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Who gets to decide what is .XXX?

  • To: xxx-tld-agreement@xxxxxxxxx
  • Subject: Who gets to decide what is .XXX?
  • From: "M T" <datasword@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 01:46:38 -0700

One persons smut is another persons art.

Is a photographer's portfolio .XXX?
Is a nudist camp's website .XXX?
Is a graphic sex education site .XXX?
Is a couple's 24-hour life-cam .XXX?
Is a swingers/polyamourous site .XXX?
Is a gay themed website .XXX?

Is a sex toy store .XXX?
Is a bookstore that sells Playboy and Hustler .XXX?

Is a topless female .XXX? Is a man's bare ass .XXX?
How about 2 nude people holding hands? .XXX?
How far apart may a nude womens legs be before it's .XXX?
From what angle? How close is too close?

Who gets to draw the line?
And what gives them the right?
Money? A sense of moral superiority?

.XXX is burdensome on free speech.
.XXX would be a tool for censorship.
.XXX is like the Orwellian "free speech zones" set up to cage unpopular
voices.
.XXX will become a ghetto any vaguely 'adult' themed website will be forced
into.


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