New Vote on .xxx Internet Address Nears

Billosaur writes "ICANN is once more set to vote on the creation of the .xxx Internet address. Though the proposal has been voted down by ICANN's board twice before the group behind those previous proposals resubmitted after they 'agreed to hire independent organizations to monitor porn sites' compliance with the new rules, which would be developed by a separate body called the International Foundation for Online Responsibility.' Once more the proposal has led to pornographers and religious groups finding themselves on the same side of an issue, the porn industry worried that the domain would lead to government controls, the religious groups worried it would make access too easy and allow porn to expand even further onto the Internet."

Comments

a modest proposal

[fred fleenblat]

there could be .x domain name for soft core
and .xx for hardcore porn
and .xxx would be for weird stuff like deceased gay donkeys or whatever
and .xxxx is for the republican party and neocons

Re:I'll tell you why not.

[fyngyrz]

Yeah, and the men's swimming sites as well. Nipples a-plenty. And sites that show animals suckling. Oh, and baby bottles. Yessir, nipples are bad! I never look at nipples, because I'm an honorable, upright citizen. Well, gotta go now, look at something healthy, like extremeviolence.com or shootinganimalsforheadtrophies.com, um-hmm. I can go with a clear concience, because I know it is a good thing that nasty, nasty SEX stuff will be in its own ghetto now! Man, that stuff is nasty. Did you know if you do it wrong, you can make a KID? Holy shit, you'll end up cleaning diapers, sending the little fucker to college, paying it a visit when it gets arrested for smoking pot. Phew. Sure am glad we're making a ghetto for sexuality, yes I am. Uh-huh. NASTY!

Now. Where's my gun?