Re: [soac-mapo] On "universal resolvability" and useful questions that emerged yesterday

[Antony Van Couvering <avc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think our task is to find every offensive term.  Our task is to 
determine which string if any, among the TLDs submitted, in and of itself will 
cause a (sufficient number of) governmental entities to block/filter the entire 
TLD.

On Aug 31, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:

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> I agree that could work.
> 
> The only question I would have is who sets the bar, and how do they set it? 
> At the root of this is my inability to believe that any panel or any person 
> is able to, no matter how knowledgable they are, know every possible 
> offensive term for any nation in the world.
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> Le 31 août 2010 à 17:57, Antony Van Couvering a écrit :
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>> If it's ambiguous in one part of the world, then it's ambiguous, by 
>> definition.   This should be a very high bar.   Who could judge it?  A 
>> three-part process consisting of a quick look, a panel, and the Board.  
>> 
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>> On Aug 31, 2010, at 8:49 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
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>>> Le 31 août 2010 à 17:35, Antony Van Couvering a écrit :
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>>>> -- Is the meaning of the string unambiguous (there are no other innocent 
>>>> uses for it)?
>>> 
>>> Anthony, who could judge that? I can think of several words that might seem 
>>> unambiguous in one part of the world but not in another...
>>> 
>>> Stéphane
>>> 
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