creating a XXX Internet domain for porn sites

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RE:  creating a XXX Internet domain for porn sites 
We received the following from Morality in Media and we just wanted to say that 
we agree with the concerns (highlighted in red below).
Sincerely,
The Wrights from Rochester, NY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Morality in Media <morality.in.media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 3:59 pm 
Subject: Still time to voice your views on proposed domain 

> Dear Friends: 
> 
> As our Ed Hynes reported in his February "View from Riverside Drive" column: 
> 
> The idea of creating a XXX Internet domain for porn sites has been 
> revived at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 
> (ICANN). The agency backed away from the proposal last May but has 
> brought it back now with "stronger provisions to prohibit child 
> pornography and require labeling of Web sites with sexually 
> explicit materials." 
> 
> ICANN indicated in early January that it was accepting comments on 
> the proposed .xxx domain until February 5, 2007, BUT COMMENTS ARE 
> STILL BEING ACCEPTED. 
> 
> The address for comments: xxx-icm-agreement@xxxxxxxxx 
> 
> There are at least four problems with the proposed "XXX" domain. 
> First, pornographers will not be required to use the domain. 
> Second, tech-savvy kids will be able to circumvent the domain. 
> Third, to some extent the "XXX" domain will result in the "de 
> facto" legalization of obscenity. 
> 
> And fourth, the "XXX" domain will not protect society from 
> hardcore pornography. As the Supreme Court observed in a 1973 
> obscenity case (Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton), there are 
> "legitimate governmental interests at stake in stemming the tide 
> of obscene materials, even assuming it is feasible to enforce 
> effective safeguards against exposure to juveniles," which include 
> maintaining "a decent society" and protecting "public safety," 
> "family life," "the quality of life," "the total community 
> environment," and "morality." 
> 
> As noted above, if ICANN has its way, users of the xxx domain will 
> not be permitted to depict child pornography. They will be 
> permitted to depict (among other things) 18-year-old girls and 
> boys being hogtied, whipped, shocked with electricity, gang raped, 
> and tortured to death. Depictions of pseudo child porn, 
> bestiality, excretory functions and matter, incest, prostitution, 
> teenage gangbangs and unsafe sex galore will also be permitted in 
> the new xxx domain. 
> 
> Now is the time to let ICANN know what you think. 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> 
> Robert Peters 
> President of Morality in Media 
> 
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