I Oppose the .XXX Domain

["JoAnn Bayliss" <joann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Members of the Board of ICANN:
 
I am writing to urge you to kill the proposal of the .XXX domain. In addition 
to strong opposition from both sides of the argument, this new domain would 
only increase the amount of pornography available on the Web, easing 
accessibility to hard core pornography to minors and adults alike. 

Pornography is a widespread, ever-growing crisis, polluting the minds of its 
viewers and negatively changing attitudes towards women and children. Please do 
NOT participate in the destruction of marriages, the abuse of children, and the 
demise of our culture. Since most families do not use effective filtering 
services, the .XXX domain would merely make hardcore pornography even easier to 
find for children seeking such material. Thus the argument that .XXX would 
benefit children by "cleaning up the Internet" is without any basis in fact.  

The .XXX domain will NOT make it easier to filter porn, even if all 
pornographers would voluntarily move there (and that will NOT happen). The 
problem with filtering is not that it is difficult but rather that too few 
parents care enough to employ filters for the home or laptop computers used by 
their children. Even if most parents did use filters on home computers, kids 
have access to the Internet outside the home. And it isn't just the kids that 
need filtering. Addiction to pornography by adults is rampant so everyone needs 
filtering but, sadly, few bother. The new website Pornography Harms, 
http://pornharms.com, provides overwhelming evidence of harm from pornography 
and thus the need for protection from it. 

A more appropriate goal should be to STOP the distribution of this destructive 
material by prosecuting those responsible for it, not to protect pornography on 
the .XXX domain.

Again, please kill the proposal of the .XXX domain.  You must stop this 
proposal!

J. Smyth
West Alexandria, OH