an idea, etc.; crusade

       - any vigorous, emotional crusade for an idea or principle.



       ETYMOLOGY:
       Arabic jihd, from jahada, to strive; see ghd in Semitic root


I leave it up to people's judgements whether creating a web site e.g. 

<http://intratldregistryregistrarseparation.org/ >  
Supporting True Intra-Registry Separation to Help Prevent Insider Trading

qualifies for any of these definitions.

Now the real problem I see is that  using this bad bad word probably got 
various country's security services to start reviewing our email.

a.