Allen,YOu say "Moreover, I sometimes publish material that I wish children to
see,that others may deem inappropriate for children. (Examples include on polyamory
and paganism.) If children (or anyone else) is being restricted in what information
that I (or groups that I support) wish to make available to them, then we are indeed
being harmed."
So because parents chose not to allow their kids to see your material,
you say a .kids should not exist? Wow.... I am confident that what you have to say
is acceptable to most kids but it is precisly because parents wish to limit what
their kids see that the .kids is needed. Paganism is fine for most mature kids...
but then it depends: there are some frightening pagan rites that I would prefer not
to have to explain until my kids are older than 12.
.kids is made to PREVENT unacceptable
material reaching and influencing our kids. This is a restriction, a limitation and
may go against your interests. Tough. My interest is making sure my kids can learn
to use the internet as an education medium without exposing them to sleeze, libel
and racial discrimination you *can* find on the net.
So in my view, .kids is made
for parents to reconcile the net with their kids. The 'social policy choice' is irrelevant
to ICANN... we are not asking ICANN to make such a choice...just to chose the best
technical proposal. Parents will then make the choice.
Hope this helps. Please
think again.
Best regards,
Hugues Du Bois
Switzerland
PS I have no link
whatsoever with the .kids applications.