Objection to the proposed XXX domain

["Nina Snyder" <ninabeena@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I strongly object to the proposed XXX domain.

 

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, users of the xxx domain will not be permitted to depict
child pornography. BUT, 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.

 

PLEASE DON'T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. 

 

Sincerely,

Nina Snyder