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'Seven Dirty Words' Restriction Policy Lifted from .US Domain Name Registrations (circleid.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Neustar, the registry operator of the .US domain and NTIA have reversed course, allowing the inclusion of previously restricted "seven dirty words" from future .US domain name registrations. The decision came after EFF and the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School intervened in the cancelation of a domain name containing a restricted word. The domain name -- fucknazis.us -- registered by Mr. Rubin was suspended by Neustar calling it a violation of an NTIA "seven dirty words" policy -- "a phrase with particular First Amendment significance," said EFF. Further reading: EFF: Yes, You Can Name A Website "Fucknazis.us".
or who have never seen the George Carlin routine:
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Chaos maximizes locally around me.
I can't wait to see the hot nazi action! It is a porn site, right?
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As I say on all these stories ... all words are just arbitrary strings of characters that convey meaning.
And one of the meanings that offensive words carry is that of offense. The people using them are trying to give offense. These are units of communication, and that's literally what you are communicating with them.
The childish thing is not to recognize that, but to pretend that you don't recognize it.
The words are: shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits.
This list is dated and US-centric.
"Piss" is no longer considered impolite. Even my mom says "The cat pissed on the carpet."
Australians use "cunt" as a casual gender neutral pronoun.
In Britain, tits are birds, what an American would call a chickadee.
And tits doesn't even belong on the list. In fact, it sounds like a snack. :)
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I remember that site around the turn of this century. How did they get around this ban?
BRB, going to register comcastfucked.us and thefccfucked.us real quick.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
DO NOT gis "swasticock".
Or do. Who am I to tell people what to do with their lives.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff