Do not adopt

[Amy Crittenden <theala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I urge ICANN to reject this petition.

I don't need the CSC to perpetrate a system to allow the government  
to protect me from anything, as they state in their mission  
statement, "advocating that
ICANN policies and the technical development of the Internet should  
not unduly impair the lawful rights of governments and other  
organizations of authority to take steps to protect
their citizens and members from illegal activity conducted on or  
through the Internet."
This petition will only lead to censorship.  Quis custodiet ipsos  
custodes?  Who decides what content is safe for families and what is  
not?
Answer:  the family themselves.  Parents cannot abdicate their  
responsibility to protect their children to the government without  
sacrificing their own rights to access information.  It's the classic  
question of security vs freedom.
As Benjamin Franklin put it, "Those who would give up Essential  
Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither  
Liberty nor Safety."  There is no way to completely, successfully  
achieve what the censors want--to get porn completely off the  
Internet.  No more than we can get drugs off the streets.   
Ultimately, rather than ban or try to block, we are better off  
educating families on how to keep objectionable content from children.
Amy G. Crittenden