RE: [soac-mapo] Is selective blocking by local governments really a problem?

["Terry L Davis, P.E." <tdavis2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oliver

 

Despite the post I just made, if you could figure out how contain the
discussions to something like this (the very existence of the top-level
domain causes damage to a large number of people), I would have to listen.

 

Take care

Terry

 

From: owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 2:56 PM
To: Antony Van Couvering
Cc: soac-mapo
Subject: Re: [soac-mapo] Is selective blocking by local governments really a
problem?

 

Hello Anthony,

On 30/08/2010 22:58, Antony Van Couvering wrote : 

>From this perspective, what we ought then to consider in our group is not
what may be sensitive or not, but rather what rises to the level where the
very existence of the top-level domain causes damage to a large number of
people.  There are obvious examples of such TLDs.  For example, the mere
fact of a TLD whose name mocks or incites violence against some group of
people is very likely to be intolerable to the targeted group.   This, I
think, is a legitimate reason for blocking a TLD application.  


Would .NAZI qualify?




If the TLD name isn't in itself deeply offensive, then we're talking about
content within the TLD, and at that point it's up to local authorities, and
individuals who use the Internet, to block content that they find offensive.
That blocked content might even include an entire TLD -- which is kind of
the premise upon which .XXX was built. 

 

This is definitely not the venue for deciding what value system is superior.
Every society blocks some content, so far without great harm to the
Internet.  So my suggestion is that for the purposes of this group, which is
dedicated to considering questions of morality, is that we forget about what
content the TLD is likely to have (a guess at best), and concentrate only on
the name itself.  I think it will make our task much easier. 


Unfortunately, the meaning of a word is most often associated with the
context in which it is used, how, where and when.

Kind regards,

Olivier



-- 
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html