I say NO to .xxx!

["Breeding Meat" <barebackjack2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As webmaster of Barebackjack.com, I am writing to formally post my objection to 
the top level .xxx domain for several reasons. 

Eight years ago, I championed the idea of .xxx as a viable means of parental 
filtering of adult-content websites, however in the course of these 8 years the 
technology of the internet and political focus have changed making .xxx more of 
a danger to the adult entertainment business than a help to families. 
Additionally, over these same eight years I have come to the opinion that, just 
as it is a parent's responsibility to protect his/her child from poisons under 
the sink, weapons stored in the house, and access to swimming pools, it is also 
the parent's responsibility to monitor what his/her child is doing on the 
internet. It is not the domain of the gun manufacturer, the chemical company or 
the pool builder to bear the brunt of responsibility for the protection and 
well-being of the child, nor is it the webmaster's.

In retrospect, .xxx has the potential to chill the rights of adults in this 
country who enjoy visiting websites with content designed for their 
entertainment. While I agree that children should not be allowed to access 
adult content on the internet and elsewhere, and have done my part in labeling 
my site accordingly, I also, as a webmaster and an adult, have a responsibility 
to protect my rights to operate a business and to freely access whatever 
content I wish on the internet. I cannot stress enough that, assuming adult 
content is indeed harmful to the well-being of a child, the responsibility for 
protecting children from endangerment falls first and foremost upon the parent 
and not the community at large. Appropriate labeling, as with weapons and toxic 
chemicals, is a good thing. But creating a top level domain that can be blocked 
not only by personal browsers, but potentially by ISP's under the direction of 
any number of governmental agencies, is constitutionally a very bad idea.

XXX is perceived throughout the adult industry as the wrong option for internet 
filtering. However I can only speak for myself on this issue. I feel that .xxx 
should be scrubbed, and ICANN should instead focus on promoting heightened 
parental awareness and urging parental responsibility.

Sign me "No longer in support",

Andrew Gage
www.barebackjack.com<http://www.barebackjack.com/>