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How did the board approve .xxx while the community was against it.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">[Milton L Mueller] That’s easy. First, there was no unified view on .xxx. The term “the community” should
never be used, certainly not with a definite article, because there is never unanimity in a global constituency. It is like asking whether “the community” is Christian, Muslim, or Buddhist or Atheist. The answer is Yes. And if you want to avoid the kind of
religious warfare and repression that devastated Europe for two centuries and which still haunts the middle east, you will avoid the whole notion that there is a homogeneous community that can impose its will on all of us.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">That leads to the second point. New TLDs are a form of expression and no community, no matter how large
the majority, has the right to censor them unless their use violates some other human right or breaks some law. If you don’t like the kinds of things that might be registered under .xxx, don’t go to the websites. Simple as that.
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How did the board approve the New gTLD program while many answers and concerns were unanswered.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">[Milton L Mueller] This is an unrealistic perspective. There will always be uncertainty and opposition
when anything important is involved. If governments or businesses were not allowed to make a move unless all uncertainties were removed and no one had any “concerns,” then no one would be able to do anything.
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