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Dear ICANN users, We can tie ourselves up in moral arguments (which are open and
closed already), but the real issues are the ones receiving scant regard. Yes,
it is important that children do not access inappropriate material. But this can
go to an extreme! In one post, a woman outlined a story in which she suggested we
need a closed off system so that her friend's son (who I assume is teenage) would
no longer be able to download from the net a screensaver of a woman wearing only
(shock-horror!) a bikini. Really! As a teenager myself, I can testify that at least
in the west there are certainly few walls in your average teenagers bedroom
(male or female) without some form of semi-clad image of the opposite sex. The
parent is wrong in blaming the technology, when culpability in reality lies with
the teenager (afterall, it's very hard to accidently download and install a
screensaver), OR more justly, with the parents themselves. They should have either
successfully imbued their child with their own values (as perhaps my parents have
arguably done), or long since recognised their crusade as fruitless, and instead
assisted their child come to place such pictures within a moral context (appropriate
to the individual beliefs of the family). We should neither blame the technology
for human nature/problems OR put all our trust in a technical solution (such as filtering
or domain names). Both approaches in moderation have a lot to offer. Whatever happens,
we know that all these applicants are already taking this issue seriously, in their
own way. What is more important to discuss are those issues which are barely on
their radar screen. The issues of pricing, of structure, of commercial domination
of the space, of youth involvement, of international participation, of non-profit,
of process, and of charitable giving. The issue, in my mind, is not how we can use
.kids to create a space on the Internet free from 'dangerous' or 'bad things', but
how we can design the technical and business model architecture of .kids to create
a positive, educational and empowering platform for young people which can make them
better citizens today, as well as the leaders of tomorrow. These issues are equally,
if not more important than discussing the (probably futile, but necessary to include
in a proposal because it is what the public wants) possibility of 'protecting' kids
from undisirable content. Lets not talk of 'protecting', but instead of 'empowering'!!
Not how we can filter out undisirable content, but how we can use this 'blank slate'
to create DISIRABLE content! :) warm regards, Nick
| --- Nick Moraitis Co-Coordinator - nick@nation1.net Nation1 - www.nation1.net Author, "Cyberscene: a teen traveller's guide to the web" (Penguin Books 1999)
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Message Thread:
- .kids Application by .KIDS Domains, Inc. Moderator, October 7 @ 10:18 PM (49/75)
- Kids Domain Needs to Happen LarsTheViking, November 6 @ 12:01 AM (0/0)
- BETTER CONTENT FOR OUR KIDS.... IT'S TIME ! spideyg, November 5 @ 11:58 PM (0/0)
- Conclusions and Final Thoughts pagehowe, November 5 @ 11:38 PM (0/0)
- Porn in the Children's Section at the Public Library? collison, November 5 @ 9:05 PM (0/0)
- We need more Page Howes Mr. Mac, November 5 @ 8:29 AM (0/0)
- a Great Idea ! starrider, November 5 @ 1:38 AM (0/0)
- Save our Kids! amiller, November 4 @ 11:32 PM (0/0)
- Remember the real issues too! nicholasmoraitis, November 4 @ 3:14 PM (0/0)
- Good Idea!! John Clyde, November 4 @ 4:00 AM (0/0)
- Thanks .KIDS Domains, Inc. blueskies35, November 4 @ 3:54 AM (0/0)
- Preventative Medicine Tri-State Kids, November 4 @ 2:41 AM (0/0)
- .KIDS Domains is right on target... hms80, November 4 @ 2:40 AM (0/0)
- support.kids Fancy, November 3 @ 11:55 PM (0/0)
- Oversight is good for students Chaddilac Man, November 3 @ 11:48 PM (0/0)
- Support.KIDS Bandit, November 3 @ 10:29 PM (0/0)
- KIDS Domains, Inc. phb, November 3 @ 9:46 PM (0/0)
- support for KDI rwhoward, November 3 @ 9:27 PM (0/0)
- OUR CHILDREN NEED A SAFE GREENSPACE yosemitesierra, November 3 @ 6:28 PM (0/0)
- Nonconfrontational tool for parents to exercise discretion of child's use mystwoman, November 3 @ 1:45 PM (0/0)
- kids wat, November 3 @ 12:28 AM (1/1)
- Our kids need this ant, November 2 @ 11:54 PM (0/0)
- Support of .kids domain tyty, November 2 @ 11:13 PM (0/0)
- Support of .kidds bubbles, November 2 @ 10:44 PM (0/0)
- Support of .kidds domainI Kiam, November 2 @ 10:04 PM (0/0)
- .kids by .Kids Domains, Inc is the BEST! Cindy, November 2 @ 9:18 PM (0/0)
- .KIDS DOMAINS, INC. JoAnne , November 2 @ 9:05 PM (0/0)
- Finally! I hope it works! sherig, November 2 @ 9:03 PM (0/0)
- comment mo5360, November 2 @ 8:52 PM (0/0)
- Fully support concept lc, November 2 @ 8:38 PM (0/0)
- This plan is ready to work. readersvp, November 2 @ 8:28 PM (0/0)
- Why .kids is a GREAT idea! PATKATMC, November 2 @ 8:06 PM (0/0)
- IT'S NOT ABOUT RESTRICTION, IT'S ABOUT FREEDOM! kirkjayne, November 2 @ 5:05 AM (1/1)
- KDI's proposal Barbara, October 28 @ 4:30 PM (1/1)
- Excellent proposal Neo, October 27 @ 10:36 PM (0/0)
- .kids tld - general observations john.carr, October 27 @ 9:05 AM (1/2)
- An Outstanding Idea e.t.m., October 26 @ 4:31 AM (0/0)
- It's about kids, and it's about time! rgiusta, October 24 @ 5:52 PM (1/1)
- KidSurf Online supports this Application kidsurf, October 23 @ 11:44 PM (1/2)
- Let's see how serious ICANN is about online safety for kids... MarkF, October 23 @ 7:22 PM (1/1)
- support for .kids domain napa, October 21 @ 7:32 PM (0/0)
- we Need It bigdaddy, October 20 @ 8:26 PM (0/0)
- This is the way to go... gmmiller, October 18 @ 6:20 PM (1/1)
- Proposition to ICANN, Applicants & Internet Community Pistoff, October 18 @ 6:16 PM (2/2)
- Congratulations! DRM, October 18 @ 5:32 AM (1/1)
- No Way Mr. Howe momof2, October 16 @ 6:31 PM (2/2)
- Nice Seperation slassre, October 16 @ 5:10 PM (0/0)
- .Kids Domains proposal and a general comment on the .Kids TLD's hedeer, October 16 @ 1:07 AM (2/2)
- .KIDS TLD Application Should Be Denied - details inside... ron10000, October 14 @ 5:25 PM (3/3)
- Where are the kids in ".kids?" nicholasmoraitis, October 14 @ 11:52 AM (3/6)
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