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

[Stuart Lawley <stuart@xxxxxxxxxx>]

100% agree

On Aug 31, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Stephane Van Gelder wrote:

> Surely that's not our task. Determine which string will cause a blockage is 
> way beyond scope of this group, especially as no one knows which strings will 
> be sought.
> 
> Stéphane Van Gelder
> Directeur général / General manager
> 
> INDOM.com Noms de domaine / Domain names
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> Le 31 août 2010 à 19:42, Antony Van Couvering <avc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a 
> écrit :
> 
>> 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:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 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 :
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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.  
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 31, 2010, at 8:49 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Le 31 août 2010 à 17:35, Antony Van Couvering a écrit :
>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 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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