[governance] Ideas that this mailing list has agreed to

[McTim]

On 11/9/05, Danny Younger <dannyyounger at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Hans,
>
> Let's inject some reality into this discussion.

It's about time ;-)

Let's
> assume that in the next round of TLD selections that a
> sponsored community comes forth proposing a .gay TLD
> to meet the needs of the worldwide homosexual
> community.  If their paperwork was in order, and all
> ICANN selection criteria was met, they would be
> delegated sponsorhip over the namespace by the
> "technical" coordinator.
>

cool, works for me.

> Now the "political" oversight element enters into the
> fray.  It is clear to me that certain countries would
> commit to opposing an initiative that promotes this
> given lifestyle.

yep

>
> By endorsing an international approach to deal with
> the "political" dimension, you will effectively
> succeed in chilling the global distribution of content
> on the Internet.  As both .xxx and potential newcomers
> like .gay well-illustrate, this path leads down a
> slippery slope that Civil Society should not be
> supporting (unless you want governments actively
> involved in making content-based decisions).

complete agreement, well said.

Can you imagine the domain specualtion for .gay? :-)

--
Cheers,

McTim
nic-hdl:      TMCG
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice there is"
Yogi Berra

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