Top Level .xxx Domain Concept Under Scrutiny

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday August 16, 2005 @08:46AM from the not-in-the-cards dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a .xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved exclusively for Internet pornography. This is despite the the .xxx domain being approved in June and New.net selling domain names using the .xxx suffix for many months before the approval." From the ZDNet article: " The sudden high-level interest in what has historically been an obscure process has placed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in an uncomfortable position. ICANN approved the concept of an .xxx domain in June and approval of ICM Registry's contract to run the suffix was expected this week Other governments also have been applying pressure to ICANN in a last-minute bid to head off .xxx. A letter from ICANN's government advisory group sent Friday asks for a halt to 'allow time for additional governmental and public policy concerns to be expressed before reaching a final decision.'"

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America is messed in ways by Isldeur · 2005-08-16 09:13 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I think America is messed up in some serious ways. This weekend I saw (the rather excellent, IMO) Merchant of Venice with Pacino. It had an "R Rating" because a bunch of ladies run around with their breasts hanging out.

Ok, so some natural breast exposure is not to be seen by anyone under 18. But then you turn on your TV and it is riddled with so many cop shows, including that Special Victims Unit show which seems dedicated to stories about aggravated sexual assault/rape on minors.

Can someone explain to me how natural things such as breasts are so bad but death, destruction, explosions, guns, and rape/sexual assault are so normal????