I'm a parent and an IT manager - OPPOSED TO .XXX

[Brent Martin <brentmartin05@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For those of us that have the ability to see past the ends of our noses, 
.XXX is a flat out bad idea.  I'm both a parent and an IT manager and 
it's easy for me to see that .XXX would do NOTHING to make either of 
those roles easier for me.

As a parent, I will still have to work to filter out undesirable content 
that may appear in front of my children's eyes while they surf the net.  
If anybody thinks that 'adult content' is the only thing out there that 
is harmful to children, then I want to see how big the rock is that they 
are living under.  There are far worse things our there that I would 
truly like to protect my children from while they surf the net.  Even 
when it comes to adult content, .XXX will do nothing to help me as a 
parent since it would not be mandatory for anybody to actually use.  I 
will still have to use filters to prevent my children from viewing 
inappropriate material on the net.  And by the way... it's been shown 
many times that filtering is far more effective than this type of proposal.

In a worst case scenario if this new TLD goes through, there will be 
parents out there that will think that their children will suddenly be 
safe on the net and it will be touted as a victory against 'adult 
content'.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Since webmasters 
can simply choose what TLD they want their sites to use, it's possible 
that nobody will actually use .XXX if it goes through. (similar to other 
recent TLDs that go largely unused)  Were webmasters to choose to 
actually use a .XXX TLD for their site, children will know exactly where 
to go to get adult content!

As an IT manager, I am faced with trying to keep offensive material out 
of our network environment.  For virtually all the same reasons as why 
this will not work for me as a parent, this will do nothing for me as an 
IT professional.  I will still need to work with many filters to protect 
the networks.  Let's face it, the biggest problem facing IT managers 
these days if SPAM and if anybody actually thinks porn SPAM is all that 
is hitting them, they have not been paying attention.  Again, this 
proposal will do nothing in the way of helping me to stop these issues 
from impacting how my job gets done.  IT managers that think this will 
have an positive impact are likely the same ones that still think the 
USA CANN-SPAM Act has reduced the level of SPAM in the world.

This is a very bad proposal that seems to only be motivated by potential 
financial gains for a very few people.  Don't allow it to go through.  
The world does not need another layer of garbage so a handful of people 
can make a little more money.