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I agree with the Free Speech Coalition which opposes .XXX because: .XXX Will Not Create a Framework to Protect Children – Even its most enthusiastic supporters acknowledge that a voluntary .XXX will not provide an effective mechanism for keeping adult content away from minors. There Is No Compelling Need For .XXX – Other than financial benefit to ICM Registry and its investors, there is no compelling need or business model that necessitates the creation of .XXX. .XXX Will Lead To The "Ghettoization" of Protected Speech – By its very existence, .XXX will segregate content-based speech and create a framework that could lead easily to government or private sector censorship, establishing an international precedent by which other content-based speech could be similarly segregated and regulated. .XXX Will be Regulated, Not Self-Regulated – A supporting organization, IFFOR, will set all policies that .XXX domain holders will be required to obey. A majority of IFFOR Board of Directors will come from outside the industry, thus creating a regulatory, rather than self-regulatory, framework. .XXX Does Not Have The Support of the Adult Industry – Contrary to statements made by ICM Registry and others, the overwhelming majority of adult entertainment companies do not support the creation of .XXX. .KIDS Would Provide a Far More Effective Solution – Instead of herding protected speech into a "virtual ghetto," a content-positive .KIDS TLD should be created where children can find child-friendly websites, making it far easier for parents to filter .KIDS in than it will be for them to filter adult content out! Foreign Governments Oppose .XXX – An increasing number of foreign governments have voiced their opposition to .XXX. In fact, rather than endorsing .XXX, the European Union recently proposed the creation of a .kids top-level domain. Repressive Governments Will Engage in State-Sponsored Filtering: Many governments currently restrict the types of websites available to their citizens by utilizing filtering technologies. .XXX will provide these governments with yet another, more effective tool to control what their citizens can access, in effect, censoring speech for an entire country. James Lester |