Phil and all, Ahhh! Good point here Phil. I hadn't actually thought of this. thanks for the heads up here. >;) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There was this one quote in the article that was NOT properly attributed: > > | Its similar to a states Department of Motor vehicles allowing drivers to > | apply for obscene vanity license tags. > > Actually I think it is the reporter slipping in a bit of editorialism > into the article. Shame. > > It's not the same and not even similar. > > With a vanity license tag, the obscene words are placed in front of > anyone who happens to be driving behind the car with those tags, or > anyone who happens to be walking near that car when it is parked. > > With a domain name, the mere fact that it is registered does NOT put > that name in front of you at all (unless you happen to be downloading > the zone file it is in). You'd never know that domain name even exists > unless you (or your browser) specifically asks for it. If the name > does come to be seen by you, it's due to other means, like an earlier > web page you looked at, or maybe your teenager wondering what might > happen if he types that in. > > If I do a DNS query to a server for "fuck.com" and get a packet back, > why would it matter if that packet tells me that the server failed or > the packet gives me an IP address? > > The only reason I can think of that NSI did have the policy was so that > many of their staff would never have to see those words. Can you imagine > working at the phone bank and having someone calling up and complaining > that <insert some creative twist of several vulgur words here>.com is > not registered right. > > Jeff Williams wrote: > > > All, > > > > FYI! > > http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/sweardotcom990716.html > > > > Excerpts: > > > > Ken (The Control freak) Stubbs says, > > \223There\222s confusion out there. No direction,\224 > > complained Ken Stubbs, executive chairman of the > > Council of Internet Registrations. \223They\222ve pushed > > dealing with the problem out to each and every > > registrar everywhere in the world.\224 > > I suppose he's trying to come across as suggesting that the many > registrars can't figure out how to deal with it themselves. Or > perhaps he realizes that while many registrars may well refuse > such names, others will certainly allow them knowing there is a > market there. Characterizing him as a control freak does seem > to be accurate. > > > Joe (Virus laden web page expert) Simms states, > > \223A cynical person might say they saw this as > > another opportunity to portray this as complicated and > > messy if opened to competition,\224 lawyer Joe Sims > > said. \223If NSI was trying to do the right thing, as > > opposed to creating as much commotion as possible, > > it would have simply maintained its old policy until or if > > an ICANN policy was adopted.\224 > > NSI do the right thing? The only right thing for _any_ business > to do (and this is the way business works) is to ensure their > financial bottom line is growing over time. > > > And... > > > > Miss Monique (Virgin Drawers) Nelson, quips: > > \223It\222s outrageous this is happening,\224 said Monique > > Nelson, chief operating officer of Enough is Enough, a > > group pushing for protection of children on the > > Internet. \223It will make it easier and easier for children > > to find these types of sites.\224 > > Aha! So children really _are_ typing those names into the browser and > would now start getting actual web pages. > > Has she ever thought that having domain names like this would actually > make it _easier_ for nanny software to function? > > > Than a more sensible voice chimes in: > > Mr. Gary Cohen states reasonably: > > > > \223They can\222t police the world,\224 said Gary Cohn of > > Northbrook, Ill., who previously registered for a Web > > address so filthy it can\222t be printed here. \223It\222s none of > > their business to be telling people to be the morality > > police.\224 > > It never has been, and never will be. When someone thrusts vulgarity > on you that you do not want, that's a different issue. But when it is > a matter of free choice, it should be fully open (spam is an example > of having it thrust upon you). > > -- > Phil Howard | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phil | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > at | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ipal | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dot | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > net | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
