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XXX Top Level Domain May Still See Use
eldavojohn writes "The contract between ICANN & ICM Registry has just been revised for procedures on using the .XXX TLD. ICM is saying that the domain should be readily available for registration as early as this summer. This means that parents will most likely have an easier time protecting their children from these sites and these sites will be more tightly regulated and easier to scrutinize by authorities. ICM also mentioned the collaboration with International Foundation for Online Responsibility."
I would like to hear more about the Mongolian Goat Porn. Email me pls.
MISUSE OF MODERATION ABOVE - valid opinion, substantiated by the evidence and general cultural activity, mis-moderated as flamebait.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
You Sodomites will burn in Hell
I wish you could have made your point with out mentioning slashdot.xxx I'm not even sure what the nightmares I'm going to have because of that entail.
link please.
Of all the things I could pretend to have done (gone to the moon, won a Super Bowl, poured hot grits on Natalie Portman), you want me to pretend that I've read an RFC? No dice!
Since control-enter adds "http://www." and ".com", the obvious keyboard shortcut to add "http://www." and ".xxx" is Control-6-9-enter... I forsee firefox plugins and MSIE 7.01. So proud I didn't make a joke about control and entering...
The problem with all the naysayers is that they assume that the majority of people want to block pornography. The majority of men on the planet with internet access masturbate to pornography on a regular basis. We the wankers are more powerful than the self-appointed morality police. It is unnatural to repress sexuality. They've tried many times and eventually failed. The information age has made it virtually impossible today. If the RIAA/MPAA can't block piracy and repressive regimes, like China, can't block dissent, what makes you think they can block pornography? Let's not forget that many powerful people wank, just like you and I. Mark Foley and Ted Haggard are just 2 that got caught. I'd be very surprised if 90% of your senators and representatives weren't accessing porn on a regular basis. They don't want to see their pornography banned any more than you and I.
.xxx makes it easier for those who don't want pornography to block it in their own homes and makes it easier for me to find what I'm looking for. I'm all for opening up the .xxx domain and cannot think of a single good reason not to have one.
So in conclusion, porn is popular (arguably the first "Killer App" of the internet, VCR, camera, etc), it is VERY difficult to censor material on the internet, and porn is enjoyed by the most powerful of society (both in government and industry). No one is going to ban your porn.
Moving porno to