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Pressure Mounts On ICANN To Approve .xxx Domain
An anonymous reader writes "An application for the.xxx domain was first submitted six years ago. ICANN approved the application in 2005, and entered into an agreement with ICM Registry regarding technical and commercial terms. However, ICANN reversed its decision in March 2007. An independent review panel was called to look into why ICANN had changed its mind, and concluded that the body had been under pressure from the US government. Now the registry that submitted that application, ICM Registry, is pushing for .xxx to be approved. The company has argued that the .xxx internet domain should be approved for porn site use, allowing parents and businesses to easily configure browsers or filters to automatically block sites that carry the domain."
These guys are definitely the devil's advocates; but http://www.cp80.org/ is a creepy pressure group, largely composed of slimy mormons(some of them with SCO ties...), advocating a very similar scheme. Everything on port 80 would have to be PG, with material that makes republican jesus cry relegated to other ports for easy blocking.
Unless they were forced into such a production, what's the problem here? If a consenting adult makes a choice to become a sex object I don't see why it's any of our business.
I think the issue here is not whether or not an adult consents... the issue is - were they pressured, socially, to consent?
I think we can all pretty much agree rape is bad, right? Rape degrades women. Why are men okay with it? IMO, because of the way they view women. If you really respect women, you're not going to rape them.
Just because a "consenting adult makes a choice" doesn't necessarily mean we should encourage said behavior. After all, consenting adults *all the time* consent to eating fast food, soft drinks, sugar, etc... and yet, we are growingly concerned with obesity. But why should we care? It's not any of our business. In general, I actually agree with that; but when the behavior starts to be encouraged or when companies go too far? Say... false advertising? Then people begin to take issue with it.
Really, it will come down to what society thinks is best for itself, since this is a democracy after all. I have my opinion, and you have yours. I am of the opinion that a society where women are seen as sex objects is a degrading society, in the same way that a society that sees blacks as slave-objects is a degrading society. I know, slavery was probably forced... of course, it seems to me that society is putting significant pressure on girls to think of themselves as sex objects. I'm not sure how much of a conscious "choice" it is.
Reproduction is the end-goal of all life on this blue marble.
Well, we disagree significantly there. If that IS the end-goal, then your view is, IMO, quite consistent. I appreciate the consistency. I believe mine is consistent, too... but we appear to be arguing from quite different basic premises.