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

[Milton L Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> I recognize that any process
> that would deny a string on grounds related to the repugnancy of the
> string name itself is repugnant to many members of the group.  By
> approving Recommendation 6, however, that ship has sailed.

Not entirely. There is Principle G to contend with (the one that guarantees 
that free expression rights will not be compromised). In other words, while we 
do have a mandate to prevent approval of TLD strings that clearly violate 
internationally recognized norms and conventions, we do not have a mandate to 
prevent approval of any string simply because someone somewhere finds it 
repugnant. Any "repugnancy" argument must be linked to internationally 
recognized norms and conventions, such as racial discrimination, child 
exploitation, violence, etc. 

--MM