<RR> I get the sense that CIRA has imposed stronger regulations for .CA than what the average user would see with CNNIC in .CN....<
Ross from what context? Residency? Because that's about as restrictive as CIRA gets and frankly I support that, if some Californian gets PO'd because they can't get a .CA boo hoo. But if you think for a moment CIRA would restrict me from freedom of speech on a .ca versus what cnnic would on a .com.cn then you are way off base here. At the end of the day I think it's a bad move to offer these names and I seriously doubt/hope many resellers will/wont bite. I have met & worked with some of the CNNIC folks at various ICANN meetings and on multilingual domain issues over the years and they are great people who love the internet and are doing great work over there...but censorship, human rights and freedom of expression are things that the Chinese government denies its own people and guess what ..if you buy a .cn domain they can impose some of that power on those of us who live in the "free world". Sorry but not in my backyard. Hey how about selling .iq or maybe .cu next?!?! :-S James James M. Woods President & CTO Northern Fusion [EMAIL PROTECTED] t.905.831.9344 f.905.831.5541 c.416.857.1830 a NetStorm IT Inc. company www.northernfusion.com www.netstormit.com
