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

[Stephane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

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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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