Comment by 11 year adult industry veteran. Adult Industry is staunchly opposed to .XXX

[DJ Airek <djairek@xxxxxxxxx>]

To whom it may concern:

UPDATE: I originally posted this during the FIRST comment period.  It
still applies unchanged and unchallenged.  In addition, it is being
reported that ICM is declaring that the adult business wants .XXX and
attempts to prove it by showing domain reservations as proof.  it
should be duly noted that a large percentage of people in the adult
industry have reserved names out of fear and trademark legalities, and
impending squatter concerns, and NOT because they are supporting or
desire the TLD.  I'm sure that ICANN is doing their homework, but it
needs to be reinforced.  No one wants this mess.  Not even the
government.  Thank you.

I am an adult webmaster working in the adult online business. I am also
a veteran of the USAF and a decorated E-5 Non Commissioned Officer.  I
was a Police Officer for 5 years from 1988-1993.  To believe that a TLD
itself will protect children and keep them safe is to be naïve and
tunnel-visioned in our perception of what .XXX is designed to do, which
is make a few people a lot of money at the expense of others.  I
strongly oppose .XXX as a method for preventing children from seeing
adult materials online. The originator of this proposal is clearly
motivated by money and the adult internet rejects his principals.

The .XXX TLD will not prevent children from seeing pornography on the
Internet. The .XXX TLD will not prevent children from being preyed upon
and abused by Internet predators. I don?t see Dateline with Chris Hansen
talking about pornographic websites as a catalyst to those sick people
that they snare on their ?To Catch A Predator? show.  The .XXX TLD will
not stop pornographic unsolicited emails (SPAM). What .XXX will do is
line the pockets of the proposals creator, nothing more. The proposals
creator cares not of children.

.XXX will not make it any harder for children to access adult materials.
Regardless of filtering or whatever other mechanisms we think that we
can apply to a domain extension, nothing will work.  What works is
parents being responsible for their children by being aware of what they
are doing. By proposing and enacting .KIDS, software may be installed
that will only allow .KIDS domains to resolve. .COM will always have
some sort of pornographic affiliated with it.  There are renegades all
over the world that really don?t care what TLDs we use.  The only course
of action is to hold parents accountable and provide them a tool (.KIDS)
so they may allow only those .KIDS domains to resolve in their homes.
If ICM/IFFOR care about children, they would be spending their time
trying to get the .KIDS TLD passed. Please, help us all protect our
children, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren by working towards a .KIDS
TLD. Thank you for your consideration.

I?m not going to get longwinded on you as I am sure you have 1000?s of
these to read.  .XXX is a bad idea, designed by mere financial
opportunists that recognized a potential opportunity.  Lets not play
their game, but instead do something that really will protect the
countries children, and those around the world should other countries
decide to follow in the path that is created by pushing through a .KIDS
TLD.

Thank you

A concerned veteran